November 14, 2008

Golden Knights' Streak Over Crimson Comes to End

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CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A six-game winning streak for the Clarkson University Hockey team over Harvard came to an end in Cambridge, MA on Friday night as the Golden Knights fell to the Crimson 5-1 at Bright Hockey Center.

The Green and Gold, at 2-3-2 overall and 1-2 in ECAC Hockey play, will look to break out of a two-game losing slump when they play at Dartmouth on Saturday night, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

The Knights fell into a 3-0 hole to start the first and could not recover as the Crimson defeated Clarkson for the first time since February 25, 2006

The Crimson's first goal came off a Clarkson turnover in the Knights' end when Michael Del Mauro tallied at 9:46. The home team went on top by two just five seconds into a power play on Nick Coskern's man-advantage goal. Harvard scored again with Joe Smith finding the back of the net at 16:20.

Sophomore Lauri Tuohimaa (Helsinki, Finland) put the Knights on the scoreboard with 35 seconds left in the first. Tuohimaa snapped off a quick wrist shot from the slot for his team-high fifth goal of the season, connecting on a pass behind the net from classmate Brandon DeFazio (Oakville, ONT). Sophomore Scott Freeman (Whitby, ONT) also assisted.

Harvard, however, did not let up adding a late goal in the second and another power-play marker early in the third to gain the final four-goal victory.

Clarkson out shot Harvard 24-23. Freshman Paul Karpowich (Thunder Bay, ONT) posted 18 stops for the Knights. Clarkson was 0-of-6 on the power play, while the Crimson tallied twice in two man-advantage opportunities.