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Oswego State goaltender Tyson Gajda carried a towel into his team’s news conference after Saturday night’s NCAA Division III championship game. His coach was the one who needed it to wipe away tears.<\/p>\n

George Roll faced the media with red eyes minutes after the Lakers’ 2-1 loss to Norwich. The loss likely marked the end of his seven-year stay in Oswego, and that may have been weighing on him.<\/p>\n

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George Roll behind the Oswego bench during Saturday’s D-III championship. (Photo: Ed Trefzger)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Roll has been rumored to be the top candidate to be named Clarkson’s next coach. Clarkson has called a news conference for 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Cheel Campus Center to identify its choice to succeed Mark Morris, who was fired in November.<\/p>\n

Roll, a former Clarkson assistant, choked up a number of times in front of the cameras after Saturday night’s loss. He buried his face into the towel after a question about the high quality of the title game, but it was clear tears had been building the whole time.<\/p>\n

“It was, uh … the guys played their hearts out,” Roll said softly. “That’s all I can say. Sorry.”<\/p>\n

Roll’s Lakers took a 1-0 lead into the third period before Norwich goals 71 seconds apart put the Cadets ahead for good.<\/p>\n

He was faced with questions about the Clarkson job after it was reported he was about to be named the Golden Knights’ coach before last Saturday’s quarterfinal victory over Wentworth.<\/p>\n

At that time, he confirmed discussions with Clarkson but said nothing had been finalized.<\/p>\n

When asked Saturday to comment on reports he was bound for Potsdam, he said in a voice barely above a whisper, “Not at this time.”<\/p>\n

WPTZ-TV of Plattsburgh, N.Y., reported Saturday night that Roll would be named the Clarkson coach at Monday’s news conference.<\/p>\n

If Roll leaves Oswego, at which he’s also the interim athletics director, Lakers assistant coach Ed Gosek is considered a top candidate to replace him behind the bench. Gosek has been an assistant at Oswego for 13 seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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