November 18, 2008

Team Notes: Clarkson Looks to Hit Stride

The following article appeared November 18 on the Clarkson Web site.


An undermanned Clarkson University Hockey team is finding the defense of its 2008 ECAC Hockey Regular Season title to be very challenging at the start of this season’s league campaign. Hampered by a rash of early-season injuries that have kept several key players out of the lineup, the Golden Knights have lost three straight games and are coming off a pair of four-goal defeats in New England this past weekend.

Guided by sixth-year head coach George Roll, associate coach Greg Drechsel and assistant coach Jean-Francois Houle, the Green and Gold hope to have some players return from injuries and back on the ice this weekend as they look to turn their fortunes around with a home stand at Cheel Arena. The Knights, who are led by senior co-captains Tyrell Mason (Dawson Creek, BC) and Phil Paquet (Quebec City, QUE), host conference foes Quinnipiac, on Friday at 7:00 p.m., and Princeton, on Saturday at 4:00 p.m., in their last remaining conference games in Potsdam during the 2008 portion of the schedule. After Saturday afternoon’s game against Princeton, Clarkson will hold its annual Skate With a Knight on the Cheel ice. The event is free and open to the public.

Suffering three straight losses for the first time since early in the 2006-07 campaign, Clarkson owns a 2-4-2 overall record and is tied for ninth in the league standings with a 1-3 ECAC Hockey mark. This past weekend, the Knights dropped 5-1 games at Harvard on Friday and at Dartmouth on Saturday.

Complete article can be accessed via the Clarkson Web site by clicking here.