Clarkson Defeats UNH, Attains Milestone Victory

Final	1	2	3	Final
New Hampshire (3-3-2)	0	1	0	1
Clarkson (4-1-3)	1	1	0	2

Scoring Summary
1st - 02:59	Rattray, Jamie Lee (Clarkson)
2nd - 09:05	Lavoie, Kristina (New Hampshire)
2nd - 10:47	Rattray, Jamie Lee (Clarkson)

New Hampshire	Clarkson
G: Lavoie, Kristina - 1 A: Clark, Emma - 1 Sh: Hunt, Maggie - 3 Sv: Gilligan, Jenn - 21	G: Jamie lee Rattray - 2 A: Vanessa Gagnon - 2 Sh: Jamie lee Rattray - 10 Sv: Erica Howe - 12

TEAM STATISTICS	New Hampshire	Clarkson
Power Plays	0 for 3	0 for 1
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	1 (2)	3 (6)
Shots on Goal	13	23
Face Offs Won	29	12

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The Golden Knights’ leading scorer, sophomore Jamie Lee Rattray (Kanata, ONT) tallied both goals for the Clarkson University Women’s Hockey team as the Green and Gold skated to a 2-1 victory over the University of New Hampshire on Saturday afternoon at Cheel Arena.

With the victory over the Hockey East foe, the Knights extended their current unbeaten streak to six games (4-0-2) and in the process recorded a milestone win for the program. In its ninth year as a Division I team, Clarkson owns a 150-111-38 all-time record since the 2003-04 campaign, including a 4-1-3 mark this season.

The Knights controlled play throughout the majority of the game against UNH (3-3-2) and outshot the Wildcats by nearly a 2-to-1 margin, 23-13.

Rattray scored the lone goal of the first period early in the stanza off a great move in front. After taking a pass above the circles from classmate Vanessa Gagnon (St. Constant, QUE), Rattray deked a UNH defenseman in the slot and fired a quick shot up top at 2:59 for her fourth goal of the season.

The Wildcats tied it midway through the second when Kristina Lavoie finished off a pass in front from Emma Clark at 9:05.

Under two minutes later, however, Rattray put the Green and Gold back on top when she stuffed in a shot at the side of the net at 10:47. Gagnon, with her second assist of the game, and sophomore Brittany Styner (Calgary, ALB) set up the goal.  Through the first eight games, Rattray has tallied 14 points on five goals and nine assists.

The Knights’ defense, which was stingy all day, really shut down UNH over the final 20 minutes allowing the Wildcats just three shots in the period on sophomore goaltender Erica Howe (Ottawa, ONT). Howe finished with 12 saves.

Jenn Gilligan made 21 stops for UNH. Clarkson was 0-of-1 on the power play and held the Wildcats scoreless on all three of their man-advantage chances.

Clarkson, which skated to a 2-2 tie against fourth-ranked Boston University on Friday, opens ECAC Hockey play next weekend at Cheel Arena when it hosts conference powers Dartmouth and Harvard.