The Clarkson Golden Knights shutout the Union College Dutchmen, 5-0, in front of a crowd of 2,450 at Achilles Rink.<\/p>\n
The Dutchmen’s winless streak now stands at eleven games (0-9-2) including seven games (0-6-1) in the ECAC. The Golden Knights extended their current winning streak to three games.<\/p>\n
Clarkson’s Chris Bahen put the Golden Knights on the board first when he scored his second goal of the season at 7:34 of the first period. Matt Poapst and Rob McFeeters both assisted on what turned out to be the game-winning goal as the Golden Knights took a 1-0 lead into the second period.<\/p>\n
Clarkson exploded for four goals in the second period to take a 5-0 lead into the final 20 minutes. The Golden Knights held a 14-0 shot advantage after just 4:44 of the second period, during which the Dutchmen were outshot 22-5.<\/p>\n
The Golden Knights capitalized on three early Union penalties by scoring two 5-on-3 goals in the first 2:37 of the second period. Murray Kuntz scored the first power-play goal, his seventh overall goal of the season, at 1:41 of the second period.<\/p>\n
Poapst found the back of the net just 56 seconds later with another power-play goal to put Clarkson ahead 3-0. David Evans scored the third Clarkson goal just 7:06 into the period with assists from Kent Huskins and Kevin O’Flaherty. Don Smith scored Clarkson’s third power-play goal of the period when he beat Union goalie Brandon Snee at 13:32 of the third to put the Golden Knights ahead 5-0.<\/p>\n
Union replaced starting goalie Brandon Snee with 6:28 remaining in the second period. Snee had 27 saves while allowing five goals during his 33:32 minutes between the pipes for the Dutchmen. Sophomore Marc Wise took over the netminding duties for Union for the remainder of the game.<\/p>\n
There was no scoring in the third period as Union out shot Clarkson 13-6. <\/p>\n
Union goalie Marc Wise had six saves in the final period. He finished with a total of 10 saves in his 26:28 minutes between the pipes.<\/p>\n
Clarkson goalie Mike Walsh had 28 saves in the win as he recorded his first collegiate shutout.<\/p>\n
Union is now 6-10-3 overall and 3-6-1 in the ECAC. Clarkson is now 8-6-3 overall and 3-2-2 during ECAC play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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