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Clarkson women return to ECAC hockey play with 5-2 win at Yale

Posted 1/14/12

Sophomore Carly Mercer (Exeter, ONT) ran her point-scoring streak to six straight games with a career-high four points on two goals and two assists to power the Clarkson University Women’s Hockey …

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Clarkson women return to ECAC hockey play with 5-2 win at Yale

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Sophomore Carly Mercer (Exeter, ONT) ran her point-scoring streak to six straight games with a career-high four points on two goals and two assists to power the Clarkson University Women’s Hockey team past Yale 5-2 at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, CT on Friday night.

The Golden Knights, who returned to ECAC Hockey action for the first time in over a month, improved their record to 13-6-4 overall and moved up in the league standings with a 7-3-1 conference mark. The Green and Gold, who stand in a tie for fourth place, have won their last fourth ECAC Hockey games, outscoring their league opponents 22-4. Clarkson battles Brown in Providence, RI on Saturday afternoon in a 4:00 p.m. faceoff.

In a wide open first period, which saw Clarkson (16) and Yale (12) combine for 28 shots, both teams got on the scoreboard early. The Knights grabbed the initial lead when Mercer started the scoring with her seventh power-play marker of the season, connecting off assists from defensemen, junior Hailey Wood (Lethbridge, ALB) and senior Katelyn Ptolemy (Dinsmore, SASK) at 5:43. Just 51 seconds later, however the Bulldogs would tie the game on Danielle Moncion’s goal.

Clarkson took control in the middle frame, outshooting Yale 15-4 while building their lead to 3-1 after 40 minutes. Senior Juana Baribeau (Amos, QUE) netted her ninth goal of the season and 55th career goal at 9:31 with Mercer and sophomore Jamie Lee Rattray (Kanat, ONT) assisting.

Junior Danielle Skirrow (Trenton, ONT) scored the eventual game-winner, tallying on the man-advantage at 15:47, matching her with Mercer for a team-high seven power-play goals. Wood and Mercer, with her team-high 16th assist, set up Skirrow’s 10th goal of the season.

Mercer, who has 11 points (4-7) over the last six games, picked up her 10th goal of the season off an assist by Baribeau to give the Knights’ a 4-1 lead just 95 seconds into the third period.

Yale (1-16, 1-9), cut the deficit to two goals on Lynn Kennedy’s goal at 15:16, but Clarkson would add another goal late in regulation to seal the Bulldogs’ ninth consecutive loss.

Rattray, back in the Knights’ lineup after a strong performance for Canada’s U-22 Team at the Meco Cup, scored her team-high 12th goal of the season with just three seconds remaining on the clock. Seniors Kali Gillanders (Kyle, SASK) and Ptolemy assisted on the power-play marker.

Clarkson outshot Yale 45-28, including a 29-16 marging over the last two periods. Sophomore

Erica Howe (Ottawa, ONT) posted 26 saves in the road win.

The Knights were 3-of-5 on the power play and killed off all three Yale man-advantage opportunities.