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Clarkson University’s Women’s Hockey team will face a challenging task as it looks to break out of a lengthy losing skid when it plays two traditional ECAC Hockey powers on the road this weekend. The Golden Knights, guided by co-head coaches Matt and Shannon Desrosiers and assistant coach Matt Kelly, will face off against Dartmouth in Hanover, NH on Friday night, starting at 7:00 p.m., and then take on Harvard in Cambridge, MA on Saturday afternoon, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
The Green and Gold, who have suffered four straight losses, stand at 6-12-3 overall and are tied for ninth place in the ECAC Hockey standings with a 3-5-1 league mark. Clarkson, along with travel partner St. Lawrence, has played the least number of games in the conference. The Knights are six points out of fourth place.
After a 33-day layoff, Clarkson resumed play with two tough losses at Cheel Arena this past weekend. On Friday, the Knights became the fourth straight opponent to be shutout by Princeton as the visiting Tigers blanked the Green and Gold 2-0. On Saturday, Clarkson held leads of 1-0 and 2-1 before Quinnipiac squeaked out the victory on the road by winning 3-2 in overtime.
The Knights’ last victory was a 4-0 win over the University of Vermont at Cheel Arena on November 28. Clarkson’s last road victory was a 3-2 triumph at Syracuse University on November 5. The Knights are 2-7-1 outside of Potsdam this season.
Senior Melissa Waldie (Newmarket, ONT) leads the Clarkson offense with 13 points on nine goals and four assists. Waldie is tied with former Clarkson standout forward Genevieve Lavoie ’10 for second place on the Knights’ all-time scoring chart with 110 points (61-49) through 133 career games.
Junior Juana Baribeau (Amos, QUE) follows closely behind with 11 points (4-7). Baribeau is striving to join Waldie in Clarkson’s century club. Through 97 career games, she has tallied 81 points (40-41). Freshman Jamie Lee Rattray (Kanata, ONT) is Clarkson’s leading playmaker with eight assists and is third on the Knights’ points chart with nine.
Senior Lauren Dahm (Baldwinsville, NY) has started 13 games this season in the Clarkson crease and holds a .919 save percentage, a 2.58 goals against average and a 4-8-1 record, including one shutout. Dahm has set the school-record for career wins with a 49-33-12 record and has tied the Clarkson mark for career shutouts with 20 whitewashes. She posted 40 saves in Saturday’s game against Quinnipiac.
Freshman Erica Howe (Ottawa, ONT) has played in 11 games, including starts in six of the last eight games. She posts a .929 save percentage, a 1.73 GAA and a 2-4-2 record, including one shutout.
Dartmouth owns a 9-6 overall record and a 6-4 league mark. The Big Green have won three of their last four games after enduring a four-game losing stretch. In its last action, Dartmouth split a weekend series on the road, losing at Rensselaer 5-2 on Friday before defeating Union 4-1 on Saturday. The Big Green are 5-1 at Thompson Arena this season.
Harvard takes a 6-7-2 overall record and a 5-3-2 ECAC Hockey mark into Friday’s game against St. Lawrence. The Crimson are just 2-5 over their last seven games entering the weekend. In its last action, Harvard suffered a 2-1 loss at Rensselaer on Saturday after shutting out Union 5-0 the previous night. The Crimson, who are 2-1-1 at home this season, will play six of their next eight games at Bright Hockey Center.
