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Knights women's hockey starts 2012 on sour note with 5-2 loss at 7th-ranked Northeastern

Posted 1/5/12

Unfortunately for the Golden Knights of the Clarkson University Women’s Hockey team they could not carry the momentum from a strong finish to 2011 over the extended break as they opened the New …

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Knights women's hockey starts 2012 on sour note with 5-2 loss at 7th-ranked Northeastern

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Unfortunately for the Golden Knights of the Clarkson University Women’s Hockey team they could not carry the momentum from a strong finish to 2011 over the extended break as they opened the New Year with a 5-2 non-league loss to seventh-ranked Northeastern University at Matthews Arena in Boston on Thursday afternoon.

Clarkson, which closed out the 2011 portion of the schedule with a five-game winning streak, goes to 12-5-4 on the season. Coming off its first loss since November 18, the Knights will look to get back on track when they play at fourth-ranked Boston College on Friday in a 3:00 p.m. faceoff.

Playing for the first time in 24-days and without leading scorer, sophomore Jamie Lee Rattray (Kanata, ONT) who is with Canada’s U-22 National Team at the Meco Cup in Germany, Clarkson suffered its worst loss of the season to the Huskies.

Northeastern (14-4-1), which stands atop Hockey East, ran its current unbeaten to five games (4-0-1) with a dominating effort against the Green and Gold. The Huskies took a 1-0 first-period lead on a shorthanded tally by Kendall Coyne midway through the opening stanza, and then built their lead to 4-0 late second period with a three-goal spurt.

Brittany Esposito connected on the power play at 7:17, followed by goals from Claire Santostefano, at 12:59, and Rachel Llanes, at 14:38.

Clarkson finally got on the scoreboard when sophomore Carly Mercer (Exeter, ONT) finished off a nice pass from senior Juana Baribeau (Amos, QUE) for her eighth goal of the season at 15;06 of the middle frame. Sophomore Amanda Lucky (Kanata, ONT) also assisted to gain her first point of the season.

Northeastern came right back, however, 51 seconds later with Coyne’s second goal of the game to put the home team on top 5-2 through 40 minutes.

With just 1:36 remaining in regulation, Baribeau tallied her eighth goal of the season and 54th career score to give the Knights’ their second goal of the game. Mercer and freshman defenseman Daniella Matteucci (Fruitvale, BC) assisted.

Northeastern outshot Clarkson 27-24. The Huskies were 1-of-3 on the power play and killed off the Knights’ lone man-advantage opportunity.

Sophomore Erica Howe (Ottawa, ONT) made 17 saves on 21 shots through 35 minutes, while freshman Emily Horn (Hamilton, ONT) turned aside five of six Northeastern shots over the final 25 minutes.

Chloe Desjardins posted 22 stops for Northeastern.