NHL Central Scouting "Players to Watch"

Clarkson recruits Nik Pokulok ('09), David Pratt ('09), Ben Sexton ('10), and Joe Zarbo ('10) were listed on the "Players to Watch" list for the 2009 NHL Draft. Potential recruit David Pacan was also on the preliminary list.Pokulok, Sexton, Zarbo, and Pacan were listed as "B" players. Pratt was listed as a "C" player.What is the criteria for the letter rating?A-rating: Must see player predicted

How do you follow up a bad week-end? Invite the #1 team to Potsdam.

Knights split the week-end. 6-4 over RIT, and a 4-3 loss to Niagara. Discipline and defense. Not much else to say. Outshot over the week-end 79-51 and both goalies hung out to dry. Good:Karpowich named ECAC Rookie of the Week.Offense - (D'Alvise, DeFazio, Tuohimma, the freshmen, etc all contributed).Specialty teams - 2/8 on the PP, 12/14 PK.Knights get one win?Bad:Defense - 8 goals, 79 shots!

Hockey Broadcasts

Just a reminder that Clarkson Hockey broadcasts are available live at http://hockey.clarkson.edu/. If you're fortunate enough to be in Western NY, unfortunate enough to not be going to Friday's game at RIT, Time Warner Cable 26 will be televising the game!Also be sure to join in on the traditional live chat going on over at the Golden Knights Hockey Roundtable.Lets go tech!

Drop the Puck!

The Clarkson Golden Knights open the 2008-2009 campaign tonight on the road at RIT. Clarkson is coming off a regular season ECAC championship and their first win in the NCAA tournament in 12 years. With the departure of 6 seniors that made up head coach George Roll's best recruiting class the Knights look to reload and remain on top of the ECAC heap.The Clarkson women's squad takes the ice on

"Three Blind Mice!" to be replaced with "Your Fly Is Open!"?

I was going to post about "Clarkson players from years gone by", but felt since the beginning of the season is almost upon us, this topic is more pertinent. The NCAA has implemented a number of changes this year, some of which will cause heads to spin at Cheel and many eyes checked. One thing is certain, faceoffs and discipline will become all-important to bring home a Knight win. 1. 2 Referee

Bring on the Recruits!

If you have been impressed with the recruiting to date by Roll & co., expect not to be disappointed in '09 and on. While the staff cannot comment on any prospective recruits these recruits have been confirmed by Chris Heisenberg or other media sources. (for those that don't know Chris has the most comprehensive listing of hockey recruits for every Division 1 hockey program) Knight fans are aware

A Rough Start

The Golden Knights Men's squad has yet to take the ice this season but already the Knights are shorthanded. Reports are in that senior forward Shea Guthrie has broken a bone in his wrist and will be out for an indeterminate amount of time.On the Women's side the Knights opened up their 2008-2009 season with a trip to Boston College, the Knights were shut out by the Eagles 2-0 on Saturday but

It's been a long offseason... Are you ready for Knight hockey?

The summer is over, and the smell of fall and hockey is here. Many are anticipating the 2008-2009 edition of the Golden Knights with a few questions in hand: Will Guthrie and D'Alvise lead the Knights offensively? Who will be the one to stop all the pucks? Can they make the NCAAs? Is the defense as good as expected?Who will emerge from the talented freshmen class to replace the likes of Dodge

RIT Seats are Moving Fast

Clarkson opens their 2008-2009 campaign on the road at RIT and Niagara. As the Knights look to build upon last season's successes, these early games will prove to be a good barometer of where the team stands after losing a very talented senior class. To help the Knights along the Clarkson Alumni Association has been putting two events together to get a solid Green and Gold crowd at RIT's Ritter

ECAC Coaches and Media Polls

The pre-season polls ECAC were released today, and there seems to be a concensus on who the top four teams and bottom two teams in the league will be. I'm still not sold on a Princeton repeat, but the trend of these polls seems to place alot of weight on the defending champion.Coaches Poll1. PRINCETON (9) 1182. HARVARD (2) 1033. CORNELL (1) 1004. CLARKSON 885. UNION 806. QUINNIPIAC 727. YALE 678

Bold Predictions

Hello hockey fans! CHF is back on the air after a summer that just seemed to melt away. In between innings of Ron rooting for the Red Sox and Brett pulling for the Cubs, we looked at the calendar and realized it's just a month from the start of hockey season, and two months from the start of ECAC play.In the past we have built up, somewhat slowly, our predictions for the league standings.

Crickets & Nick Tremblay

Yes, we pretty much shut it down when the season ended, but that doesn't means we stopped thinking about hockey, we just started storing blog entries in the back of our heads during the summer.I had the fortune of getting to watch incoming Clarkson freshman and NHL draft pick Nick Tremblay over at the Boston Bruins Development Camp in Wilmington, MA a week or so back, and he should be a player

One Step Closer

Despite the score on Saturday night, the Clarkson Golden Knights have nothing to hang their heads about in the 2007-2008 season. The Knights went tape to tape in conference play and locked up their 12th ECAC Regular Season Championship. The Knights also picked up their first tournament win in 12 years and became the first ECAC team not named Cornell to pick up a tournament win since 2000. The

St. Cloud Preview

"This is college hockey's near equivalent of a Buffalo, Minnesota Super Bowl."- The Sicatoka; USCHO Message BoardGameday has finally arrived and for Clarkson fans the NCAA first round has been not a thing a beauty for the past 11 years. Clarkson's last win in the big dance was 1996, a 6-1 win over Western Michigan. Coming off a disappointing finish in the ECAC tournament the Golden Knights will

Oh yeah. By the way.

We're in!Clarkson faces St. Cloud in Albany on Friday at 4:00pmGame will be broadcasted live on ESPNU and in regional outlets. More to come as Friday nears!

On The Bubble

While we wait out the results of the conference tournaments we can now predict if the Knights will sneak into the NCAA tournament using College Hockey News' "You Are the Committee" prediction script.Follow the link, plug in who you think we emerge victorious and see where the Golden Knights land in the Pairwise Rankings.CHF is not responsible for loss of fingernails.

Another year...

Another OT playoff loss.Clarkson falls to Colgate 3-2 in 2OT. Loses series 2-1.Knights will play waiting game for NCAA at large bid.Colgate, Princeton, Harvard and Cornell round out Albany Final Four.

Joe Ross - Douchebag

Joe Ross leaves PotsdamWe're not one to critique officiating but tonight's official Joe Ross has taken John Murphy's title as the worst ref in the league. Congrats Asshat.

Odds and Ends

Clarkson leads the nation with 11 shorthanded goals. Denver and Colorado College each have 10. Only two teams in the nation have 0 shorties this year and they are Cornell and Union.A win on Friday will match Clarkson's longest winning streak this year at 4 (OCT 12-OCT 26) and our longest unbeaten streak at 5. (JAN 12-JAN 26)In conference play at home Clarkson is 10-0-1, scoring 40 goals and

ECAC Night 3

While Ron cools off here's what happened in the last night of the first round of the ECAC first round:Cornell 6 - Dartmouth 0Raymond Sawada had 2 goals and an assist to lead the Big Red to the second round. Sawada had 5 goals and 2 assists for the series. Ben Scrivens made 32 saves in the shutout.Colgate 3 - SLU 1Ben Camper had a goal and an assist and Tyler Burton tallied the game winner just

I'll need a day.

Just need a deep breath after that rant before I really go into what a spectacular season the Women's team put together, and how the circumstances of today better not overshadow that. Congrats to the women on an outstanding season.

Robbed.

There's not much more than I can say than that. The selection committee will point to the head-to-head results between Dartmouth and Clarkson, but in the end, they've opened a pandora's box and the smoky backroom that college hockey fans have feared in both Men's and Women's Hockey. Clarkson clearly won comparison's in RPI, common opponents and "Teams Under Consideration." The committee clearly

Computer. Computer? Hello, Computer.

It's down to the computers..UNH eliminates Providence from NCAA ContentionAll of the needed wins and lossses have happened. Now we wait for the ECAC Hockey and WCHA Championships to conclude and see what the computer spits back out. The Golden Knights must have a higher RPI than Dartmouth to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Keep checking back for the latest updates as we get them.UPDATE: The

Dramatic!

Mercyhurst and Wayne State went to overtime in the CHA Championship this evening with several team's hopes in the balance coming down to the final games of the season. In the end, the Lakers broke a 1-1 tie, giving Mercyhurst the CHA Championship, eliminating Wayne State from NCAA contention.As the PWR stands after this evening's games, Clarkson remains in the #8 spot, with the Mercyhurst win.

ECAC Night Two

Another brief summary of tonight's ECAC action:Colgate 3 - SLU 2Tyler Burton had two goals and an assist as Colgate extended the series to a third game tomorrow at Starr. Mark Dekanich rebounded from a shaky Friday night performance with 31 saves. John Hallas had 30 saves in the loss.Quinnipiac 7 - Brown 1The Bobcats stormed back from yesterday's near meltdown and eliminated Brown from the

And so it comes down to this.

The Women lost a hard fought battle against Harvard today at Bright Hockey Center 3-0, meaning their NCAA hopes dwindled on the off chance a bunch of things have happened. So far they have:UConn was eliminated from the Hockey East tournament (and NCAA contention) by Providence.St. Cloud State was eliminated from the WCHA Tournament by Minnesota-Duluth.Dartmouth lost to St. Lawrence in the ECAC

ECAC Night 1

Here is a brief recap from the first night of the ECAC Playoffs.SLU 5 - Colgate 2The Saints took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission then used a 3 goal second period to bury the Raiders. Colgate's goaltender Mark Dekanich could not find his rhythm all night and was pulled in the third period. SLU defenseman Zach Miskovic had a pair of goals.Cornell 3 - Dartmouth 2The Big Red Raymond Swada's

Golden Knights Rest Up

Following this weekend's offensive explosion, the attitude of the future of this Golden Knights fan significantly improved. Nick Dodge's tip in game winner on Friday and Saturday's shooting gallery proved to me, and maybe to the rest of the league and nation that Clarkson's 8th ranking in the nation is well deserved. However with the past weekend behind us it's time to start to look at who the

And things get more interesting..

A quick update of the Women's PWR after today's games has opened up a Pandora's Box of scenarios for next. Clarkson has flipped comparisons with Connecticut after they were swept by UNH. Clarkson is tied in comparisons with Dartmouth, but loses the RPI tie-breaker with Dartmouth by .0004. Dartmouth will face St. Lawrence next weekend and Clarkson will face Harvard. Now don't hold me to it, but

Dancing of a Different Sort

A quick stick salute to the Clarkson Men's Basketball Team. The team earned their first NCAA Tournament bid yesterday with a 58-53 win over Hamilton in the Liberty League Championship game. With a record of 11-16, Clarkson will clearly be Cinderella at the ball, but clearly have the ability to build on an impressive end of the season run. All eyes will be on the Knights on Monday as their

Women Advance!

Marie Jo-Gaudet tallied two goals in the first period and Eve Grandmont-Berube made it stand up as the Golden Knights notched their second win in a row against Princeton 2-1. The victory which marks the first playoff series win in Clarkson;s short history, sends the Knights on a collision course with #1 ranked Harvard who is undefeated in league play this year, and is 29-1-0 overall. The Knights

Your special teams are especially bad and don't get me started on your goaltending.

In hindsight the decision by the Bobcats to have throwback goaltending equipment night this evening was questionable. Clarkson destroys Quinnipiac 8-0. Which you're saying to yourself wow, Clarkson's offense really tore it up and yeah they did. Any team putting up an eight-spot deserve that scratch n' sniff sticker on the jersey at the end of the day. Here's the thing though, they were OUTSHOT 26

A little magic left in the tank.

Ashleigh Moorehead tallied the game-winning goal in overtime to send the Golden Knights to a decisive third and final game tomorrow against Princeton at Cheel Arena. The Knights squandered an early 2-0 lead by giving up two power play goals in the third period. Clarkson struck early in the OT scoring the GWG just a 1:17 into the extra frame. Clarkson picked a good time to take their first victory

Clarkson Wins ECAC Regular Season!

Congrats to the Clarkson Golden Knights this evening as they took care of business against Princeton, coming from behind to win the ECAC Regular Season Title 4-3 at Cheel Arena this evening. A big stick salute to Coach Roll and his team for showing a tremendous amount of professionalism and wisdom well beyond their years by staying the HELL away from the Cleary Cup. The Women have their work cut

Women's Game on the Air

Man, imagine my dismay when I turned on the usual feed and got a SUNY Canton hockey game. I was a bit annoyed. Fortunately WTSC picked up the slack and is broadcasting at: http://radio.clarkson.edu/ Game on!

And so it comes down to this..

Princeton. Who would've thought? Sure we can count on them being a thorn in the Women's side, but who would've thought the Tigers would be bringing their Men's team into town on the final weekend of the season to battle for the ECAC Regular Season Championship?This weekend is UUUUUUUGE for both Golden Knight teams entering this weekend. For the men, a win over Princeton, and Clarkson will seal

Leggio Named to Skills Competition

Clarkson goaltender David Leggio has been named to the eastern squad of participants in the 3rd Annual Frozen Four Skills Competition. Leggio joins UNH goaltender Kevan Regan along with fellow ECAC skaters Jesse Winchester and Jake Morissette. Last year Clarkson Women's Captain Lindsay Williams was a participant. Full men's rosters can be seen here.

Women in the Hunt

If you haven't been watching, the Clarkson Women have quietly been putting together an amazing season and are in the hunt for an at-large berth for the NCAA Tournament. The #9 Knights enter the final weekend of ECACHL play alone in 3rd place. The knights need a single point to secure home ice in the opening round of the ECACHL tournament. While the women are trying to take care of business

Weekend Preview

Being a fan of any sports team, college or professional, one will experience a number of high points and low points throughout a season. For Clarkson fans this year we have seen the full spectrum of high points; Boston College, Dartmouth at home, Cornell. We have also seen the full array of low points; Colorado College, Maine, SLU at Appleton. Coming out of these peaks and valleys we have a

Alumni Update

Craig Conroy has posted an 8-20-28 line in 61 games with Calgary.Todd Marchant has posted an 5-6-11 line in 61 games with Anaheim.Erik Cole is 14-22-36 in 54 games with Carolina.Chris Clark is 5-4-9 in 15 games with the Capitals. He has missed 34 of the last 35 games with a groin injury.Todd White has put up 35 points on 13 goals and 22 assists with Atlanta.Willie Mitchell has a goal and six

Out of Hibernation

Hello Clarkson Hockey Fans! I know it's been a while but sometimes you just have to take a break, and get your bearings.Today brings us some recruit news as the Golden Knights have appeared to land two new recruits. One a goalie for 2008 and the other a defenseman for 2009.The goalies name is Paul Karpowich a lefty out of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Currently Paul is playing for the Wellington Dukes