Ottawa Senators general manager John Muckler announced that they have signed Shawn Weller, Clarkson’s leading scorer, to an entry-level contract. Weller, 20, was the Senators’ first third-round choice (77th overall) in the 2004 NHL entry draft. The South Glens Falls, N.Y., native set career highs in goals (19), assists (21) and points (40) while recording … Read more
With two top goaltenders in net, it’s no surprise that it took extra time for even a single goal to be scored in the East Regional Semifinal. Chris Lerch takes a look at UMass’ Jon Quick and Clarkson’s David Leggio.
One Is All It Takes Today’s win by Massachusetts was the ninth 1-0 final in NCAA tournament history but the seventh since 2003. Two others were overtime games: last year’s epic three-OT win by Wisconsin over Cornell in the Midwest Regional Final and Minnesota’s 2005 West Regional Semifinal win over Maine. “There’s a thin line … Read more
It’s taken a few seasons, but George Roll and Clarkson are back in familiar territory — winning territory. Tom Reale investigates the Golden Knights’ resurgence.
Clarkson freshman goaltender Matt Smith will leave the school after completing final exams this week. Smith has decided to play hockey in the Quebec Major Junior League. A native of Mississauga, Ontario, the 6-0, 204-pound goaltender saw limited action with the Golden Knights this season. Smith played in one game, an exhibition contest against the … Read more
The Golden Knights of Clarkson have shown some promise over the last few years since George Roll has taken over, but it never really has materialized. This season, there is hope that it just may. Nick Dodge leads the forward attack of the Golden Knights this season, and many have said that he is the … Read more
Clarkson and St. Lawrence are enjoying a resurgence this season, as Timothy Muir McDonald was able to see for himself.
The 2003-2004 season saw the Golden Knights finish in the middle of the pack during the regular season but make a surprising sprint through the ECAC tournament only to fall to Harvard in the last minute of the ECAC championship. Hopes were high, then, in Potsdam at the start of the 2004-2005 season, a season … Read more
The Cornell Big Red has been selected by both the coaches and media as the No. 1 team in this year’s ECAC Hockey League men’s preseason polls. The Big Red were a unanimous choice of the media’s 21 voters while the Big Red were the choice of 11 of the 12 head coaches. The Big … Read more
Sean T. Frazier, the director of athletics and recreation at Clarkson, has been named athletic director at Merrimack. Frazier replaces interim athletic director and head hockey coach Chris Serino, who left Merrimack after seven years. As athletic director, Frazier will be responsible for the operations of Merrimack’s athletic department, which currently sponsors 16 intercollegiate varsity … Read more
The ECACHL has decided to move it’s women’s championships to an on-campus venue for the 2006 season. The ECACHL has held it’s women’s championships at Messa Rink on the campus of Union College for the past two seasons, but this coming year it will be at the home rink of the highest remaining seed in … Read more
Clarkson goaltender Dustin Traylen has been dismissed from the team by coach George Roll. No specific reason was disclosed by the school. “We won’t discuss a conversation between a student and coach,” said Clarkson media relations director Rick Burt. Traylen was disciplined on multiple occasions by Roll over the past year. He was left home … Read more
One Clarkson player was dismissed from the team, and four others were suspended for the weekend because of a violation of team rules. According to sources, junior forward John Sullivan is the player who was kicked off the team. The suspended players are freshmen forwards David Cayer, Ryan Hodkinson and Matt Isbister, and senior defenseman … Read more
When George Roll returned to Potsdam last season after six years at Oswego, the former Clarkson assistant realized that life had changed a bit since the mid-1990s. “Last year,” explained the Knights’ head coach, “I learned that the league had changed a lot and Clarkson had changed a lot since I was here. We had … Read more
Mark Morris, fired as head coach at Clarkson near the beginning of the 2002-03 season, has been named the new coach at Northwood Prep school, a historically strong feeder program for college hockey. Morris was fired at Clarkson following a November 2002 investigation into an alleged physical confrontation between himself and player Zach Schwan. He … Read more
Matt Nickerson has decided to leave Clarkson after just one year, signing a three-year deal with the NHL’s Dallas Stars. “Matt is only 19 years old and will go to an American Hockey League camp this fall,” said Stars assistant general manager Francois Giguere. “Based on his performance at the camp, he’s either going to … Read more
From defunct Fairfield to the ECAC Semifinal, two former Stags relay their experience.
Clarkson backliners bust out.
After months of handwringing and lobbying, 12 athletic programs at eight schools, including four in men’s ice hockey, received grandfather protection Monday, allowing them to continue granting athletic scholarships. The vote on the amendment to Proposal 65 was passed at the NCAA Convention in Nashville, 296-107. Proposal 65 itself, which prevents any future schools from … Read more
Was a masterful, coordinated effort by eight schools enough to change the course of Monday’s D-III vote on scholarships?