E.C.A.C. Championship: St. Lawrence Men Comeback Falls Short

SUNY Potsdam's Jack Logan (8) notched the game-winner at 3:15 of overtime, as the Bears edged SUNY Canton 4-3. Potsdam kept maintaining a one-goal lead throughout the contest en route to their first win.  (Kyton Deon photo)

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The Roos' Sam Martin (from Canton) gets a breakaway, switches to the backhand and ties the game 1-1.  Martin also assisted on the Roos' second goal that knotted at 2-2.  Jack Logan (8) notched the game-winner at 3:15 of overtime, as the Bears edged SUNY Canton 4-3.(Bob LaRue photo)

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Mathieu Gosslein sets up Alex Campbell (11), who finally broke a scoreless game at the 8:00 minute mark of the third period,  giving Clarkson a 1-0 win at home in the weekend series with local rival St. Lawrence   Jordan Power also received an assist.   The two teams will meet again Saturday night at Appleton Arena in Canton.  (Cody Jenne photo)

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SUNY Plattsburgh’s Ryan Hogg (19) skates in to sweep the puck around the left pad of Potsdam goaltender Michael Paglucca (29) for the unassisted goal.  Plattsburgh edged Potsdam 6-5.(Andrew Baker photo). Game Gallery

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Mathieu Gosslein sets up Alex Campbell (11), who finally broke a scoreless game at the 8:00 minute mark of the third period,  giving Clarkson a 1-0 win at home in the weekend series with local rival St. Lawrence   Jordan Power also received an assist.   The two teams will meet again Saturday night at Appleton Arena in Canton.  (Cody Jenne photo)

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Clarkson finally breaks out of a 1-0 game vs. Syracuse in the third period. Rebecca Morissette wrists the puck into the net to make it 3-0 Golden Knights.  Clarkson scored four goals in he final frame to win 5-0 over the Orange and stay unbeaten at 16-0-2.  (Kyton Deon photo)
Clarkson's Dominique Petrie (29) wraps the puck around the goal while getting taken down to the ice to score the third and final goal of the game in the closing seconds to take a 3-0 lead over St. Lawrence University. The Golden Knights scored two quick goals in the first period that lifted them to a 3-0 victory over the Saints. (Cody Jenne photo)

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November 25, 2023: A flurry of goals in the first half of the third period turned a close game into a lopsided win for the fifth-ranked Clarkson University Women's Hockey team as the Golden Knights swept its series against Syracuse University with a 5-0 victory over the Orange on Saturday afternoon at Cheel Arena. The Golden Knights improved to 16-0-2 on the season while Syracuse fell to 3-12-2. Clarkson closes out the 2023 portion of its schedule next weekend with games against ECAC Hockey foes Dartmouth and Harvard. In the opening period, Clarkson picked up right where it left off from Tuesday's contest against the Orange, dominating possession and getting numerous shots on the Syracuse goal. The Knights had several lengthy stretches with the puck in the Orange defensive end, but Syracuse goaltender Allie Kelley was up to the task with several saves in the first five minutes. Clarkson finished with a 15-6 edge in shots on goal in the first period, connecting on one with about three minutes left in the period during the team's second power-play opportunity of the frame. After Syracuse had cleared the zone and sent the puck to the other end of the ice, Clarkson quickly regrouped and returned to the Orange defensive zone. Brooke McQuigge waited for traffic in front of the goal to clear to set up the offense, finding Nicole Gosling in front. Gosling then skipped a pass to the left circle for Alexie Guay and from there Guay sent a pass down to the end line for Anne Cherkowski. At that point, McQuigge's patience a few seconds earlier paid off as Cherkowski sent the puck in front for the captain, with McQuigge connecting on a one-timer to put the Knights on the board at 16:58. About six minutes into the second period, each team had scoring opportunities in transition. A head's up play by Clarkson goalkeeper Julia Minotti create a 3-on-1 rush towards the Syracuse goal, but Kelley stopped the puck near the post on her glove side. Almost immediately after the next faceoff, Syracuse had three skaters in front going the other way and it was Rayla Clemons with a 1-on-1 with Minotti, but Minotti made the save and then denied another off the rebound. Only 20 seconds later, Clarkson's Shelby Laidlaw had a solid opportunity from the left circle but was stopped by Kelley, ending the run of three excellent scoring chances for the two teams in a stretch of just 35 seconds. The period ended with a similar shots on goal total from the first (15-7), but this time it was a shutout for both squads. The third period started with a 4-on-4 as both teams had penalties in the final moments of the second period. As the 4-on-4 ended, the Knights were on the power play and immediately took advantage with a 3-on-1 rush out of a switch as Anne Cherkowski finished off some quick passes at 1:22 of the third, with assists going to Darcie Lappan and Dominique Petrie. That score began a run of scoring that sent what was a close game into a blowout. The first even-strength goal of the game came at 3:00 when Kirstyn McQuigge tried to get things going with what looked like a harmless pass in the Clarkson defensive zone to Rebecca Morissette. The freshman was a step or two inside the blue line near Clarkson's goal, but skated through the neutral zone and into the Syracuse zone, taking a wrist shot from a stride short of the dot in the left circle to beat Kelley on the stick side. Another score on the power play came four minutes later, though Syracuse did a good job of keeping the Knights off the board for as long as it could. Kelley made several saves and the Orange made sure the Knights' offense was stalled behind the net. However, once the puck was poked loose and Alexie Guay got possession, Clarkson quickly capitalized. Guay sent a pass along the boards to Nicole Gosling, and Gosling whipped a pass to the opposite side of the ice to Haley Winn. From there, Winn adeptly passed the puck through traffic to the opposite post, finding Cherkowski on the doorstep for the goal at 6:58. The fifth goal of the contest took some odd bounces around the rink before finding the settled stick of Laurence Frenette. Nicole Gosling dropped a pass to Haley Winn at the top of the slot and her wrist shot was wide and quickly bounced back to the end line. Gosling, who had drifted down to end line, picked up the rebound and was trying to put the puck on goal or in front for a teammate, but it ended up bounding out to Frenette at the right circle. With a wide open net thanks to the traffic on the other side, Frenette easily slapped a shot in at 9:42. Clarkson finished with a 47-17 edge in shots on goal and was 3-for-6 on the power play while killing off three Syracuse power-play chances. Minotti stopped 17 shots for the shutout, her second of the season, while Kelley denied 42 shots in the Syracuse end.
 
November 8, 2023: In front of an enthusiastic, engaged, and record-setting crowd, the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team came alive in the third period with four goals to out duel Route 11 rival St. Lawrence University, 6-3, in a non-league matchup in front of 3223 fans at Cheel Arena. The fifth-ranked Golden Knights remained unbeaten thanks to their season-high six goals, improving to 12-0-1 overall. Sixth-rated St. Lawrence dropped just its second game of the season, falling to 10-2-0 on the year. The two teams will meet again in another non-conference contest on Saturday at Appleton Arena. It took a few moments for either team to get much in the way of legitimate scoring chances. Roughly five minutes in, Shelby Laidlaw picked up a rebound after a shot from the top of the left circle with half of the net open, but her shot went just wide. St. Lawrence had a chance of its own five minutes later when Kennedy Wilson found herself on a breakaway as a loose puck found her stick near the center stripe. Wilson skated in for a one-on-one with Michelle Pasiechnyk, but Wilson's forehand was denied on a sprawling save by the Clarkson goalkeeper. Both teams would find the back of the net in the latter half of the period. Clarkson's first goal came shortly after Pasiechnyk's save on the breakaway. Anne Cherkowski skated in along the right side before sending the puck back in front to Dominique Petrie. From there, Petrie took a few stabs at the puck and slipped it past Saints' goaltender Emma-Sofie Nordstrom. Clarkson's lead would be short-lived, however, as the Saints tied the score at 1-1 just three minutes later. The Saints played from behind the net, and once the circuit was completed a pass slid just past the crease to Ally McLeod, who knocked the puck in at 13:40. Clarkson would end up taking the lead right before the first intermission as Nicole Gosling did her part twice to both keep the scoring opportunity alive and also netting the goal. The puck almost left the zone on a pass along the left boards, but Gosling had just enough stick blade to keep the puck in, sending it back around to reset the play. After a few passes, the puck was back on Gosling's stick near the blue line, and she took a few strides to the top of the slot, converting a wrist shot at 18:08 for a 2-1 Clarkson lead, with Darcie Lappan and Kirstyn McQuigge assisting. At the start of the second stanza, the Knights looked as if they had their third score of the game on a Jenna Goodwin backhand in front of the crease, but the goal was called off due to goaltender interference earlier in the play upon review. The Green and Gold had more opportunities when St. Lawrence was whistled for two penalties, but the first call resulted in only three blocked shots, while the second saw Nordstrom produce three saves before the Saints could kill off the extra-player opportunity. A third Saints' penalty was called near the midway point of the period, but again the Saints were up to the task allowing just two shots with only one on goal in the final seconds of the power play. The Saints had two chances on the power play at the conclusion of the second period, skating up a player for close to the final four minutes of the period, but Pasiechnyk denied seven shots on goal in that stretch, keeping the score 2-1. For the first few minutes of the third period, the teams skated freely with just a handful of chances making it past the first line of defense. Eventually, the Saints knotted the game back up at 2-2. An icing call put the puck back at the circle in the Clarkson defensive end, and though the Knights had possession for most of the next few ticks, the puck skipped out to the top of the right circle where Melissa Jeffries took a shot one step in. A few ricochets saw Kennedy Wilson credited with the goal at 6:29. St. Lawrence appeared to have momentum on its side when the Knights were called for a penalty just 90 seconds after the game was tied up, but Pasiechnyk again made the saves necessary, and a broken play allowed Clarkson to score shorthanded. A failure to keep the puck in the Clarkson defensive zone allowed for a 2-on-1 as Baylee Kirwan won a race to the puck and sent a pass across ice to Sena Catterall, who made a few moves in easily flipped the puck past Nordstrum at 9:36. The momentum was clearly back in Clarkson's favor when St. Lawrence was called for a delay of game penalty, putting the Knights up a skater. After working the puck around on several connected passes, Anne Cherkowski took a shot from the top of the right circle, only to be denied by Nordstrum. However, the SLU goaltender was unable to pick it clean and Brooke McQuigge cleaned up the rebound at 11:23 to put the score at 4-2. Only a few moments later, a slashing penalty put the Saints on the power play, and St. Lawrence finally delivered with the player-advantage. Mae Batherson took a shot from the top of the slot only to be denied by the left pad of Pasiechnyk, but the puck was collected by Taylor Lum on the doorstep, and Lum knocked the puck into the otherwise unguarded net with just over seven minutes to play. A penalty gave the Knights a power-play chance that came up empty, but it was enough time to keep the Saints from mounting much more offense. As the minutes ticked away, the Saints looked ready to pull the goaltender, covering up the puck at 2:09 with hopes of winning the next faceoff for a final rush. It would not come to pass, however, as the Knights won the next faceoff and Darcie Lappan skated through the slot with a wrist shot over the stick of Nordstrum at 17:58. Clarkson tacked on an empty-net goal as Petrie recorded her second of the contest with just under a minute to play. Clarkson finished with a 33-32 advantage in shots on goal and had 62 attempts overall to the Saints' 50. Clarkson was 1-for-5 on the power play and the Saints were held off the board in their player-advantage chances at 0-for-3. Pasiechnyk finished with 29 saves, and Nordstrum denied 27 shots. Four different Clarkson players registered multi-point games, led by Dominique Petrie's pair of goals.

Three minutes after Clarkson took a 1-0 lead, Aly McLeod poked the loose puck into the net for the Saints, tying the game 1-1.  Clarkson won 6-3 in front of 3,223 fans – an all-time record at Cheel Arena for a women’s hockey game. The #5-ranked Knights stay unbeaten at 12-0-1, while #6 SLU falls to 10-2.  (Bob LaRue photo)
 

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November 8, Aly McLeod, Kennedy Wilson and Taylor Lum scored to lead the No. 6 St. Lawrence University women's hockey team, but the Scarlet and Brown fell to fifth-ranked Clarkson, 6-3, in a non-conference Route 11 Rivalry matchup in front of 3,223 fans for a 'School Day' game on Wednesday morning. Clarkson got on the board first, as Dominique Petrie cashed in on a scramble in front of Saints' goaltender Emma-Sofie Nordström at 10:10 of the first period. In similar fashion, the Scarlet and Brown tied the game up as Aly McLeod snuck one past Michelle Pasiechnyk at 13:40. Katina Duscio and Hillary Sterling assisted on the play. The Golden Knights took the lead, as Nicole Gosling ripped a shot from the slot to give Clarkson a 2-1 lead heading into the first intermission. After the first period shots were evenly matched at 8-8. Early in the second period, the Golden Knights scored their third of the game, but the play was challenged and the goal was overturned for goaltender interference. After the overturned tally on Clarkson, the second period remained scoreless, with both Nordström and Pasiechnyk denying chances for either side and at the end of two periods, St. Lawrence held a 20-16 edge in shots. The Saints rally continued, as Kennedy Wilson found another equalizer for the Scarlet and Brown, beating Pasiechnyk with a tip off an original shot from Melissa Jefferies, knotting the game 2-2. Just about three minutes later, Sena Catterall scored one a short-handed rush to give the Golden Knights a 3-2 advantage. Brooke McQuigge then put Clarkson up by two goals, as she capitalized on a door-step rebound opportunity. Taylor Lum looked to keep the Saints in it once more with her third of the season and the Saints 13th powerplay goal of the season. Graduate defender Mae Batherson took an original shot in the point, which was poked by Abby Hustler and cashed in by Lum to bring the game back within one. St. Lawrence's 13 powerplay goals ranks third nationally. Darcie Lappan and Petrie tacked on two more goals, making the final score 6-3 in favor of the Golden Knights. "Clarkson put on a great event for the North Country fans today having all the schools attend our game," said head coach Chris Wells. "The players on both teams provided great entertainment for everyone in attendance."   "We played a solid game and had plenty of chances to come out on top," Wells added. "Clarkson did a nice job capitalizing at key points in the game keeping us chasing the score all game. Our effort was there from the puck drop! That was great to see." Nordström finished with 27 saves in the loss, while Pasiechnyk made 29. Clarkson finished with a 33-32 edge in shots. With the loss, the Saints fell to 10-2-0 on the season, while Clarkson improved to 12-0-1. This week's matchups between the two teams are both non-conference contests.

Anna Maria's Jacqueline Howlett (18) attempts to get in the shooting lane, as the Roos’ Ashley Gillies (33) puts the puck on net.  The shot was turned aside by Cats’ goaltender Julia Smith (35).  After a scoreless middle period, Roos' Maggie Convery buries the puck early in the third to put Canton up two.  Less than four minutes later, Meghan Sonia tallies Anna Maria's first goal with assists for Kaitlyn Korpach and Samantha Rodriguez to cut the lead in half. Canton’s Lily Cullen finished the scoring with an insurance goal at 12:21 of the third to help the Roos secure the 3-1 win over the Cats. Anna Maria’s Julia Smith stopped 59 of 62 shots she faced, while Canton’s Brooke Susac saved 14-of-15 shots for the win. 

Canton’s Brooke Susac (73) denies the Bears a score early in the second period.  In non-league action, the SUNY Potsdam Bears blanked the Roos 3-0, in a preview of Canton's joining the NEWHL next season.  (Josh Wangerin photos) Game Gallery

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Potsdam’s Miranda Kolb (5) rockets the puck into the wide open net on the short side past Saint Michael's goaltender Gabriella Dicomitis (44).  After opening a 7-0 lead, Potsdam cruised to an 8-3 win.  (Andrew Baker photo). Game Gallery

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SUNY Potsdam goaltender Kayla McCabe (29), a Potsdam native, holds her post in preparation for a wraparound shot attempt from Plattsburgh’s Kaitlin Drew-Mead (27).  Plattsburgh scored two goals in all three periods, en route to a 6-1 win over the Potsdam Bears at Potsdam.  (Andrew Baker photo).

SUNY Plattsburgh’s Sara Krauseneck (25) snaps a short-handed goal on a cross-ice pass and redirect to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead in the second period.  Cardinals went on to capture a 5-0 win over SUNY Potsdam.  (Sam Wangerin photo)