Clarkson and St. Lawrence are a combined 3-7-1 in their last 12 games, which include two head-to-head matchups that both went Tech’s way. While SLU boasts the better record (7-8-2, to Clarkson’s 4-8-5), the Saints have dropped four straight and seven of their last 10. Clarkson started the season 0-4-3 and has improved with a 4-4-2 record in its<\/em> last 10, but a 3-1 loss at home to Mercyhurst is no way to end 2012.<\/p>\n What appeared to be a multi-headed offensive monster in Canton has sputtered out only five goals in its last four games, as SLU stars Greg Carey and Kyle Flanagan have only summed two goals and two assists in that time (Flanagan missed the Vermont game with injury). While the Saints have held opponents to two goals or fewer six times this season, the D has yet to support the flagging O: The team is 0-8-0 when it fails to get three goals.<\/p>\n In Potsdam, the Knights are hoping that rookie netminder Greg Lewis (.908 save rate, 2.67 goals-against average) will continue to improve as the rest of the team struggles to match strong offensive production with solid defensive responsibility. The Green & Gold are actually 2-3-1 when scoring<\/em> four goals or more, yet already have two wins and four ties when failing to hit that mark.<\/p>\n Quick, which ECAC Hockey player is averaging the most goals-per-game overall? He’s not based out of Appleton.<\/p>\n He doesn’t live in Hamden…<\/p>\n … and he doesn’t practice in New Haven or New Hampshire, either.<\/p>\n The surprising answer is Brown sophomore Matt Lorito. In an admittedly meager dozen games played, Lorito has nine goals, putting him a few hundredths of a goal-per-game better than the likes of Carey, Flanagan, Jeremy Langlois, Antoine Laganiere, or Eric Robinson.<\/p>\n The 5-foot-9 forward out of Oakville, Ont. has seven points (3-4–7) in his last four games, and his peak performance thus far was his natural hat trick against Army in mid-November. Where’s the limit for Lorito? Hard to tell, since he’s already blown away last year’s numbers (4-13–17 in 24 games). Coach Brendan Whittet has always been high on the guy, so we’ll see where this year takes him.<\/p>\n A few things to keep an eye on as we hit the holiday hiatus:<\/p>\n Check back in with USCHO on Wednesday morning for our final installment of the ECAC Hockey half-in-review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" North Country sliding Clarkson and St. Lawrence are a combined 3-7-1 in their last 12 games, which include two head-to-head matchups that both went Tech’s way. While SLU boasts the better record (7-8-2, to Clarkson’s 4-8-5), the Saints have dropped four straight and seven of their last 10. Clarkson started the season 0-4-3 and has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1425],"tags":[1221,1486],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNot the usual suspect<\/h4>\n
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