Clarkson Wins Home Opener

Final	1	2	3	Final
Sacred Heart (0-3-0)	0	0	0	0
Clarkson (1-1-1)	3	0	0	3

Scoring Summary
1st - 04:07	PP - Oakley, Louke (Clarkson)
1st - 13:12	SH - Tansey, Kevin (Clarkson)
1st - 18:33	Oakley, Louke (Clarkson)

Sacred Heart	Clarkson
G: N/A A: N/A Sh: 2 Players (#15, #25 - 4) Sv: BODNARCHUK, Andrew - 28	G: Louke Oakley - 2 A: 3 Players (#4, #71, #74 - 1) Sh: 2 Players (#4, #37 - 4) Sv: Paul Karpowich - 23

TEAM STATISTICS	Sacred Heart	Clarkson
Power Plays	0 for 6	1 for 4
Shorthanded Goals	0	1
Penalties (min)	4 (8)	6 (12)
Shots on Goal	23	31
Face Offs Won	19	44

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For the second consecutive season, the Clarkson University Hockey team recorded a shutout in its home opener as the Golden Knights won their first game of the year with a 3-0 victory over Sacred Heart before 2,525 fans at Cheel Arena Friday night. Senior Paul Karpowich (Thunder Bay, ONT) gained the whitewash with 23 saves and classmate Louke Oakley (Whitby, ONT) continued his early-season offensive spurt with two goals.

Clarkson, which stands at 1-1-1 overall, host Sacred Heart (0-3-0) again on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

Clarkson started strong in all areas of its game to begin its home-opener in Potsdam, NY, recording a power-play marker, a shorthanded tally and an even-strength goal to take a 3-0 lead through the first period.

Oakley started the scoring at 4:07, redirecting a shot from the point by freshman defenseman Sam Labrecque (Granby, QUE) just 18 seconds into the first power play of the game. Sophomore Ben Sexton (Kanata, ONT) also assisted.

Freshman defenseman Kevin Tansey (Hammond, ONT) made it 2-0, scoring on a quick shot from the top of the left circle for his first career goal, a shorthanded marker at 13:12. Sophomore Jarrett Burton (Echo Bay, ONT) won the draw back to Tansey to earn the assist.

With 1:27 remaining in the opening stanza, Oakley won a faceoff clean at the right side of the Sacred Heart goal and fired in a quick shot under the crossbar for his second goal of the game and third of the season, completing the scoring in the game.

The Knights outshot Sacred Heart 31-23. Clarkson was 1-of-4 on the power play and killed off six Pioneer man-advantage opportunities while also scoring a shorthanded goal.

Karpowich earned his third career shutout with six saves in the first period, 10 more in the middle frame and seven third-period stops. Karpowich’s best stop came on a second-period pad save on the Pioneers’ Drew George, who got behind the Clarkson defense for  breakaway chance with nine  minutes left in the second. Sacred Heart put strong offensive pressure on the Knights’ goal in the final seconds of the game in their bid to score their first goal of the season, but Karpowich was able to hold the visitors off the scoreboard.