October 14, 2009

Team Notes: Clarkson Begins Three-Game Homestand

The following article appeared October 14 on the Clarkson Web site.

 

After opening the 2009-10 campaign last weekend at Michigan State, the Clarkson University Hockey team will officially begin its 19th season at Cheel Arena this Friday when it begins a three-game home stand. The Golden Knights host Niagara University in a 7:00 p.m. contest followed by a faceoff against Rochester Institute of Technology on Saturday, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The Golden Knights began their 88th season of play this past weekend with their first-ever trip out to East Lansing to battle Michigan State at Munn Arena. Clarkson came out flat in Friday’s opener and fell to the Spartans 6-1. Clarkson came back with a much better effort on Saturday, but just came up short, losing 4-3. Two controversial calls went against the Knights in the one-goal loss. An apparent go-ahead goal for Clarkson was waved off in the third, and then MSU’s game-winner came on call that was at first ruled "no goal". After video review, however, the call was overturned giving the home team the fourth and deciding score with 2:49 remaining.

Guided by seventh-year head coach George Roll, associate coach Greg Drechsel, and assistant coach Jean-Francois Houle, the Knights will look to return to the form they displayed in 2006-07 and 2007-08 when they were one of the top teams in college hockey, claiming consecutive ECAC Hockey titles and making back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances before suffering last winter’s letdown.

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