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Clarkson & Michigan Tech Meet for First Time Since 1970

11/14/2018 12:45:00 PM

Returning to Cheel Arena after a three-game road trip, Clarkson University will look to take advantage of home ice as it hosts WCHA power Michigan Tech in a two-game series in Potsdam this weekend.  Both games are 7:00 p.m. faceoffs.

Relieve the strain on parking during the renovations at Cheel Arena and take the Hockey Shuttle Bus from Pine Street Arena.

A 6-3 loss at Canisius on Saturday put a damper on the Golden Knights' solid start to the 2018-19 campaign, but the Green and Gold will strive to regain momentum at home where they are 3-0-0 on the season. Clarkson will play its next seven games in the North Country with five of them in Potsdam. 

Guided by eighth-year Head Coach Casey Jones and assistants Josh Hauge and Brent Brekke, Clarkson stands at 4-4 overall. The Golden Knights are 1-1 in ECAC Hockey action. 

After this weekend's games, Clarkson will face off against St. Lawrence in non-league action in Lake Placid on November 24. The Knights resume conference play on November 30 when they host Brown at Cheel, followed by Yale on December 1. A home-and-home ECAC Hockey series with St. Lawrence on December 7-8 closes out action before the exam/holiday break. 
 
• Two long standing hockey programs, Clarkson and Michigan Tech will be meeting for only the fourth and fifth times. The Huskies lead the series 2-1. Two of the three meetings have been in the NCAA Tournament. The Knights' won the last game 4-3 in the 1970 Tournament semifinal round in Lake Placid. Michigan Tech won the other NCAA postseason game, 7-1 in the 1962 National Championship game in Utica, the teams' first ever meeting. The Huskies also won the only game played in Potsdam, skating to a 4-3 overtime victory at Walker Arena on November 25, 1966.
• After allowing only five goals combined in its previous four games, Clarkson surrended the most goals to an opponent in Saturday's loss at Canisius since the 6-6 tie against Harvard on January 19. 
• The Knights allowed Canisius to score four power-play goals on six chances, the most power-play goals they have given up since Boston College went 4-9 on the man-advantage in handing the Green and Gold a 6-5 loss in Chestnut Hill, MA on November 27, 2009.
• Both Clarkson and Michigan Tech rank near the botton of the NCAA in penalty-killing with the Knights at 57 (69.4%) and the Huskies at 58 (67.6%).
• Clarkson has scored the opening goal in each of the first eight games, but has only held the lead after the first period three times.
• The Knights have outscord their opponents 7-4 in the opening 20 minutes and 12-8 in the thid period. The second period has proved to be Clarkson's undoing having been outscored 10-7 in the middle frame.
• Clarkson saw a 14-game unbeaten stretch (13-0-1) against Atlantic Hockey foes, dating back to the 2013-14 campaign, end with the loss at Canisius. 
• Since the WCHA was revamped in 2013-14, Clarkson has only played Bowling Green out of that 10-team conference, going 1-2-1 during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
• Junior forwards Devin Brosseau and Nico Sturm have been named "Robert E. Empie '68 Men's Hockey Team Captains" while senior forward Marly Quince and Jake Kielly will serve as assistant captains. 
• With at least one point in every game this season, Nico Sturm leads the Knights in scoring with 11 points on team-high five goals and six assists through eight games. The center has won a team-high 57.9% (70-51) of his faceoffs and holds a team-high +8 plus/minus . Sturm is listed among the Top 75 NCAA players to watch by The Hockey News.
• Junior Greg Moro scored his second goal of the season and fourth of his career on Saturday at Canisius. He leads the Knights' defensemen in points with seven, including five assists. Moro posts a +4 plus/minus rating.
• Junior Jordan Schneider tallied the opening goal at Canisius for his second career goal from the blueline and first since the 3-3 tie at Providence on October 21, 2016.
• Defenseman have accounted for 27.6% of the Knights' offense with 21 points on five goals and 16 assists.
• Sophomore forward J.C. MacLean tallied his first career point with the second assist on Clarkson's opening goal at Canisius.
• Entering the Union game on November 3, Jake Kielly had a 13-0-2 career record in November.  The junior from Eden Prairie, Minn., was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Month for October, but struggled in the loss at Canisius, making 12 saves on 17 shots through 31 minutes of action. Kielly, who has started all eight games this year and the past 16, dating back to February 23, posts a .907 save percentage and a 2.69 goals against average. He has 12 career shutouts the most by any active Division I netminder. Kielly was named one of the 20 Division I goaltenders to the watch list for the 2019 Mike Richter Award, which annually honors the most outstanding goaltender in the NCAA.
• Sophomore Nicholas Latinovich saw his first action of the year, playing the final 28 minutes at Canisius. He made 12 saves and allowed just a power-play goal. In 117 minutes  of career action over four games, Latinovich posts a .930 save perecentage and a 1.54 goals against average along with a 1-0-0 record and one shutout.
• Although he was held off the scoresheet on Saturday at Canisius, center Josh Dunne leads all ECAC Hockey rookies in overall goals (4) and is tied for first in points (7) through eight games. Dunne was named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month for October.
• Freshman Brian Hurley is enjoying a solid start to his collegiate campaign, recording five points (1-4) and a +3 plus/minus rating. Hurley was named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week on October 22.
• Clarkson's freshman class is accounting for 25% of the Knights' scoring with 19 points on five goals and 14 assists. Clarkson's heralded junior class is accounting for 46% of the scoring with 13 goals and 22 assists.
• Clarkson is 4-0-0 when leading after the second period. The Knights went 46-5-6 combined the previous three seasons when holding the lead through 40 minutes. 
• In its 97th season, Clarkson boasts 73 winning campaigns and a 1,441-866-160 all-time record for a .617 winning percentage since 1920-21.

Scouting Michigan Tech
One of the hottest teams in the country, Michigan Tech closes out an eight-game road trip with the series in Potsdam. Guided by second-year Head Coach Joe Shawhan, the Huskies have won four straight and five of their last six games. Michigan Tech stands at 5-3 overall and sits atop the WCHA standings with a perfect 4-0-0 league mark. This past weekend the Huskies swept down state rival Ferris State 5-4 and 4-3 in Big Rapids, MI. After splitting a series at Wisconsin (6-2, 2-6) to open up the road trip on October 26-27, Michigan Tech traveled down south on November 2-3 and took a pair from Alabama-Huntsville (2-1, 4-1). The Huskies opened the season on October 12-13, dropping two at home in Houghton, MI to defending National Champion and No. 1 ranked Minnesota-Duluth (2-1, 5-2).

The Series:
Two traditional hockey programs, Clarkson and Michigan Tech will be meeting for only the fourth and fifth times. The Huskies lead the series 2-1. Two of the three meetings have been in the NCAA Tournament. The Knights' won the last game 4-3 in the 1970 Tournament semifinal round in Lake Placid. Michigan won the other NCAA postseason game, 7-1 in the 1962 National Championship game in Utica, the teams' first ever meeting. The Huskies also won the only game played in Potsdam, skating to a 4-3 overtime victory at Walker Arena on November 25, 1966.
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