Golden Knights Shutout Quinnipiac at Cheel
With a 27-save effort from sophomore goaltender Erica Howe
(Ottawa, ONT) and goals from three different players the Clarkson
University Hockey team shutout Quinnipiac 3-0 in ECAC Hockey action
at Cheel Arena on Friday night.
The Golden Knights, who won their second straight, improve their
record to 6-3-4 overall and to 2-2-1 in ECAC. Quinnipiac, which saw
its unbeaten streak end at four games (3-0-1) with its first league
loss of the year, drops to 4-6-1 overall and to 3-1-1 in the
conference.
Quinnipiac outshot the Knights 15-9 in the first period, but it was
Clarkson that held the lead after the opening 20 minutes. With 50.6
seconds remaining in the stanza, sophomore Brittany Styner
(Calgary, ALB) picked up a loose puck at the bottom of the right
circle skated past a defenseman, around the sprawling Bobcat
goaltender and slipped in her first goal of the season to put the
Green and Gold on top 1-0.
After a scoreless second period, Clarkson added two more goals
early in the third to complete its second consecutive win over
Quinnipiac.
Sophomore defenseman Vanessa Plante (Riviere-du-Loup), who scored
the game-winner last Saturday at Rensselaer, tallied her second
career goal at 6:22 of the third. Plante took a short pass from
classmate Shelby Nisbet (Wiseton, SASK) at the right point and
lofted a shot through a screen, beating Quinnipiac goaltender
Victoria Vigilanti high on the glove side, Junior defenseman Hailey
Wood (Lethbridge, ALB) also assisted.
At 9:19, senior Juana Baribeau (Amos, QUE) was positioned at the
top of the crease and redirected a shot from the point by classmate
Danielle Boudreau (Whitby, ONT) that trickled over the goal line
for her second goal of the season and 48th career score. Baribeau,
who also assisted on the first goal, has 96 career points
(48-48).
Quinnipiac outshot Clarkson 27-22. Howe posted 15 first-period
saves, nine stops in the second and three more saves in the final
frame for her second shutout of the season and fourth career
whitewash.
The Knights were 0-of-3 on the power play and killed off all four
of the Bobcats man-advantage opportunities.
Clarkson hosts Princeton in a 4:00 p.m. game in Potsdam on Saturday
afternoon, while Quinnipiac plays at St. Lawrence.













