Potsdam, NY – Sophomore Britney Selina (Thornhill, ONT) recorded one goal and three assists, and freshman Lauren Dahm (Baldwinsville, NY) posted 13 saves as the Clarkson University Women’s Hockey team extended its unbeaten streak to four games (2-0-2) with a 5-0 blanking over Brown before 314 fans at Cheel Arena Friday night.
With the victory, the Golden Knights reached the 20-win mark with a 20-6-5 overall record and remained tied for third in ECAC Hockey with an 11-5-3 league mark. Clarkson hosts Yale on Saturday, at 4:00 p.m.
Brown (3-18-5, 2-13-4) was officially eliminated form the playoffs with the loss.
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Clarkson's Jessica Cloutier and Brown's Hayley Moore take a ceremonial faceoff during "Pink at the Rink". Dropping the puck is Clarkson's VP of Student Affairs Kathryn Johnson as President Tony Collins looks on - photo by Chris Lenney.
Clarkson will wear specialized pink jerseys this weekend to help ECAC Hockey and the American Cancer Society fight cancer with the creation of Pink At The Rink.To bid on these jerseys, and ties worn by the women's and men's coaches, go to http://www.ecachockeycoachesvscancer.com/
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With her four-point effort, Selina set a new school-record for points in a season with 40. Through 30 games, Clarkson's leading scorer has tallied 16 goals and a team-high 24 assists. The old mark was 36 set by Genevieve Lavoie (Delson, QUE) as a rookie last year.
Clarkson controlled Friday’s game from the start, out shooting the Bears 11-2 in the first period en route to a 2-0 lead after the opening 20 minutes. Lavoie made quick work of the Golden Knights’ first power play when she shuffled a shot between the pads of the Brown goaltender at 13:03 for her 11th goal of the season and 70th career point. Selina and sophomore defenseman Carlee Eusepi (Oakville, ONT) set up the score.
At 15:29, freshman Daris Tendler (Verwood, SASK) chipped in a rebound off of a shot by Selina for her second career goal. Junior Marie-Joe Gaudet (Sherbrooke, QUE) also assisted.
Senior captain Katie Morrison (Ridgefield, CT) made it 3-0 midway through the second frame, scoring on a breakaway for her second goal of the season, an unassisted marker at 13:44.
One of the top rookies in ECAC Hockey, Melissa Waldie (Newmarket, ONT) added to her impressive freshman total with her 17th goal of the year, finishing off an assist from Selina at 3:02 of the third.
Selina closed out the scoring with her 16th goal of the season at 8:32. Tendler and Waldie assisted.
The Knights out shot the Bears 39-13. Dahm posted two saves in both the first and second periods, and added nine more stops in the third to post her fifth shutout of the year, improving her record to 9-1-1.
Clarkson was 1-of-4 on the power play and killed off all four Brown man-advantage opportunities.
