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Clarkson Faces Stern Challenge in Central NY

Powered by the top line in the nation and boasting the most prolific offense in Division I, Clarkson University returns to ECAC Hockey play traveling to Central NY for its toughest league road trip of the season. Ranked 3rd in the country, the Golden Knights, guided by 11th-year head coach Matt Desrosiers and assistants Britni Smith and Tony Maci, will face a rematch of last year's ECAC Hockey and NCAA Tournament Championship games when they battle Colgate in Hamilton, NY on Friday at 6:00 p.m. The Knights will take on 7th-ranked Cornell on Saturday at Lynah Rink in Ithaca at 3:00 p.m.

Coming off a sweep of WCHA power Minnesota Duluth this past weekend at Cheel Arena, two-time defending National Champion Clarkson stands at 12-2 overall and 3-1 in ECAC hockey. The Green and Gold are currently in sixth place in the conference with six points, four points shy of the top spot and with two games in hand on league-leader Princeton.

After a rare loss in ECAC Hockey play, a 5-1 setback at Yale on November 17, Clarkson came back with a pair of solid efforts in the non-league sweep of UMD this past weekend at Cheel, winning 4-1 and 4-2.

Colgate-Cornell Weekend Series Notes
USCHO.com Poll
USA Today Poll
Coaches Corner with Mike Vaillancourt

• The Knights are averaging 4.36 goals per game and have scored at least four goals in 11 of their 12 victories.
• One, two, three – Linemates, left wing Loren Gabel, right wing Elizabeth Giguere and center Michaela Pejzlova ranked as the top three scorers in Division I. 
• Gabel leads the country, averaging 2.33 points per game on 13 goals and 15 assists through 12 games. She was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week for the second time this season after scoring all of Clarkson's goals, a career-high four-goal outing in Friday's 4-2 win over UMD. She followed with two assists in Saturday's triumph. Gabel has amassed 172 career points (89-83) in 134 games.
• Giguere is second nationally in offense with 2.14 points per game on 11 goals and 19 assists in 14 games. She recorded six assists in the sweep of UMD to reach 100 career points faster than any other Golden Knight.  Through just 55 career games, Giguere has tallied 38 goals and 63 assists. 
• Centering Clarkson's dynamic trio, Pejzlova has recorded 11 goals and 15 assists. She has totaled 113 career points on 48 goals and 65 assists in 92 games.
• Ella Shelton is tied for second in the nation for points per game from the blueline (1.00)  with 14 points, including 12 assists in 14 games, and is tied for second in plus/minus among defensemen (+18).
• Backstopping Clarkson's 10th-ranked defense, Kassidy Sauve posts a .923 save percentage and a 1.91 goals against average en route to a 10-1 record and two shutouts through 11 starts. Suave was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week for the second time this season.
• The Knights ranked 1st in Division I on the power play, clicking at 24.5% (12-49).
• Clarkson leads the country in scoring margin (2.36).
• The Knights have outscored the opponents 31-9 in the second period.
• Clarkson is 4-2 on the road.

Series vs. Colgate
The Knights lead the all-time series over Colgate 21-9-4. The teams played four times last season with the Green and Gold coming out on top three times. In October of last year, the Raiders handed Clarkson its first loss of the season, 4-3 in overtime at Cheel. During the second half of the 2017-18 season, Clarkson won all three matchups, including the ECAC Championship at Cheel and the NCAA Championship in Minnesota. The Knights took down the Raiders 3-0 in the ECAC Championship and then won a 2-1 overtime thriller to capture their third National Championship. The Golden Knights are 9-4-2 on the road against Colgate and have not lost in Hamilton since December of 2010. Loren Gabel leads the way offensively with a team-high 11 points on six goals and five assists against the Raiders. Elizabeth Giguere, who scored the overtime game-winner in the National Championship game, has seven points on two goals and five assists. 

Series vs. Cornell
The Knights lead the all-time series against Cornell 19-13-4 and have won five in a row against the Big Red dating back to the 2016-17 season. Clarkson battled Cornell in October of last year and took down the 9th-ranked Big Red 6-0 in Cheel. The season series then shifted to Lynah Rink where the Knights escaped 4-3 in overtime. The Knights are only 7-8-2 away from Cheel, however, they have not lost in Ithaca since October of 2013 and are 2-0-2 at Lynah since. Loren Gabel has a team-high 14 points (9-5) against the Big Red in 10 games. 

Scouting Colgate
The Raiders have had trouble rekindling the magic of their 2017-18 season in which Colgate reached the National Championship game. Colgate is 7-5-2 overall and 3-2-1 in ECAC play, good enough for fourth place. The Raiders are 3-1 in Hamilton, with their lone home loss coming against former Golden Knight goaltender Jenna Brenneman, and Penn State (4-2) on September 29.  In their last action before the break, the Raiders lost to Princeton (6-0) and tied Quinnipiac (3-3) to close out a six-game road trip.

Scouting Cornell
The 7th-ranked Big Red enter the weekend 6-1-4 overall and 4-1-1 in the ECAC.  Cornell, 3-0 at Lynah Rink, will play its first home game in 35 days when it hosts St. Lawrence on Friday. The Big Red defeated (5-2) and tied (3-3) Robert Morris this past weekend in Pennsylvania to close out an eight-game road trip.
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Players Mentioned

Jenna Brenneman

#31 Jenna Brenneman

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5' 7"
Sophomore
Loren Gabel

#19 Loren Gabel

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5' 4"
Senior
Elizabeth Giguere

#7 Elizabeth Giguere

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5' 10"
Sophomore
Michaela Pejzlova

#10 Michaela Pejzlova

F
5' 6"
Junior
Ella Shelton

#11 Ella Shelton

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5' 8"
Junior
Kassidy Sauvé

#32 Kassidy Sauvé

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5' 9"
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Jenna Brenneman

#31 Jenna Brenneman

5' 7"
Sophomore
G
Loren Gabel

#19 Loren Gabel

5' 4"
Senior
F
Elizabeth Giguere

#7 Elizabeth Giguere

5' 10"
Sophomore
F
Michaela Pejzlova

#10 Michaela Pejzlova

5' 6"
Junior
F
Ella Shelton

#11 Ella Shelton

5' 8"
Junior
D
Kassidy Sauvé

#32 Kassidy Sauvé

5' 9"
Graduate Student
G