Clarkson Wins Fifth Straight with Victory at Bentley

Final	1	2	3	Final
Clarkson (5-1-1)	2	0	1	3
Bentley (1-5)	0	1	1	2

Scoring Summary
1st - 07:17	Tremblay, Nick (Clarkson)
1st - 08:23	PP - Sexton, Ben (Clarkson)
2nd - 13:40	QUARTUCCIO, Tyler (Bentley)
3rd - 04:08	McPherson, Allan (Clarkson)
3rd - 09:49	HARTUNG, Brett (Bentley)

Clarkson	Bentley
G: 3 Players (#9, #12, #74 - 1) A: 5 Players (#4, #10, #19, #74, #81 - 1) Sh: Allan McPherson - 6 Sv: Paul Karpowich - 33	G: 2 Players (#10, #14 - 1) A: 4 Players (#13, #14, #25, #26 - 1) Sh: 5 Players (#3, #10, #14, #23, #25 - 4) Sv: RANK, Kyle - 25

TEAM STATISTICS	Clarkson	Bentley
Power Plays	1 for 4	0 for 5
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	12 (35)	10 (20)
Shots on Goal	28	35
Face Offs Won	38	33

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Reigning ECAC Hockey Player of the Week, sophomore Allan McPherson (Kinburn, ONT) came through with the deciding goal and senior Paul Karpowich (Thunder Bay, ONT) put in another solid between the pipes as the Clarkson University Hockey team extended its winning streak to five games with a hard fought 3-2 victory at Bentley University on Friday night.

The Golden Knights, who own a 5-1-1 overall record, close out the season-opening non-league portion of their schedule with Saturday night’s game at Bentley.

Playing its first game of the season at home, Bentley outshot the Knights 35-28, but Karpowich was strong with 11 saves in each period to backstop the Green and Gold to the road win.

The Knights played their best to start the game and took a 2-0 lead while outshooting the Falcons 14-11 through the opening 20 minutes. Shortly after killing off a five-minute major, Clarkson scored twice in a 66-second span to take control.

Senior Nick Tremblay (Candiac, QUE) knocked in a rebound at 7:17 for his fourth goal of the season and 20th career tally with freshmen Joe Zarbo (Grand Island, NY) and Kevin Tansey (Hammond, ONT) assisting.

Clarkson’s power play which entered the weekend ranked third in the nation (29.4%), connected again with sophomore Ben Sexton (Kanata, ONT) knocking in a shot from the point by freshman defenseman Sam Labrecque (Granby, ONT) at 8:23 for his third goal of the year.

Bentley (1-5) picked up its play over the final two periods, outshooting the Knights 24-14. The Falcons got on the scoreboard with a goal by Tyler Quartuccio at 13:40 of the middle frame to make it a one-goal game through 40 minutes.

McPherson, who collected three goals and both game-winners last weekend, came through again on Friday. At 4:08 of the third, McPherson took a pass from Sexton and fired a shot under the crossbar for his fourth goal of the season and third consecutive game-winner.

The Falcons made it a 3-2 game at 9:49 on Brett Hartung’s goal, but that was as close as the home team would get.

Clarkson, which has scored at least one power-play goal in every game this season, went 1-of-4 with the man-advantage and killed off all five Bentley power plays.