Boston College
Clarkson
No. 11 Men's Hockey Falls At Clarkson, 4-2
January 05, 2008 | Men's Hockey
Jan. 5, 2008
POTSDAM, N.Y. -- Four Clarkson players scored one goal each and goalie David Leggio made 29 saves as the 12th-ranked Golden Knights defeated No. 11 Boston College before 3,425 at Cheel Arena.
Grant Clitsome, Nick Dodge, Shea Guthrie and Matt Beca all scored for the host Golden Knights (11-6-1).
Boston College, which entered the game on a five-game winning streak, falls to 8-5-5. The Eagles next host Vermont in Hockey East action on Wednesday, Jan. 9.
BC's Nathan Gerbe opened the game's scoring with his 16th of the season at 5:53.
Clarkson evened the score before the close of the first period (at 17:13) and added consecutive second-period tallies - at 1:20 and 16:46 - to build a 3-1 lead.
BC junior Benn Ferriero halved the Clarkson lead just 22 seconds later then sophomore Matt Beca put the Golden Knights back up by two just nine seconds into the third period for the 4-2 final.
BC freshman goalie John Muse recorded 26 saves in his fifth loss of the season.
The visiting Eagles outshot the Golden Knights, 31-30.
Game Notes: Clarkson endowed the university's head coaching position as the "Leonard S. Ceglarski Chair," named in honor of legendary Clarkson University and Boston College hockey coach Len Ceglarski. Principal donor John McLennan and Ceglarski were recognized in a ceremony before faceoff ... -- Boston College's 4-2 loss at Clarkson snapped the Eagles' five-game winning streak and extended the Golden Knights winning-streak to 10 meetings between the teams ... BC's power play went 0-for-5, marking the first time in 15 games that the team failed to score a power play goal ... Nathan Gerbe and freshman Brian Gibbons both extended their point-scoring streaks to six games. Gerbe has regsitered 20 points -- 11 goals and nine assists. Gibbons has totaled seven points -- one goal and six assists ... Benn Ferriero extended his point-scoring streak to five games (3-7--10) ... Freshman forward Joe Whitney recorded his 20th assist (in 28 games) in the team's loss at Clarkson. Whitney is the nation's leader in assists per game (1.11) and owns a four-game scoring streak (nine points on one goal and eight assists).
