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Clarkson Takes on Vermont in Weekend Home-and-Home Series

Breaking from ECAC Hockey play, the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team battles Hockey East foe the University of Vermont in a home-and-home series this weekend. Guided by 10th-year head coach Matt Desrosiers and assistants Britni Smith and Tony Maci, the Golden Knights play the Catamounts in Burlington on Friday, beginning at 2:00 p.m. and then host UVM Saturday at 3:00 p.m. to open a four-game home stand at Cheel Arena.

PDF of Vermont Weekend Series Notes
B993's Mike Vaillancourt's Coaches Corner
Video Stream (Fri.) Video Stream (Sat.)
Live Stats (Fri.), Live Stats (Sat.)
ECAC Hockey Standings
USCHO.com Poll
USA Today Poll


•    Ranked third in the national polls, Clarkson is 10-1-1 overall and is in a four-way tie for first in the ECAC Hockey standings at 3-1-0 in conference play.
•    The Green and Gold will be hard pressed to surpass last weekend's effort when they outscored their opponents 15-1 in a pair of road games in New England. The Knights shutout Yale 4-0 on Friday in New Haven, CT and then overwhelmed Brown 11-1 on Saturday in Providence, RI.
•    The defending National Champions are once again posting some impressive numbers as Clarkson rates among the top five teams in the country, offensively and defensively.
•    Powered by the top line of junior left wing Loren Gabel, sophomore center Michaela Pejzlova and freshman right wing Elizabeth Giguere, the Knights are fourth in the country in scoring, averaging 4.25 goals per game. 
•    Gabel leads Clarkson in goals with 11 and Giguere is the Knights' top playmaker with 12 assists. Both share the team lead in points with 22. Gabel is closing in on 100 career points with 51 goals and 40 assists through 93 games. Named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week for the fourth time this season, Giguere has a way to go to reached the coveted century mark, but the freshman sensation is certainly off to a great start to her collegiate career with at least one point in each of the first 12 games. Pejzlova plays a crucial role on the line and has chipped in seven goals and seven assists.
•    The blueline pairing of senior captain Savannah Harmon and sophomore Ella Shelton gives Clarkson two of the best defensemen in the nation. Shelton has tallied 10 assists and 11 points this season, while Harmon has added three goals and seven assists to round out Clarkson's double-digit scorers.
•    Backstopping Clarkson to the third-ranked defense in the country (1.17 goals per game), senior Shea Tiley rates among the NCAA's best between the pipes. Starting all 12 games, Tiley boasts a .940 save percentage and a 1.22 goals against average. She leads the country in shutouts with five and is one whitewash away from breaking the Clarkson all-time mark. Tiley, who owns an 89-21-14 career record, shares the program record for career shutouts with Erica Howe '14, each posting 29.
•    Since suffering its only loss of the season, a 4-3 overtime setback to Colgate on October 27, the Knights have outscored their opponents 21-1 over the past three games.
•    Clarkson has outshot the opponents in nine of the 12 games this season and 371-250 on the year.
•    Clarkson's top line is accounting for 43% of the team's scoring (28-30-58), but several newcomers made an impact offensively over the weekend. Freshman Tia Stoddard scored her first two collegiate goals, Kristy Pidgeon netted her first goal as a Golden Knight and Michaela Boyle tallied a goal and an assist in the win at Brown. Boyle leads the Green and Gold rookies with four points (2-2).
•    Clarkson's shorthanded unit as killed off the last 13 opponent power-play opportunities. The Knights are ranked sixth in the country on the penalty-kill, 89.5% (51-57).

Scouting Vermont
Vermont opened their season with a split in conference play losing to Providence then taking down Connecticut the following night. The Catamounts are currently 4-6-1 overall and 3-4-1 in Hockey East play. Last weekend Vermont played to a tie in New Hampshire 2-2 on Friday and fell to the Wildcats on Saturday 6-2. Alyssa Gorecki leads the way offensively for the Catamounts with 10 points on the year (2-8-10).

The Series:
Clarkson has won five straight games against Vermont dating back to 2012. The Knights lead the all-time series 18-1-3 with the lone loss coming in a 4-1 setback in Burlington in 2009. Shea Tiley has two shutouts against Vermont, both of which came in a home and home series in 2015. Rhyen McGill leads all Knights scorers against Vermont with two goals and two assists. Loren Gabel and Kelly Mariani each have three points in their career against the Catamounts.
 
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Players Mentioned

Savannah Harmon

#14 Savannah Harmon

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Freshman
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Shea Tiley

#35 Shea Tiley

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Freshman
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