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Matt Desrosiers

On April 8, 2008, Clarkson University Women's Hockey ushered in a new era with the appointment of Shannon and Matt Desrosiers as the new co-head coaches of the Golden Knights Women’s Hockey team.

The first two seasons for the co-head coaches has been a success as the Desrosiers have guided the Green and Gold to a 39-26-11 record. In 2009-10, the Knights enjoyed their best season ever in the first seven years of the Division I program, as the co-head coaches established Clarkson among the elite in the NCAA. Ranked throughout the season among the Top 10 in the national polls, the Knights skated to a 23-12-5 overall record and a second-place finish in ECAC Hockey with a 14-5-3 league mark. Clarkson advanced to its first ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship game and qualified for its first NCAA Tournament. The Knights just missed out on postseason glory, falling in overtime in the league title game and coming up one goal short in the extra session in the NCAA Quarterfinals.

"We are very fortunate to have two capable people in Shannon and Matt heading our program," stated Clarkson Athletic Director Steve Yianoukos. "Shannon and Matt are passionate about the game and coaching, and communicate very well with our players. I am confident Clarkson Women's Hockey will achieve great success under Shannon and Matt's guidance."

No stranger to ECAC Hockey or the North Country having played at St. Lawrence, Matt Desrosiers joined the college coaching ranks after playing professional hockey for several years. He has an exceptional hockey background, both in college and professionally, and is very familiar with ECAC Hockey. Matt Desrosiers focuses on on-ice systems and is be strongly involved with recruiting.

A four-year standout on defense at St. Lawrence University from 1997-2001, Matt Desrosiers helped the Saints reach the Frozen Four as a junior and gained ECAC and All-America honors as a senior. The Fort Erie, Ontario native was also named an ECAC Robbins Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2001.

Matt Desrosiers played five years of professional hockey after graduating from St. Lawrence in 2001. He played in two East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) All-Star games (2002, 2003) representing the Dayton Bombers and the South Carolina Stingrays. He played two seasons in the Central Hockey League (CHL) and helped lead the Colorado Eagles to the 2005 President’s Cup Championship.