St. Lawrence Preview

Clarkson and St. Lawrence meet for the 179th time tonight at 7 at Cheel Arena. It will be the only nonconference meeting for the teams this season. They'll play ECAC Hockey contests against each other on Dec. 4-5.

The Golden Knights (2-2 overall) opened their season with a pair of road losses at Michigan State, but rebounded by sweeping Niagara and RIT at home last weekend.

SLU (3-1) dropped its opener to UMass.-Lowell in the IceBreaker Invitational in Omaha, Neb. The Saints responded with three straight victories over Army, RIT and Niagara.

Clarkson Coach George Roll on SLU

Stat of the Night

It's too early to read too much into team stats this season, but Clarkson has done well early in games while the Saints have done well later. The only period where Clarkson has outscored its opponents is the first (6-3). SLU has played even with opponents in the first and second periods, but has outscored the opposition 5-2 in the third.

Who to Watch

Clarkson

Senior Matt Beca, who already has scored five goals this season, had been dominant against the Saints. Beca has six goals and four assists in nine career games against SLU. Junior Scott Freeman has one goal with six assists in seven games against the Saints. Both of Clarkson's goalies have faced SLU. Paul Karpowich is 1-2 with a 2.96 goals-against average and an .895 save percentage while Richie LaVeau is 0-0-1 with a 2.37 GAA and a .940 save percentage.

St. Lawrence

Senior forward Mike McKenzie has enjoyed the most success against the Golden Knights, with one goal and seven assists. Junior Jared Keller has two goals with one assist and senior Alex Curran has one goal with two assists. Goalie Alex Petizian is 3-3-1 against Clarkson with a .901 save percentage.

Last Meeting

Clarkson finished 1-0-1 against the Saints in conference play with a 3-1 win at Cheel Arena on Feb. 7. The Golden Knights received first-period goals from Chris D'Alvise and Nick Tremblay and upped the lead to 3-0 with a goal from Scott Freeman in the third. Mike McKenzie scored with 5 minutes, 33 seconds left for SLU.

Stats and Notes

SLU only picked up one out of a possible four points in conference games against Clarkson last year, but did sweep two nonconference contests against the Golden Knights. ... Clarkson has a huge lead in the overall series - 109-61-8 - but the Saints have played even in this decade at 12-12-1. SLU is 3-1-1 in the last five games. ... SLU is only 5-17-1 in Cheel Arena. ... Clarkson has a 57-game unbeaten streak in games it leads after two periods (53-0-4). ... Clarkson coach George Roll is 7-8 against the Saints while SLU's Joe Marsh is 25-37-2 against Clarkson. ... Tim Marks is 24-15 (.615) on faceoffs this season. ... SLU is scoring on 25 percent of its power-play chances so far this season.