It wasn't the best game Clarkson has played this season.

But the Golden Knights (14-12-5 overall, 8-6-3 ECAC Hockey) showed hustle and fought back from two, one-goal deficits to knock off Princeton 3-2 before 2,191 fans at Cheel Arena Friday.

Princeton (7-11-6, 5-9-3), coached by former St. Lawrence University player and assistant coach Bob Prier, led 1-0 and 2-1 and outshot Clarkson 13-6 in the final period.

After a Michael Sdao power-play goal at 10 minutes, 1 second of the first period, Clarkson's Louke Oakley answered with a goal at 16:01, with an assist going to linemate Nick Tremblay.

Princeton took another lead on a goal from Kevin Ross at 3:36 of the second period, but Clarkson answered with a power-play goal from defenseman Sam Labrecque at 5:23.

Clarkson's game-winning goal came at 8:04 of the third period and was set up by the hustle of the Patrick Marsh, Ben Sexton, Allan McPherson line. Marsh brought the puck into Princeton's zone. Sexton got it and fought off several defenders as he skated behind the net, then whipped a pass out to McPherson who had a large portion of the net to aim his shot.

Clarkson coach Casey Jones

After missing almost a year of hockey due to a concussion, Chris D'Alvise returned to the ice recently.

D'Alvise was with the American Hockey League's Springfield franchise for most of last season, but before returning to the AHL he played in four games with the East Coast Hockey League's Stockton Thunder.

Here's D'Alvise being interviewed before his first game:

Another Golden Knight has become a fan favorite in the ECHL, as this commercial attests:

ECHL Stats

Matt Beca, Florida 37 games 13 goals-22 assists 35 points

Scott Freeman, Bakersfield 28 15-15 30

Bryan Rufenach, Toledo 39 11-13 24

Chris D'Alvise, Stockton 4 1-4 5

Tim Marks, Elmira 2 0-0 4

CHL

The oldest Golden Knight in the minors is Chris Lipsett, who graduated from Clarkson in 1996. Lipsett is now a part-time player and full-time assistant coach with the Dayton Gems. He has appeared in six games this season and has one assist.

Denmark/Austria

Phil Paquet Huidovre (Denmark) 29 6-13 19.....Graz 99ers (Austria) 7 0-1 1

Italy

Chris Blight Ritten/Renon 33 16-15 31

Mac Faulkner Ritten/Renon 36 12-12 24

Great Britain

Shea Guthrie Coventry 46 22-38 60

France

David Cayer Strasbourg 23 8-13 21

Germany

Rob McFeeters ESV Kaufbeuren 29 13-22 35

Dave Reid Munich 41 1-7 8

Finland

Lauri Tuohimaa Kiekko-Vantaa 9 3-10 13

Netherlands

Jay Latulippe Tilburg 28 30-37 57

Clarkson is preparing for four straight home games, beginning this weekend with Princeton and Quinnipiac and concluding next weekend with Colgate and Cornell.

The Golden Knights (13-12-5 overall, 7-6-3 ECAC Hockey) are in fifth place in the conference standings but are still in position to earn an automatic bye should they win the rest of their games.

Clarkson is two points behind Harvard and Colgate, but has played one less game than the Crimson. Clarkson faces both those teams in the final three weeks.

Here are this week's post-practice interviews:

Casey Jones

Corey Tamblyn

Will Frederick

Nick Tremblay

Two former Golden Knights had brief stints in the National Hockey League last month but both Steve Zalewski and Mark Borowiecki are back in the American Hockey League.

Who will be the next Golden Knight to make his NHL debut?

Rochester Americans goalie David Leggio seems like a candidate, though with Ryan Miller in Buffalo it may happen elsewhere.

Leggio made 37 saves on Saturday to lead the Americans to a 2-1 win over the Toronto Marlies.

"The most important thing is when I get shots that I'm able to see them," Leggio said to the Canadian Press. "The 'D' did a great job of boxing out and clearing rebounds. When we play like that as a team, it makes it easier for me and that was a big reason for us winning."

Leggio made two big saves in the game, stopping Toronto's Matt Frattin on a second-period breakaway and then preventing a goal from Nicolas Deschamps during a power play in the third.

"They had that one pass across on the 2-on-1 (to Deschamps) and when I made that save, I felt good about it," Leggio said. "And when they got that late power play, we just said we need to kill this. The guys stuck to our system, blocked shots and we were able to shut them down. They've got a lot of firepower, but we didn't dwell on it, we had the confidence that we were going to kill it and we did."

Here are two Leggio videos, one a general introduction and the other features him and former Clarkson assistant coach Ron Rolston, who coaches the Americans, preparing a dinner for a local Ronald McDonald House.

Borowiecki appeared in two games recently with the Ottawa Senators and made it back to Binghamton in time to participate for the Eastern Conference in the AHL All-Star Game in Atlantic City.

"I'm very excited to go to Atlantic City," Borowiecki told the Binghamton Press&Sun-Bulletin. "Lots of good players from the league are there, and to be included in that group is awesome and definitely an honor. These past 10 days have been pretty exciting for me, lots of positive and good steps in my career. I'm looking forward to trying to build off it."

Here's Borowiecki addressing the media after a recent game.

Stats

David Leggio (Rochester) 13-11-1 2.79 gaa .914 save percentage

Mark Borowiecki (Binghamton) 43 games 3 goals-13 assists 16 points

Shawn Weller (St. John's) 31 7-10 17

Steve Zalewski (Albany) 36 9-13 22

Brandon DeFazio (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton) 41 5-3 8

With exactly a month to go in the regular season Clarkson (12-11-5 overall, 6-5-3 ECAC Hockey) finds itself in fourth place in the conference standings, when going by win percentage.

The Golden Knights play road games this weekend at Brown and Yale, then close out the season with four of their final six games at home.

Clarkson tied the Bears 2-2 on Jan. 14 and then beat Yale 5-4 in overtime the following day at Cheel Arena.

Coach Casey Jones

Goalie Paul Karpowich

Defenseman Kevin Tansey

Forward Julien Cayer