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Jamie Lee Rattray is an offensive catalyst for Clarkson and is within one win of a national championship after the Golden Knights topped Mercyhurst Friday night (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

HAMDEN, Conn.<\/b> — It’s not all about Jamie Lee Rattray for Clarkson.<\/p>\n

The Patty Kazmaier Award finalist is certainly a star on the Golden Knights and obviously one of the top players in the country. She leads the team and is second in the nation in scoring (28-36-64), picking up two assists in Clarkson’s 5-1 win over Mercyhurst in the semifinal round of the 2014 women’s Frozen Four.<\/p>\n

However, Rattray did not score a goal in tonight’s game.<\/p>\n

Five different players lit the lamp for Clarkson — Renata Fast, Vanessa Gagnon, Christine Lambert, Brittany Styner and Shannon MacAulay on an empty-netter.<\/p>\n

“It’s been a key for us all season,” Clarkson co-head coach Matt Desrosiers said. “We always talk about the depth on this team. You can go through our lineup. There are a lot of special players and they all have a particular role and they all play them well. Not only tonight, but throughout the season. Obviously, against a team like Minnesota, we have to have everyone playing at their top level. Just like we’ve done all season.”<\/p>\n

It’s not just a matter of spreading the wealth around and taking the pressure off Rattray, for this weekend it is also about filling in for the loss of Erin Ambrose.<\/p>\n

Ambrose is the team’s top offensive blueliner, their second-leading scorer and the nation’s eighth-leading scorer (14-36-50). However, she is out the final weekend with an injury, though officially listed as day-to-day, giving Clarkson fans hope for an appearance on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“Other players have stepped up without Erin in the lineup,” Desrosiers said. “Our defense has done a great job not letting up that many goals. A lot of players have stepped up and had to go to different roles.”<\/p>\n

All this has put Clarkson one step away from making North Country history — winning the school’s first national championship in any sport — in a small community where hockey reigns.<\/p>\n

“We got a great reaction from the community,” Desrosiers said. “They have come out and supported us really well. Before we left campus, we had a little gathering to send us off with a police escort. It’s a small community up in the North Country and hockey means a lot. It will be a huge deal to bring back a national championship. But I know even if we don’t, I know the community supports us.”<\/p>\n

The closest Clarkson has come was when the men’s hockey team reached the NCAA finals three times in 1962 (lost to Michigan Tech, 7-1), 1966 (lost to Michigan State, 6-1) and 1970 (lost to Cornell 6-4).<\/p>\n

The irony if Matt and his co-head coach and wife, Shannon, bring a national title to Clarkson, is they both played for the Golden Knights’ North Country archrival, St. Lawrence.<\/p>\n

In order to do so, everyone, Rattray and company, will have to, as Matt Desrosiers said, “Bring their ‘A’ game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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