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Clarkson Makes Final Regular-Season Road Trip

2/13/2019 7:24:00 PM

Clarkson University makes its final road trip of the regular season this weekend looking to stay in contention for the top spot in the ECAC Hockey standings. The Golden Knights travel to New England to face Dartmouth on Friday for a 6:00 p.m. game at Thompson Arena in Hanover, NH, and then take on Harvard on Saturday for a 3:00 p.m. game at Bright-Landry Hockey Center in Cambridge, MA.

With four games remaining in the league race, Clarkson is tied for second in the conference standings with a 14-4 ECAC Hockey mark. The Knights, who are tied with Cornell with 28 points, are three points behind league-leader Princeton and three points ahead of fourth-place Colgate. The Green and Gold, who have already locked up one of the top four spots for a home-ice berth in the upcoming ECAC Hockey playoffs, hosts Princeton and Quinnipiac at Cheel Arena on February 22-23 to close out the regular season.

Guided by 11th-year Head Coach Matt Desrosiers and assistants Britni Smith and Tony Maci, the Knights are ranked fourth in the national polls with a 23-6-1 overall record. Clarkson is coming off a weekend split at Cheel Arena, where it shut  out sixth-ranked Cornell 4-0 before suffering its first home loss of the season with a 4-3 overtime setback to 10th-ranked Colgate.

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• Matt Desrosiers will not be behind the bench for Clarkson's game this weekend. Desrosiers will be on the coaching staff for the Canada's National Team at this week's cross-border Rivalry Series between the United States and Canada. Along with Desrosiers, four Clarkson alumni all-stars will be participating in the three-game series. Forward Jamie Lee Rattray '14 and defensemen Erin Ambrose '16 and Renata Fast '16 will be skating for Canada's National Team, while defenseman Savannah Harmon '18 will compete for Team USA. Harmon tallied an assist on the lone goal in USA's 1-0 win in the series' opening game on Tuesday night in London, ONT.
• Clarkson leads the all-time series with Dartmouth 21-10-5, including six straight wins and a lengthy 19-game unbeaten streak against the Big Green (17-0-2). The Golden Knights extended that streak in January when they defeated Dartmouth 4-2 at Cheel Arena. Clarkson has not lost to Dartmouth on the road dating back to 2010-11.
• The Golden Knights trail in the all-time series against Harvard (14-18-5), but are currently on a 10-game unbeaten streak against the Crimson (7-0-3). After beating Harvard at Cheel back in January (4-2), Clarkson pushed its winning streak to three games versus the Crimson. 
• Clarkson is coming off its first loss since the January 3-1 defeat to Northeastern in Belfast, Northern Ireland and first ECAC Hockey setback since being swept by Colgate (4-1) and Cornell (3-1) in Central NY on November 30 and December 1.
• The Knights are 9-4 in road games and have won their last five on the opponent's home ice.
• The Knights are  18-0-1 when scoring first and 21-1 when leading through 40 minutes. The lone loss was Saturday's 4-3 overtime defeat to Colgate when the Green and Gold enjoyed a 3-2 lead through two periods. 
• Clarkson boasts the second most potent offense in Division I, averaging 3.90 goals.
• Defensively the Green and Gold are fourth in Division I, allowing only 1.83 goals.
• The Knights' scoring margin is third in the country at 2.07.
• Clarkson has outscored the opponents 54-16 in the second period.
• Headlining the Green and Gold attack are three of the top five scorers in Division I. Senior left wing Loren Gabel leads the nation in goals with 31 and points with 56. Sophomore right wing Elizabeth Giguere is right behind her linemate with 55 points and is tied for national lead in assists with 35. Junior center Michaela Pejzlova is fifth in the NCAA in points with 46 and is Division I's fourth-leading playmaker with 29 assists.
• Making up arguably the top line ever in women's college hockey, the Clarkson trio has combined for 68 goals and 89 assists for 157 points. That is more goals than 17 other Division I teams, including eight ECAC Hockey squads, more assists than 8 teams (four in ECAC) and more points than 15 other teams (seven in ECAC).
• Averaging two points per game, Gabel has tallied 56 points (31-25) through 28 games. She leads the country in game-winning goals (8).  Through 150 career games, Gabel has amassed 200 points on 107 goals and 93 assists as the Green and Gold's all-time leading scorer. 
• Giguere has recorded 20 goals and 35 assists through 30 games. She is steadily moving up the Clarkson all-time scoring lists and looks to challenge Gabel's records before her collegiate career is over. Through just 71 games, she has tallied 126 points on 47 goals and 79 assists. Giguere has scored a Clarkson record five shorthanded goals this season. Only one team, other than Clarkson has more shorthanded goals than Giguere - Cornell with six. She has also tallied three power-play goals, three game-winners and posts a nation-high +47 rating.
• Centering the top line in college hockey, Pejzlova has 46 points on 17 goals and 29 assists, and has accumulated 133 career points (54-79) in 108 games. She is tied for the team lead in power-play goals with four and has scored three game-winners.
• Graduate transfer T.T. Cianfarano has been a nice addition to the Clarkson lineup,  recording 31 points on 16 goals and 15 assists. 
• Junior defenseman Ella Shelton rounds out Clarkson's 20-point scorers with 23 points on five goals and 18 assists. 
• An All-American at Ohio State, graduate transfer Kassidy Sauve has been stellar in recent games and has been a key reason for the Knights' success. She posted 29 saves in her fifth shutout of the year, Friday's 4-0 blanking of Cornell.  Through 26 starts, she posts a .933 save percentage (8th  in NCAA), a 1.76 GAA ( 5) and is second in wins with a 20-5-1 record.

Series Dartmouth: Clarkson leads the all-time series with Dartmouth 21-10-5, including six straight wins and a lengthy 19-game unbeaten streak against the Big Green (17-0-2). The Golden Knights extended that streak in January when they defeated Dartmouth 4-2 at Cheel Arena. Clarkson has not lost to Dartmouth on the road dating back to the 2010-11 season. Loren Gabel and Elizabeth Giguere have had little trouble putting up points against the Big Green. In seven games, Gabel has scored six goals and assisted on eight others, while Giguere has produced a staggering 13 points (3 goals, 10 assists) in only three games against the Big Green. In the 4-2 win earlier this season, the combination of Gabel and Giguere had a hand in each of the four Golden Knights' goals. Kassidy Sauve made 32 saves earlier this season to earn the 4-2 win over Dartmouth.

Series Harvard: The Golden Knights trail in the all-time series against Harvard (14-18-5), but are currently on a 10-game unbeaten streak against the Crimson (7-0-3). After beating Harvard at Cheel back in January (4-2), Clarkson pushed its winning streak to three games versus the Crimson. Loren Gabel led the Knights to the 4-2 win behind a two-goal, two-assist effort. Gabel now has five goals and six assists against the Crimson in seven career games. Kassidy Sauve played well in the first matchup, turning away 28 of 30 shots en route to the 4-2 win over Harvard.  

Scouting Dartmouth: With just two weekends left in the regular season, the Big Green are 4-20-1 and 3-15-0 in conference. Dartmouth is tied for 10th with Brown in the ECAC and is already eliminated from postseason contention. Dartmouth has struggled this season and has won only two games since early November, with victories coming against Brown (T-10th in ECAC) and Union (12th in ECAC). The Big Green lost back-to-back games this past weekend against RPI (5-2) and Union (4-1).   

Scouting Harvard: Harvard is 10-12-3 overall this season and is 8-8-2 in conference play. With two weekends to go, the Crimson sit in seventh place with 18 points, just two points out of the fifth spot. Since losing 4-2 to Clarkson in late January, Harvard has won four ECAC games and is 5-1-1 in its last seven contests. Last Tuesday the Crimson beat then seventh-ranked Boston College 4-1 to advance to the Beanpot Championship. This past Tuesday, Harvard played in the championship game of the Beanpot versus current number-seven Boston University, losing 3-2 in overtime. Senior Lexie Laing leads the team in points with 20 on seven goals and 13 assists. Freshman starting goaltender Lindsay Reed is 8-11-2 in 21 starts this season with a 1.96 goals against average and a .945 save percentage. 
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