Tonight was the first of the home and home series between St. Lawrence and Clarkson, voted the best rivalry in college hockey by a huge margin. Historically, Clarkson has had SLU's number, and tonight was no different.
In front of a packed Cheel crowd, the Saints opened the scoring on the power play, as Jeremy Wick fired a loose rebound past Greg Lewis. Clarkson would score twice in the first, and it looked as if they would take a lead into the first intermission. But the Golden Knights took a late penalty, and SLU capitalized on the opportunity. Gavin Bayreuther fired a shot towards net, and Wick tipped it past Lewis for his second power play goal of the game, and the Saints headed to the locker room tied.
The second period was the best period of play for the Saints, and Matt Carey was able to score a goal, but that was the only time SLU could find the back of the net.
Clarkson entered the third period looking to tie it up, and they did more than that. They scored three straight goals, including two in 25 seconds to take a 5-3 lead. The Saints did not go down without a fight, and when Clarkson took a penalty towards the end of the game, the Saints drew blood. Matt Carey found the puck on his stick in the slot, and he fired an absolute beauty of a wrister top shelf to bring the Saints within one. Carvel pulled Weninger in favor of an extra attacker, and that's when things got interesting.
With 4.9 seconds left, the Saints were pushing hard, and had nearly tied the game several times. Greg Carey drove hard to the net, and the play that ensued could spell trouble for Carey and several Clarkson players. Carey found himself outnumbered 3 to 1 and being punched by the three Clarkson players, the situation that could mean suspension for the Golden Knights. What Carey did was slightly worse: he speared Clarkson goalie Greg Lewis in the chest multiple times with a stick. It was in self defense, and the goalie was one of the three who was punching Greg in the head, so to me, the reaction was more of desperation than an intent to injure. Obviously, the ECAC will look at the entire situation, and if any suspensions are issued, I will put it out on twitter.
Other scraps happened soon after, involving Clarkson players and Saints Justin Baker and Gunnar Hughes, though they should be free from any discipline.
Game two will be played tomorrow at Appleton.
In front of a packed Cheel crowd, the Saints opened the scoring on the power play, as Jeremy Wick fired a loose rebound past Greg Lewis. Clarkson would score twice in the first, and it looked as if they would take a lead into the first intermission. But the Golden Knights took a late penalty, and SLU capitalized on the opportunity. Gavin Bayreuther fired a shot towards net, and Wick tipped it past Lewis for his second power play goal of the game, and the Saints headed to the locker room tied.
The second period was the best period of play for the Saints, and Matt Carey was able to score a goal, but that was the only time SLU could find the back of the net.
Clarkson entered the third period looking to tie it up, and they did more than that. They scored three straight goals, including two in 25 seconds to take a 5-3 lead. The Saints did not go down without a fight, and when Clarkson took a penalty towards the end of the game, the Saints drew blood. Matt Carey found the puck on his stick in the slot, and he fired an absolute beauty of a wrister top shelf to bring the Saints within one. Carvel pulled Weninger in favor of an extra attacker, and that's when things got interesting.
With 4.9 seconds left, the Saints were pushing hard, and had nearly tied the game several times. Greg Carey drove hard to the net, and the play that ensued could spell trouble for Carey and several Clarkson players. Carey found himself outnumbered 3 to 1 and being punched by the three Clarkson players, the situation that could mean suspension for the Golden Knights. What Carey did was slightly worse: he speared Clarkson goalie Greg Lewis in the chest multiple times with a stick. It was in self defense, and the goalie was one of the three who was punching Greg in the head, so to me, the reaction was more of desperation than an intent to injure. Obviously, the ECAC will look at the entire situation, and if any suspensions are issued, I will put it out on twitter.
Other scraps happened soon after, involving Clarkson players and Saints Justin Baker and Gunnar Hughes, though they should be free from any discipline.
Game two will be played tomorrow at Appleton.
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