The Clarkson Golden Knights will open the home portion of their 102nd season of hockey on Friday when they host the Penn St. Nittnay Lions. The game is a 7:00 pm puck drop, can be streamed on ESPN+, heard on B99.3 FM, and is a WHITE OUT GAME.
Clarkson comes into the game after a split on the road at Notre Dame. Penn St. is ranked #18 in the nation and comes to Cheel 1-0 with a 3-2 win over LIU last Saturday.
The Nittany Lions lost 45 percent of its scoring from last season's NCAA Tournament team including 54 percent of their goal scoring, but were able to reload with some young talent.
Clarkson was without their top two returning scorers from last season on Sunday, Gosselin is out with an undisclosed injury and Martino was injured with he was hit from behind in the opening game on Saturday at Notre Dame.
In the nets,
Austin Roden played both games out at Notre Dame, allowing 4 goals on 52 shots. For Penn St. they will play Senior goaltender Liam Souliere, who had a 2.43 goals-against average and three shutouts, and a .917 save percentage last season.
Tonights' Barben Room Buffett will be open but will be hosted in the Cheel Conference room 2030, just down the hall from the Barben Room. Signs will be up directing fans where to go.
Fans are reminded that Cheel will be checking all bags coming into the arena.
