Badger Showdown Champs!

Clarkson defeated Lake State 3-2 to take the Pettit Cup and win their first in season tournament since 1994. Nick Dodge tallied his fourth goal of the tournament. Shawn Weller scored to give the Knights their first lead and the game winner was scored by Shea Guthrie. David Leggio stopped 27 shots in the win. The win has huge implications for the Knights in the pairwise rankings later in the

Huskins in the NHL

Congrats goes out to Kent Huskins '01 who was called up to the NHL by the Anaheim Ducks for his first visit to the NHL on December 22nd. The defenseman already has three games under his belt for the 28-6-6 West leading Ducks, and recorded his first NHL point on the 26th in a victory over San Jose. Huskins had a two goals and nine assists in 27 games with a +5 rating for Portland of the AHL. He's

Clarkson Upends Wisconsin

The Clarkson Golden Knights defeated the Wisconsin Badgers last night 6-2 in front of 13661 fans at the Badger Showdown in Madison, Wisconsin. Nick Dodge recorded the first hat trick for the Knights since Jay Latulippe tallied three goals against Dartmouth in 2004. Dodge scored the Knights first goal giving Clarkson a 1-0 lead which they took to the locker room at the end of one. Wisconsin

New Year, New Goalie

Clarkson replaced Matt Smith with Tim Potter of the Oswego Admirals of the OPJHL. Potter has played in 35 games this year and is 12-21-1 with a .900 save percentage and a 3.79 GAA.

New Recruit and 2nd Half Thoughts

According to Chris Heisenberg's website, Clarkson has added defenseman Brent Sullivan from Brockville to the list of 2008 recruits. Sullivan is listed at 6' 2" and 188. So far this year he has 4 goals and 13 assists from the blueline.Looking at the standings for the ECAC as we get ready for the second half, Clarkson sits in 3rd with 10 points, tied with SLU and Dartmouth. However, Clarkson has an

Matt Smith Leaves Clarkson

Goaltender Matt Smith is headed for the Quebec Major Juinors. Smith played in one game for the Knights and gave up four goals in a period to the Under 18 Team. Citing lack of playing time, Smith will finish his finals before heading north. Best of luck to Matt in whatever he ends up doing.

"They're due." or "Their due?" Either way....

We haven't had a lot of time to write about the Women's team lately, but it's obvious after the past month that they're due to get their due. The Knights finished off the first half of the season with a sweep of a Niagara team that seemed to have their number last season, extending their winning streak to seven consecutive games, and a 9-1 record since being swept by Harvard and Dartmouth in the