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PAUL KARPOWICH
#33
2008-12
Position: Goaltender
Height: 6-2
Weight: 193
Birthdate: 10/25/88
Shoots: L
Hometown: Thunder Bay, Ontario
Previous Team: Wellington Dukes










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AT CLARKSON (2008-12)—A four-year starter for the Golden Knights, who set a new school-record for most saves made in a career with 3,735 stops through 130 games … Posted a career record of 46-66-16, including seven shutouts ... Two-time Clarkson MVP.

SENIOR YEAR (2011-12)—For the second consecutive year was honored as the Bill Harrison Clarkson Most Valuable Player in honor of the successful Clarkson coach of the late 1940s and 1950s Started 37 of 39 games, including all 22 ECAC Hockey contests … Was one of
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three finalists for the league’s Ken Dryden Award as the conference’s top goaltender … Named a Third-Team ECAC Hockey All-Star … Tied for fourth in the nation with five shutouts … Posted a .921 save percentage and a 2.46 goals against average en route to a 16-15-6 overall record … Broke his own school record for saves in a season by posting 1,092 stops … Recorded the most saves in league play with 638 … Had 15 games with 30-or-more saves, including three 40+-save outings … Posted 50 saves, including 25 stops in overtime, in the 4-3 3ot victory over RPI (3/3) in the ECAC playoffs, the sixth longest game in NCAA history at the time (113:48) … Honored as ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Month for October and twice selected as ECAC Goaltender of the Week (10/18, 2/20).

JUNIOR YEAR (2010-11)—Named the Bill Harrison Clarkson Most Valuable Player in honor of the successful Clarkson coach of the late 1940s and 1950s ... Had a busy season, starting 35 of the 36 games … Set a school-record for most saves in a season with 1,053, breaking the old mark of 1,037 set by David Leggio in 2006-07 … Has accumulated 2,643 saves, just 733 away from breaking the Clarkson mark for career saves … Finished with a .912 save percentage, a 3.05 goals against average and a 15-18-2 record … Recorded one shutout, a 4-0 blanking of Bowling Green (10/15) behind 31 stops … Posted 20 games with 30-or-more saves, including a season-high 43 stops in 4-1 win over 18th-ranked Dartmouth (2/26) … Made a career-high saves in a period with 23 in the first stanza of season-opening loss to Nebraska-Omaha (10/8) … Named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week once (11/2) and earned conference weekly Honor Roll mention four times (10/19, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14).

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2009-10)—Started 31 games as the Golden Knights’ number one goaltender … Posted a .898 save percentage and a 3.48 goals against average through 1743:45 of action … Compiled an 8-
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19-4 record … Named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week three times (10/26, 11/23, 2/16 ) … Recorded a career-high 51 saves in 5-4 overtime loss at Yale (2/20), including a personal-best 20 stops in the third period … Had six outings with 40-or-more saves … Posted 42 stops in 5-3 victory over RIT (10/17) … Turned aside 41 shots in 2-2 overtime draw at Harvard (11/21) … Combined for 108 saves in three-game ECACH quarterfinal series at St. Lawrence (3/5-7) as the Knights fell just one goal short of upsetting the home-standing Saints.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2008-09)—Clarkson’s number one goaltender, starting 24 games … Posted a .907 save percentage and a 2.85 goals against average playing in 27 contests … Began collegiate career with a 35-save effort in 6-4 victory at RIT (10/17), including 16 over 
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the final 20 minutes, to become the first Golden Knight freshman goaltender to win the season opener since 1994 … Posted 12 outings with 30-or-more stops, including two 40-save efforts … Made a career-high 43 saves at Princeton (11/22) … Shut down second-ranked Miami 4-2 in the opening round of the Ohio Hockey Classic (1/2) with 40 stops … Recorded seven wins, and shutout Cornell behind 27 saves in a 0-0 tie at Cheel Arena (1/31) … Played through a broken hand in the second half of the season … Honored three times as ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week (10/20, 10/27, 1/5) … Honorable Mention for HCA Commissioner’s Choice Award for October.

BEFORE CLARKSON—Posted a 15-3-2 record, including three shutouts, on a 2.15 GAA and .922 save percentage in 22 games during the 2007-08 regular season as the starting goaltender for the Wellington Dukes, coached by Marty Abrams, in the OPJHL ... Put up a 9-4 record in postseason play as Wellington's playoff MVP.

PERSONAL—Son of Hanya and Paul Karpowich ... Born on October 25, 1988 ... Catches left ... Strong student majoring in Business ... First Clarkson goaltender to be selected in the NHL Draft since 1991, going in the seventh round to St. Louis in 2008 with the 185th overall pick ... Has a younger brother, Jeremy ... List Patrick Roy as his favorite athlete ... Likes to fish ... Also recruited by St. Lawrence and Union.

Year GP Mins Saves Goals Save% GAA Record Sho
2008-09 FR 27 1515:46 700 72 .907 2.85 7-14-4 1
2009-10 SO 31 1743:45 890 101 .898 3.48 8-19-4 0
2010-11 JR 35 2006:31 1053 102 .912 3.05 15-18-2 1
2011-12 SR 37 2290:19 1092 94 .921 2.46 16-15-6 5
Totals 130

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 3735 369 .910 2.93 46-66-16 7

CAREER GAME-HIGHS—Most Recent
Saves: 51 - at Yale in 5-4ot L(A), 2/20/10
Saves in a Period: 23 (1st) - at Nebraska-Omaha in 8-0 L(A), 10/8/10
Goals: 7 (twice) - vs Quinnipiac in 7-6 L(H), 2/11/12
Shots: 56 - at Yale in 5-4ot L(A), 2/20/10