March 2, 2010

Team Notes: Clarkson Battles St. Lawrence in First-Round Series

The following article appeared March 2 on the Clarkson Web site.

 

With postseason play comes new life for the Clarkson University Hockey team. Looking for redemption for a disappointing regular season, the Golden Knights open the ECAC Hockey playoffs at archrival St. Lawrence University in a best-of-three games first round series. Clarkson will face off against the Saints on Friday and Saturday at Appleton Arena, beginning at 7:00 p.m. If the series is tied after two games, the North Country foes will play again on Sunday in Canton, also at 7:00 p.m.

The Knights finished the regular season with an 8-22-4 overall record and a 12th-place 4-15-3 ECAC Hockey mark. Guided by seventh-year head coach George Roll, associate coach Greg Drechsel and assistant coach Chris Rogles ’93, the Green and Gold will look to carry over the momentum generated from a strong finish to the regular season into the postseason. Clarkson, which is the healthiest is has been all year, has been playing its best hockey of the season down the stretch and completed the month of February with a 3-4-1 mark. The Knights finished the 2009-10 home campaign with a 7-7-2 record in Potsdam. Clarkson is 1-15-2 away from Cheel.

This past weekend, the Knights gained three of four points in a pair of overtime games at Cheel Arena. On Friday, freshman defenseman Andrew Himelson (Monroe, NY) tallied his first collegiate goal 3:11 into the extra session to lift the Green and Gold to a 2-1 triumph. On Saturday, junior assistant captain Brandon DeFazio (Oakville, ONT) and freshmen Adam Pawlick (Utica, NY) and Markus Piispanen (Vantaa, Finland) scored goals, and sophomore Paul Karpowich (Thunder Bay, ONT) put in another solid effort in the crease with 38 saves in a 3-3 tie against Dartmouth.

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