Baribeau Earns 100th Career Point in Victory Over Union
Potsdam, NY - With a three-goal outburst in the the third
period, headlined by senior Juana Baribeau's (Amos, QUE) 100th
career point, the Clarkson Univeristy Women's Hockey team completed
an impressive offensive weekend with a 6-2 victory over Union
College Saturday afternoon at Cheel Arena.
The Golden Knights won their third straight game to improve to
10-4-4 on the season and 6-3-1 in ECAC Hockey, avenging an
early-season loss to the Dutchwomen. Union moved to 3-12-1, 1-5-1
on the year.
After recording 10 goals against Rensselaer on Friday and six more
versus Union on Saturday, the Golden Knights tied a program-record
for most goals in a weekend. The last time Clarkson had 16 goals in
a two-day span was against Union College in October 2005. The
figure was the most goals the Knights scored against different
opponents in a single weekend.
Though Union began the game with a handful of shots, none of their
chances were legitimate scoring opportunities. Clarkson, meanwhile,
started out slow, but picked up the pace by scoring on its second
shot of the game. Sophomore Jamie Lee Rattray (Kanata, ONT) wove
through the defense and poked the puck through on the
goalie’s stickside for her 10th goal of the season. Union
goalkeeper Shenae Lundberg got a piece of the puck, but it still
trickled across the goal line at 5:08, with assists going to
Brittany Styner (Calgary, ALB) and Gabrielle Kosziwka (Limehouse,
ONT).
The initial score got Clarkson’s offense going and the team
tallied a second goal seven minutes later. With a mini-scrum in
front Kosziwka was in the right place at the right time, 11:46, to
pick up her fifth goal of the campaign, with the assists going to
her linemates Styner and Rattray.
Union was rewarded for some consistent pressure in the middle of
the second period as Jeannie Sabourin finished off a play in front
of the net to end Clarkson’s hopes for a weekend shutout.
Camille Corbin and Lauren Hoffman earned the assists on the goal,
which came at 13:15 in the second period, as the Dutchwomen had
spent a good deal of time in the Knights’ defensive end.
The Dutchwomen’s pressure came to an end quickly, however, as
Clarkson responded with a goal less than two minutes later.
Sophomore Vanessa Gagnon (St. Constant, QUE) skated from the left
circle through the slot and backhanded a shot top shelf, recording
the unassisted marker at 14:46.
Union kept things close in the third period, pulling to within a
single score seven minutes into the final regulation frame.
Stefanie Thomson controlled the puck between the slot and the blue
line with a couple of quick moves and then wristed a shot over the
gloveside shoulder of Erika Howe (Ottawa, ONT) to make the score
3-2. Linemates Nicole Bartlett and Mac Purvis each earned
assists.
Clarkson picked up an insurance goal late in the third period as
senior Juana Baribeau stole a puck near the blue line and skated in
against a pair of defenders before beating Lundburg to her glove
side at the 13:01 mark of the third period. The goal was the 52nd
of her career and gave her 100 career points, becoming only the
fifth player in Clarkson history to reach the milestone.
With an empty net at the Union end, Danielle Boudreau (Whitby, ONT)
picked up a loose puck at the top of the circle in the Clarkson end
and outmaneuvered a pair of defenders to score an empty-net goal
from close to the red line at 18:25. Though Union goalkeeper Shenae
Lundberg was back in net, the Knights picked up yet another
insurance goal when Rattray skated through the slot and backhanded
a shot with just 47 seconds left in the contest.
Clarkson finished the game with a 34-27 edge in shots, and neither
team was whistled for a penalty in the entire contest. Howe
finished with 25 saves, while Lundberg had 28 saves for Union.
Baribeau joined four others in Clarkson's 100-point club. Britney
Selina had 148 points to lead the all-time scorers. Melissa Waldie
scored 121 and Genevieve Lavoie and Marie-Jo Gaudet scored 110 and
109 points, respectively.












