Junior right wing Scott Polaski scored with 2:07 left to play in the third period to cap off a three-goal comeback for 10th-ranked Colorado College as the visiting Tigers defeated Clarkson, 3-2, before 2,475 fans in non-conference action at Cheel Arena Friday night. <\/p>\n
Colorado College overcame a 2-0 deficit midway through the second period to improve its record to 3-0. Clarkson lost for the first time this season, falling to 1-1-1. Polaski netted his second goal of the season scoring on a breakaway after taking a long pass from freshman Scott Thauwald.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Joey Crabb started the Tigers’ comeback scoring a power-play goal with 23 seconds left in the second period, which snapped Clarkson’s penalty-kill streak at 17. CC tied the game at 7:17 of the third period on senior defenseman Andrew Canzanello’s second goal of the season.<\/p>\n
In a penalty-filled first period, Clarkson took advantage of its man-advantage opportunities to grab a 1-0 lead. Freshman defenseman Matt Nickerson put the Knights on top when he one-timed a pass at the left circle from classmate Max Kolu for his first collegiate goal, a power-play marker at 10:33. <\/p>\n
Clarkson made it 2-0 midway through the second period when junior Chris Blight slipped in a shot just under the glove hand of Tigers’ freshman goaltender Matt Zaba at 11:45.<\/p>\n
Colorado College outshot Clarkson 32-26. Sophomore Dustin Traylen posted 29 saves. Zaba finished with 24 stops. The Tigers were 1-of-9 on the power play, while the Knights were 1-of-6 with the man-advantage.<\/p>\n
Clarkson and Colorado College will close out their weekend series at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“You know we’ve got a young team and we don’t play alot of games on the NHL-sized sheet and it took us a while to get going,” said CC head coach Scott Owens. “But I also thought they were pretty good early, until we got our feet under us. I was just glad we were able to score that goal at the end of the second period. It kind of kept us in there and kind of kept our interest.”<\/p>\n
“It was right there for us, but we’ll learn and we’ll grow from it,” said Clarkson head coach George Roll. “I think we caught them a little bit by surprise. I didn’t think they thought the effort would be there and I give our guys credit. They competed hard for 60 minutes. <\/p>\n
“It’s some little things that we’ve got to correct, but certainly we were there with one of the better teams in the country. It’s a little bit of a moral victory but when you’ve got a chance to win a game like that it is disappointing, I’m not going to lie to you.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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