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Knights & Saints Face off In Women's Hockey North Country Series

After almost two weeks off Clarkson returns to action this week with a home-and-home series with archrival St. Lawrence. Ranked 4th in the national polls, the Golden Knights host the 8th-rated Saints at Cheel Arena in a rare Thursday night affair at 7:00 p.m. and then travel down Route 11 to take on their North Country neighbor at Appleton Arena in Canton on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

Clarkson, which last played on November 18, owns a 12-3-1 overall record and is tied for fourth place in the ECAC Hockey standings with a 4-2 league mark. Defending conference champions, the Green and Gold are just two points out of the top spot.  All three of Clarkson's losses this season have been one-goal setbacks, including two in overtime. Clarkson, which begins a four-game road trip with Saturday's tilt at St. Lawrence, will play its next game in Potsdam on January 12.

In its last action, Clarkson posted its seventh shutout of the season with a 4-0 blanking of Princeton at Cheel on November 18. 

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• Senior Shea Tiley backstops the third-ranked defense in the country, which is allowing only 1.25 goals per game. Tiley ranks among the NCAA's best in all the major goaltending categories. She posts 1.30 goals against average (4th in the nation), a .938 save percentage (6th), a .781 winning percentage (8th) and leads the nation in shutouts with seven – three more than any other Division I goaltender. Tiley is Clarkson's career leader in wins (91) and shutouts (31).
• Powered by the top line of junior left wing Loren Gabel, freshman right wing Elizabeth Giguere and sophomore center Michaela Pejzlova, the Knights boast the fifth-best scoring offense in the NCAA, averaging 3.94 goals per game.
• ECAC Hockey's leading scorer, Gabel has tallied 27 points on 12 goals and 15 assists overall. She is just four points shy of the coveted century mark with 52 goals and 44 assists through 97 career games.
• One of the top freshmen in the country, Giguere has recorded 26 points, second most among the nation's rookies, on 10 goals and 16 assists. She has tallied at least one point in all but one game this season.
• The Knights' hottest forward, Pejzlova brings a seven-game goal-scoring streak into tonight's contest. She has 21 points (12-9) on the year, including eight goals and 12 points since October 28. Pejzlova powers the second-ranked power play in the country (27.3%) with an NCAA-high six goals on the man-advantage,
• Among the top defensemen in the NCAA, Clarkson's captain Savannah Harmon is tied for fifth in the nation in scoring from the blueline with 16 points (3-13). Harmon is also closing in on 100 career points with 25 goals and 70 assists through 135 games.
•    Overall on combined specialty teams play, the Knights rank second in the country at 61.1%. The penalty-killing unit is fourth in the nation, killing off 89.7% of opponents' power plays (70-78).

The Series:
The Knights have won three straight games against the Saints and are 6-1-3 in their last 10 meetings. Clarkson and St. Lawrence have already met twice this year in non-conference play on October 20-21. The Golden Knights won 4-2 in Canton and then skated to a 6-1 victory at Cheel Arena on 2017 NCAA Championship Banner raising Day.  The Golden Knights lead the Route 11 rivalry 23-18-7 all-time. St. Lawrence's last win in the series was a 2-1 victory at Appleton Arena on October 7, 2016. The Saints' have won only three times at Cheel with their last victory in Potsdam coming on February 27, 2010 in the second game, 2-1, of an ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series, which the Knights ended up winning.
Savannah Harmon has been the leader for Clarkson over her career versus the Saints with four goals and eight assists in 14 games. Shea Tiley has successfully backstopped Clarkson against St. Lawrence over her career with a 9-2-3 record. Tiley holds a 1.47 GAA and a .938 save percentage against the Saints. 

Scouting St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence started its season 2-3-2 but has since returned to winning ways going 5-1-1 its last seven games. The Saints currently sit at 7-4-3 and are ranked 8th in the USCHO.com and USA Today Poll. The Saints are off to a great start in conference play with a 4-1-1 conference record good enough for third place in the ECAC Hockey standings, one point ahead of Clarkson. Much like the Golden Knights the Saints have been on a hiatus since their weekend series against Quinnipiac and Princeton. The Saints fought to a 4-4 draw against Princeton and were able to defeat the Bobcats 4-2 on November 18 in their last action. Justine Reyes leads the offensive effort for St. Lawrence with 16 points on eight goals and eight assists. Hannah Miller follows with 15 points on five goals and 11 assists.  Grace Harrison and Sonjia Shelly have shared the goaltending duties. Harrison has played in nine games with a 4-3-2 record behind a .892 save percentage and a 2.31 GAA. Shelly sports a 3-1-1 record, a .896 save percentage and a 2.56 GAA.
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Players Mentioned

Loren Gabel

#19 Loren Gabel

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5' 4"
Junior
Savannah Harmon

#14 Savannah Harmon

D
5' 3"
Senior
Michaela Pejzlova

#10 Michaela Pejzlova

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5' 6"
Sophomore
Shea Tiley

#35 Shea Tiley

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5' 10"
Senior
Elizabeth Giguere

#7 Elizabeth Giguere

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5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Loren Gabel

#19 Loren Gabel

5' 4"
Junior
F
Savannah Harmon

#14 Savannah Harmon

5' 3"
Senior
D
Michaela Pejzlova

#10 Michaela Pejzlova

5' 6"
Sophomore
F
Shea Tiley

#35 Shea Tiley

5' 10"
Senior
G
Elizabeth Giguere

#7 Elizabeth Giguere

5' 10"
Freshman
F