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Knights, Saints Meet Up in Top 5 women's hockey battles Thursday and Saturday

Posted 12/1/16

North Country hockey rivals from Canton and Potsdam will meet twice in the next few days. Since the start of conference play, the fifth-ranked Clarkson University Women's Hockey team and the …

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Knights, Saints Meet Up in Top 5 women's hockey battles Thursday and Saturday

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North Country hockey rivals from Canton and Potsdam will meet twice in the next few days.

Since the start of conference play, the fifth-ranked Clarkson University Women's Hockey team and the third-ranked St. Lawrence Saints have been unbeatable.

The two teams will meet twice this week with first-place in ECAC Hockey on the line. Clarkson hosts the Saints at Cheel Arena on Thursday at 7 p.m. and then faces off against the Saints at Appleton Arena in Canton on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Led by ninth-year head coach Matt Desrosiers and assistant coaches Britni Smith and Tony Maci, the Golden Knights have a 13-3-2 overall record and a perfect 8-0-0 ECAC Hockey record.

Clarkson is riding a 12-game unbeaten streak

St. Lawrence has a 15-0-1 overall record and is also a perfect 8-0-0 in the conference.

The Saints have won 12 in a row since tying Clarkson. St. Lawrence’s 2-1 win

over Clarkson snapped a seven game winless streak against Clarkson.

Even with

the win though, Clarkson is 13-3-2 in the last 16 games between the two teams

and the Golden Knights lead the series 20-18-6.