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Clarkson Has Sights Set on ECAC Hockey Regular Season Title

CLASS of 2018 (l-r): Savannah Harmon, Katelyn Fournier, Shea Tiley, Amanda Titus, Lauren Lefler

Regular-season play wraps up this weekend with the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team looking to earn the fourth ECAC Hockey regular-season title in the program's 15-year history, and second in as many years. The Golden Knights, guided by 10th-year Head Coach Matt Desrosiers and Assistants Britni Smith and Tony Maci, are tied for first in the league standings, along with Colgate, owning a 17-3 conference mark. Clarkson would clinch at least a share of the ECAC Hockey title and earn the #1 seed for the upcoming league playoffs with four points this weekend at Cheel Arena.

The Green and Gold host Dartmouth at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and Harvard at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Defending NCAA Champions, Clarkson is ranked #2 in the national polls with a 27-4-1 overall record.  The Knights suffered their first loss of 2018 on Friday in New Jersey with a 2-0 setback at Princeton, snapping a 15-game win streak. Clarkson quickly regained its winning way with a 2-0 shutout at Quinnipiac on Saturday. 

Clarkson vs Dartmouth-Harvard Game Notes (pdf)
USCHO.com Poll
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
NCAA Pairwise
ECAC Hockey Standings
B993's Mike Vaillancourt's Coaches Corner
 
• Saturday's game against Harvard will see the Golden Knights honor their five-player senior class on Senior Day. Clarkson's Class of 2018 has led the Green and Gold to some of their most successful seasons during their four-year careers. Captain Savannah Harmon, assistant captains Lauren Lefler, Amanda Titus and Shea Tiley, and Katelyn Fournier have been a part of four 20-win seasons, two 30-win campaigns and 113 total victories entering the weekend. They have already clinched their fourth home-ice appearance in the ECAC Hockey playoffs as well as winning one ECAC Hockey Regular Season title, sharing a second title, and are in the driver's seat to win a third. With the seniors, the Golden Knights have won one ECAC Hockey Tournament title (2017), qualified for the NCAA Tournament in their first three seasons, and made Frozen Four appearances in 2016 and 2017. Clarkson won its second National Championship last season!
• The Knights have outscored their opponents 125-41. Clarkson boasts the top rated offense and defense in ECAC Hockey, and is fourth in the nation in scoring, averaging 3.91 goals per game, and third in the country defensively, allowing only 1.28 GPG.
• One of the top lines in the NCAA powers the Knights' offense. Junior left wing Loren Gabel, freshman right wing Elizabeth Giguere and sophomore center Michaela Pejzlova rank 1-2-3 in ECAC Hockey overall scoring. Both Gabel and Giguere have 58 points. Gabel leads the league in goals with 28, while Giguere is the conference's top playmaker with 36 assists. Pejzlova has 20 goals and 19 assists and is tied for the league lead in power-play goals with seven.
• Harmon is ECAC Hockey's leading scorer overall among defensemen with 28 points (7-21) and ranks fifth nationally in points per game (.88) from the blueline.
• Tiley backstops Clarkson's stingy defensive effort as one of the top goaltenders in the country. She posts a 1.35 GAA (3rd in the NCAA), a .937 save percentage (4th) and a .855 win% (2nd) on a 26-4-1 record, including nine shutouts (T-2nd). Tiley leads
ECAC Hockey in all four of these categories.
• Junior Rhyen McGill scored her first career shorthanded goal, and Clarkson's second of the season in the win at Quinnpiac. McGill has 14 goals and 20 points.

The Series:
Clarkson leads Dartmouth 19-10-5 in the all-time series and has dominated the series in recent years. The Golden Knights have not lost to the Big Green since the 2010-11 campaign, going 15-0-2 since. In their first matchup, this season the Golden Knights won 8-1 on the road behind Loren Gabel and Elizabeth Giguere, who each had five points. Gabel scored a hat trick and added two assists while Giguere scored once and had four assists. Savannah Harmon and Gabel each have nine points against Dartmouth in their careers to lead the Clarkson attack. Shea Tiley is 8-0-1 against the Big Green. Tiley owns an outstanding 0.77 goals against average and a .963 save percentage in nine contests.

The Golden Knights trail the all-time series against Harvard 12-18-5, but have not lost since the 2013-2014 season, going 5-0-3 since then. The last time the Crimson beat Clarkson was at Cheel Arena On November 9, 2013 when the Knights were shutout 2-0. In the last matchup between the two, Clarkson's top-line provided all of the scoring for the Knights. Michaela Pejzlova, Loren Gabel, and Elizabeth Giguere each scored a goal for the Golden Knights. Pejzlova tallied three points total, assisting on the other two goals. Gabel leads the team with six points in five games against Harvard with two goals and four assists. Tiley is undefeated against the Crimson going 4-0-3 with a 0.97 GAA and a .957 save percentage. 

Scouting Dartmouth
The Big Green has an overall record of 5-17-3 and a 3-14-3 record in the ECAC. Dartmouth is in 11th place in the conference with nine points. Dartmouth has only won two games in the 2018 portion of its schedule. This past weekend the Big Green earned two ties at home against RPI (1-1) and Union (2-2) Hailey Noronha leads the team in points with 14 on three goals and 11 assists. Christie Honor has played in 24 games this season and has a record of 4-17-3. Honor holds a .909 save percentage and a 3.43 goals against average. 

Scouting Harvard
Going into the final weekend of the regular season Harvard is 12-13-2 overall and 9-9-2 in the ECAC. The Crimson are in 6th place in the ECAC and have already clinched a playoff berth, but will look to head into playoffs on a high note. Harvard has been sub-par on the road this season with a record of 4-7 away from home. The Crimson were busy this past week playing three games in five days. Harvard swept Union (3-2) and RPI (5-2) over the weekend and beat Northeastern 4-3 on Tuesday in the Beanpot consolation game. Freshman Becca Gilmore leads the Crimson with 30 points this season on 12 goals and 18 assists. Beth Larcom is 10-12-1 in 23 starts this season with a .905 save percentage and a 2.86 GAA.
 
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Players Mentioned

Katelyn Fournier

#24 Katelyn Fournier

F
5' 7"
Senior
Loren Gabel

#19 Loren Gabel

F
5' 4"
Junior
Savannah Harmon

#14 Savannah Harmon

D
5' 3"
Senior
Lauren Lefler

#8 Lauren Lefler

F
5' 8"
Senior
Rhyen McGill

#25 Rhyen McGill

F
5' 8"
Junior
Michaela Pejzlova

#10 Michaela Pejzlova

F
5' 6"
Sophomore
Shea Tiley

#35 Shea Tiley

G
5' 10"
Senior
Amanda Titus

#15 Amanda Titus

F
5' 7"
Senior
Elizabeth Giguere

#7 Elizabeth Giguere

F
5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Katelyn Fournier

#24 Katelyn Fournier

5' 7"
Senior
F
Loren Gabel

#19 Loren Gabel

5' 4"
Junior
F
Savannah Harmon

#14 Savannah Harmon

5' 3"
Senior
D
Lauren Lefler

#8 Lauren Lefler

5' 8"
Senior
F
Rhyen McGill

#25 Rhyen McGill

5' 8"
Junior
F
Michaela Pejzlova

#10 Michaela Pejzlova

5' 6"
Sophomore
F
Shea Tiley

#35 Shea Tiley

5' 10"
Senior
G
Amanda Titus

#15 Amanda Titus

5' 7"
Senior
F
Elizabeth Giguere

#7 Elizabeth Giguere

5' 10"
Freshman
F