Senior assistant captain Jeff DiNallo scored with 41.1 seconds remaining in regulation to lift the Clarkson University Hockey team to a 4-3 non-league victory over the University of New Hampshire in Durham on Saturday night.

The Golden Knights, who lost 7-1 at Merrimack on Friday, picked up only their second victory against a Hockey East foe in the past four seasons (2-12-1) and snapped a five-game losing skid to UNH.

Clarkson received a balanced scoring effort with four different players recording goals. Junior A.J. Fossen netted a power-play marker, classmate Troy Josephs connected on a penalty shot and junior Jordan Bouchard scored unassisted, all capped off by DiNallo's game-winner in the Green and Gold's first road victory of the young season.

The Knights outshot the Wildcats (1-2) 31-28. Junior Steve Perry made 25 saves as Clarkson improved to 3-1. Clarkson was 1-of-2 with the man-advantage, while UNH went 2-of-5 on the power play.

Postgame interview with Head Coach Casey Jones

In a fast-paced opening 20 minutes, Clarkson capitalized on the first power play of the contest when Fossen knocked in a puck at the backdoor at 17:41 after a perfect pass from sophomore Sam Vigneault. Kelly Summers also assisted on Fossen's team-high third goal of the year.

The Knights made it 2-0 early in the second stanza with a penalty-shot goal from Josephs. Josephs, who tallied his first of the year at 4:09, scored Clarkson's first penalty-shot goal since Bouchard connected for one at Cornell on March 14, 2014.

UNH came right back 18 seconds later with a power-play goal by Kyle Smith, and at 8:48 Maxim Gaudreault netted another Wildcat goal on the man-advantage to force a 2-2 draw through 40 minutes.

At 4:11 of the third, Bouchard scored his second of the year on a low wrist shot to put the Knights back on top. But once again the Wildcats answered back with Matt Dawson's goal at 10:03 to tie the contest at 3-3.

With regulation play winding down and overtime looming, DiNallo, last year's MVP for the Knights, collected a rebound in front off of a shot by junior defenseman James de Haas and knocked in his first goal of the season. Freshman Marly Quince also assisted on the game-winner.

Clarkson will close out the season-opening, non-league portion of the schedule with a two-game series against NCHC foe Western Michigan at Cheel Arena next weekend. The Knights will then take a week off before opening ECAC Hockey play hosting Rensselaer and Union on November 6-7.