December 30, 2008

Team Notes: Clarkson Looks to Get on Winning Track in 2009

The following article appeared December 30 on the Clarkson Web site.

 

Goodbye and good riddance to 2008. After experiencing two of the program’s most memorable moments in March of the past calendar year, closing out last season with the ECAC Hockey Regular Season title and its first NCAA Tournament victory since the mid-1990s, not much went the Clarkson University Hockey team’s way in the opening half of the 2008-09 campaign.

Beginning with a preseason injury to senior Shea Guthrie (Carleton Place, ONT), which forced one of last year’s NCAA tourney standouts to miss the first four games, the Golden Knights have struggled, hampered by injuries, bad luck and poor play.

Sixth-year head coach George Roll, associate coach Greg Drechsel and assistant coach Jean-Francois Houle will look to turn the Green and Gold’s season around in 2009 and put Clarkson back on track for a strong showing down the stretch. The Knights return to action after a two-week break when they compete in the Ohio Hockey Classic, hosted by Ohio State at the Value City Arena in Columbus on January 2-3. Clarkson will face a very stiff challenge in its first game of the New Year as it faces off against 2nd-ranked Miami University in the opening round of the tournament this Friday. Game time is 5:05 p.m., followed by the Ohio State-Army game. The winners of the first round will play in Saturday’s championship game at either 5:05 p.m. or 8:05 p.m.

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