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5
Winner Notre Dame UND 2-0-0
2
Clarkson GKN 2-2-0
Winner
Notre Dame UND
2-0-0
5
Final
2
Clarkson GKN
2-2-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Notre Dame UND 0 1 4 5
Clarkson GKN 2 0 0 2
Clarkson vs N0tre Dame

Game Recap: Men's Hockey |

Four Goals in Third Dooms Clarkson to 5-2 Defeat Against Notre Dame

Potsdam, NY – A four-goal outburst in the third period turned a lead into a defeat for the Clarkson University Men's Hockey team as the Golden Knights suffered a 5-2 loss against 20th-ranked Notre Dame on Saturday evening at Cheel Arena.

The Golden Knights saw their mark for the 2024-25 season evened at 2-2 overall while the Fighting Irish improved to 2-0. Clarkson will be on the road for a single game next weekend in Burlington, facing University of Vermont on Saturday.

Clarkson scored twice in the early going, helping lift the Golden Knights' defense which was busy blocking shots and otherwise making things difficult on the Notre Dame offense. The Knights got on the board early on, picking up possession out of the left wing corner in their own defensive end. After a rink wide pass near center ice was controlled by Ryan Richardson, the captain skated in and had a shot tipped, but the Knights regained possession. From there, the puck found its way behind the net and a quick pass in front found Jared Mangan unaccounted for between the bottom of the left circle and the crease, as he flipped in a pass at 3:50 to make it 1-0.

Notre Dame has a strong push in the middle minutes of the frame, but Ethan Langenegger was up to the task, allowing the Knights to maintain their lead. It would increase to 2-0 after matching penalties at 17:23 created a 4-on-4 situation. Ty Brassington sent a long pass up to Ryan Richardson on the left side and he took one shot that was stopped and nearly kicked it in with his skate. Fortunately, the attempt went off the post, right to the waiting stick of Tristan Sarsland, who put away the loose puck at 18:39.

The second period was relatively quiet offensively, though both teams had plenty of shots on goal. Only Notre Dame would take advantage, however, scoring very late in the frame on the power play. After Clarkson cleared the zone, Notre Dame regained possession and made an odd-man push, being on the short end in terms of numbers with a 2-on-3. That didn't turn out to be a problem for Cole Knuble, who skated in and passed the puck off to Justin Janicke. The puck plinked around off skates and sticks and found its way back to the stick of Knuble in the slot, who lifted the puck over Langenegger with only 21.1 seconds left in the frame.

The Fighting Irish used that momentum to tie the score at the start of the third. A turnover behind Clarkson's net allowed Notre Dame to get a couple of shots off, though Langenegger denied a couple of shots. He would not stop the third attempt, though, as Knuble pulled the puck out of traffic along the left side boards, skated through the slot and found Michael Mastrodomenico at the dot in the right circle for a wrist shot at 1:12, putting the score at 2-2.

The Irish continued to rediscover their offense in the third period, picking up a goal on the power play a few minutes later. Axel Kumlin had control at the point and slid the puck to Maddox Fleming near the left circle. Fleming then threaded the needle with a pass through traffic in the slot to the opposite circle where Hunter Strand slapped a shot in to make it 3-2. Another goal in transition came near the midway point of the frame as Brennan Ali connected with Danny Nelson, the pass locating Nelson in the slot with a virtual empty net after Langenegger had come out in an attempt to control Ali after the fast break.

Clarkson pulled the goalie for an extra attacker, but the strategy backfired in bizarre fashion. Clarkson's offense was pressuring in the Notre Dame end when a hard shot from Sarsland below the dot of the right circle was blocked by an Irish defender. That shot had enough power that the bounce off the pads allowed the puck to scoot all the way down into the empty net at the other end of the ice, making it 5-2 with less than three minutes to play.


 
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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring Play Visiting Team Score Home Team Score
1st Period UND GKN
03:50 GKN
GKN - Mangan, Jared Assisted by Bottrill, Ryan, Richardson, Ryan
0 1
18:39 GKN
GKN - Sarsland, Tristan Assisted by Richardson, Ryan, Brassington, Ty
0 2
2nd Period UND GKN
19:38.9 UND
UND - Knuble, Cole Assisted by Janicke, Justin, Fischer, Paul
1 2
3rd Period UND GKN
01:12 UND
UND - Mastrodomenico, Michael Assisted by Knuble, Cole, Murphy, Ian
2 2
08:38 UND
UND - Strand, Hunter Assisted by Fleming, Maddox, Kumlin, Axel
3 2
10:21 UND
UND - Nelson, Danny Assisted by Ali, Brennan
4 2
16:37 UND
UND - Janicke, Justin
5 2

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