Clarkson bounced back from a 4-0 loss to St. Lawrence on November 1 with a 2-1 victory against the Saints on Saturday at Appleton Arena.<\/p>\n
Clarkson improved to 4-1-2 in ECAC play, while St. Lawrence fell to 4-3 within the conference.<\/p>\n
There was no scoring in the first period, but not for a lack of chances for either team. St. Lawrence had three power-play chances, including a five-on-three for 30 seconds in the first period, but could not capitalize against the Golden Knights penalty kill.<\/p>\n
“I thought our penalty killing was really good,” said Clarkson coach Casey Jones.<\/p>\n
Clarkson had a power-play opportunity of its own, but was unable to convert.<\/p>\n
Junior Tommy Thompson opened the scoring for the Saints 4:01 into the first period. He found a loose puck in the slot and fired it past Clarkson goalie Steve Perry.<\/p>\n
Clarkson was able to respond 1:34 later when James de Haas scored off a faceoff to the left of St. Lawrence goalie Kyle Hayton with a wrist shot that had eyes for the net.<\/p>\n
“I just tried to find a lane to the net, and luckily it found its way in,” said de Haas. The assists went to Troy Josephs and Todd Christian, who won the initial faceoff.<\/p>\n
Jones was pleased with the way his team was able to respond to the St. Lawrence goal.<\/p>\n
“Steve made a save after they scored, and we had a good response,” said Jones.<\/p>\n
Jordan Boucher put the Golden Knights up 2-1 at 13:42 of the second period with a backhand goal from just above the red line.<\/p>\n
“I thought about going wide, but I went short side and was able to tuck it in under his arm,” said Boucher.<\/p>\n
The game was fast-paced for the rest of the second and the third periods, but neither team was able to break through. The Saints had another power-play chance early in the third and also pulled Hayton late to try and tie the game, but Perry kept the puck out for Clarkson to seal the 2-1 conference win.<\/p>\n
“I think both teams played hard tonight, and it was unfortunate we couldn’t tie it up late,” said St. Lawrence senior assistant captain Chris Martin.<\/p>\n
Jones was pleased with his team’s effort on defense, saying it was much improved from the 4-0 loss Clarkson suffered a month ago to St. Lawrence on home ice.<\/p>\n
St. Lawrence coach Greg Carvel was not disappointed with his team’s effort.<\/p>\n
“I just told them, ‘You play 36 games in a season, sometimes you won’t get the result you deserved.’ I though we deserved better tonight,” said Carvel.<\/p>\n
Perry finished the game with 21 saves while his counterpart Hayton made 29 saves in the loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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