Saints Skate to Tie with Golden Knights

Final	1	2	3	OT	Final
St. Lawrence (14-7-4, 8-4-2)	1	0	0	0	1
Clarkson (14-7-5, 8-4-1)	0	0	1	0	1

Scoring Summary
1st - 15:39	Karell Emard (St. Lawrence)
3rd - 12:46	Skirrow, Danielle (Clarkson)

St. Lawrence	Clarkson
G: Karell Emard - 1 A: 2 Players (#15, #16 - 1) Sh: Rylee Smith - 5 Sv: Carmen Macdonald - 24	G: Danielle Skirrow - 1 A: 2 Players (#7, #25 - 1) Sh: Danielle Skirrow - 5 Sv: Erica Howe - 29

TEAM STATISTICS	St. Lawrence	Clarkson
Power Plays	0 for 5	0 for 5
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	5 (10)	6 (12)
Shots on Goal	30	25
Face Offs Won	25	28

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Jan. 21: The St. Lawrence University women's hockey team picked up one point in the ECAC Hockey standings on Saturday, as the Saints skated to a 1-1 tie with Clarkson University at Cheel Arena.

The Saints (14-7-4, 8-4-2) saw an eight-game win streak come to an end, but remained unbeaten since November 23.  Clarkson, which scored the tying goal in the final minutes of the third period, moves to 14-7-5 (8-4-1) despite having been outshot 30-25.

The Saints came out of the gate attacking on Saturday, as they controlled the majority of offensive chance in the first period.  Their efforts led to a 1-0 lead at 15:39 when captain Karell Emard scored her ninth goal of the season.  Emard was able to snap a shot past Clarkson goalie Erica Howe and inside the far post to get the visitors on top, with assists going to linemates Rylee Smith and Kelly Sabatine.

The second period was owned by the goaltenders, as Howe and St. Lawrence rookie Carmen MacDonald both had several key saves.  With each team earning seven shots on goal, each netminder was perfect in the frame, including a sprawled-out save on a rebound by MacDonald to keep the Saints head entering the third period.

Clarkson had the better of the play in the third period, as the Knights stepped up the attack and outshot their opponents, 9-7.  Their pressure led to the tying goal at 12:46, as Danielle Skirrow banged home a rebound from the top of the crease to knot the score at 1-1.  The goal, which was Skirrow's 13th of the year, was assisted by Jamie Lee Rattray and Gabrielle Kosziwka.

The Golden Knights were energized by the tying goal, and had the best opportunity to win the game in regulation as a two-on-one chance in the final minute got past MacDonald, but hit the near post to send the game to overtime.

In the extra session, it was St. Lawrence that owned the play, outshooting Clarkson 5-1.  Emard nearly gave her team the win on a wrap-around try from behind the net, while classmate Vanessa Emond had a breakaway try get gloved by Howe, allowing Clarkson to escape with a 1-1 tie.

Howe finished with 29 saves for the host team, while MacDonald closed with 24.  St. Lawrence was 0-for-5 against the nation's best penalty kill unit, though the Saints' penalty kill kept Clarkson without a power play goal on Saturday as well (0-for-6).

St. Lawrence will be in action again next weekend, Friday and Saturday, January 27 and 28, when they host nationally-ranked No. 3 Cornell and Colgate at Appleton Arena.  The Saints and Big Red square off on Friday night at 7:00pm.