Providence, NY - Freshman Juana Baribeau (Amos, QUE) started a four-goal outburst late in the third period as the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team got back on track with a 6-0 shutout victory over Brown University in ECAC Hockey action Friday night.
The Golden Knights improved to 3-4-2 overall with the season-opening league victory, ending a two-game winless streak. Brown fell to 1-3-1 overall. Clarkson will look to continue its unbeaten start in league play against Yale on Saturday afternoon.
The Green and Gold dominated throughout, never allowing the Bears more than five shots in any period, including a 15-3 edge in the first period. Junior Britney Selina (Thornhill, ONT) started the scoring off early for the Knights with her first goal of the season at 5:23 in the opening frame with an assist going to senior Courtney O'Connor (Chicago, IL). The score would remain the same until midway through the second period as Clarkson tallied just once out of 19 shots in the second frame. Freshman Danielle Boudreau (Whitby, ONT) scored at 7:35, her second goal of the season, with assists going to O'Connor and sophomore Melissa Waldie (Newmarket, ONT).
The game opened up in the third period as Clarkson scored four times on 13 shots, including two power-play goals. With just under six minutes remaining in the contest, Baribeau started the barrage with her fifth goal of the season, scoring on a pass from Marie-Jo Gaudet (Sherbrooke, QUE) at 14:03. Just over a minute later, Gaudet tallied her team-high seven goal of the season, a power-play marker at 15:17. Another man-advantage goal came less than three minutes later with junior Carlee Eusepi (Oakville, ONT) picking up her second goal of the season with the assist going to Baribeau at 18:06. Freshman Kali Gillanders (Kyle, SASK) scored once again with less than a minute remaining before the clock mercifully ran out on the Bears. Waldie and first-year player Brittany Mulligan (London, ONT) each assisted.
Sophomore Lauren Dahm (Baldwinsville, NY) made 11 saves for her sixth career shutout, while Nicole Stock made 41 saves for the Bears. Clarkson was 2-for-9 on the power play while the Bears were scoreless in three chances.
