December 29, 2009

Team Notes: Clarkson Resumes Play at Dodge Holiday Classic

The following article appeared December 29 on the Clarkson Web site.

 

With the start of the New Year the Clarkson University Hockey team will strive to turn its season around and make a strong second-half run in 2010. Returning from a 27-day break, the Golden Knights resume play this weekend when they participate in the Dodge Holiday Classic at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis. The Green and Gold, at 4-10-2 overall, face off against Northern Michigan in the first round on Saturday, beginning at 5:07 p.m. EST, and then battle either host University of Minnesota or Bowling Green in second-round action. Sunday’s games times are slated for 5:07 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. EST.

The Knights, guided by seventh-year head coach George Roll and associate coach Greg Drechsel, played only six of its first 16 games at home in Potsdam. The opening half of the schedule included road series at nationally-ranked Michigan State and Minnesota-Duluth along with single game encounters against Top-10 rated Quinnipiac and Boston College on their home ice.

After the tournament in Minnesota, Clarkson, led by junior captain Scott Freeman (Whitby, ONT) and assistant captains, senior Matt Beca (Mississauga, ONT) and junior Brandon DeFazio (Oakville, ONT), will host six consecutive games at Cheel Arena, beginning with a weekend series against Alabama-Huntsville on January 8-9. The Green and Gold, who will have made two plane trips to Minnesota and a lengthy bus ride to East Lansing MI, will play only two contests (at Brown and Yale on February 19-20) outside of New York for the remaining 16 games of the regular season.

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