Clarkson (5-19-3 overall, 1-12-2 ECAC Hockey) is coming off an 11-2 loss to Union College on Friday night and will once again play with a limited roster against Rensselaer (14-12-3, 7-6-2) at 7 tonight at the Houston Field House in Troy.

Friday's Results

Union 11, Clarkson 2: Clarkson, which was already struggling, had only 16 players available for Friday's game at Union and had to play two forwards on defense. The result was an 11-2 blowout loss as the Dutchmen outshot Clarkson 48-19. Clarkson will have forward Lauri Tuohimaa back for tonight's game, but lost forward Markus Piispanen to injury on Friday.

RPI 3, St. Lawrence 3 (OT): Paul Kerins scored the tying goal at 13 minutes, 15 seconds of the third period. SLU took a 3-2 lead in the second period with goals from Aaron Bogisian and Mike McKenzie. Marty O'Grady and Alex Angers-Goulet scored first-period goals for the Engineers.

Stat of the Night: Clarkson's goals-against average rose to 4.04 after Friday's 11-goal loss, leaving the Golden Knights ranked second-to-last, nationally, in defense.

Who to Watch

Clarkson: Matt Beca has four goals and five assists in seven career games against the Engineers. Tim Marks has one goal and four assists, also in seven games. Paul Karpowich is 2-1 with a 3.46 goals-against average and an .870 save percentage. Richie LaVeau has only played 24 minutes against the Engineers, but stopped all seven shots he faced.

RPI: Bryan Brutlag and Tyler Helfrich each have six career points against Clarkson. Brutlag has three goals and three assists and Helfrich has two goals and four assists. Chase Polacek has two goals and three assists. Goalie Allen York is 1-1 with an .880 save percentage against Clarkson.

Special Teams Watch

Clarkson: Matt Beca has four power-play goals and one shorthanded goal. Adam Pawlick also has four power-play goals for Clarkson. Brandon DeFazio leads the team with five power-play goals but will miss tonight's game due to illness.

RPI: Chase Polacek may be the most dangerous player in the conference on special teams. He has 10 power-play goals and two shorthanded goals. Paul Kerins has five power-play goals. Brandon Pirri, Jerry D'Amigo and Marty O'Grady each have three power-play goals. D'Amigo and O'Grady also have shorthanded goals.

Last Meeting: The Engineers scored the final three goals of a game in Cheel Arena on Nov. 13 to take a 5-2 win over Clarkson. RPI had scored the first two goals of the game, but Clarkson rallied to tie the game with goals from Adam Pawlick and Brandon DeFazio. Here is Pawlick's goal:

Stats and Notes: Clarkson has won its last three games at the Houston Field House, last losing 4-3 on Jan. 14, 2006. ... RPI snapped an 0-5-1 stretch against the Golden Knights with its 5-2 win earlier this season at Cheel Arena. ... RPI is honoring its 1985 national championship team with a series of events this weekend.

Two teams looking to snap winless streaks meet at 7 tonight in an ECAC Hockey game which will be televised nationally on the NHL Network.

Clarkson (5-18-3 overall, 1-11-2 ECAC Hockey) is 0-6-1 in its last seven games and host Union (13-7-6, 7-3-4) is 0-3-1 in its last four outings.

The teams are on opposite ends of the conference standings. Union is in a three-way tie for second place with St. Lawrence and Yale, just two points behind first-place Cornell. Clarkson is in last place, four points behind 11th-place Dartmouth.

Stat of the Night:Don't be surprised if there is a shorthanded goal tonight. Clarkson has scored four shorties and given up three. Union has four shorthanded goals and has allowed four.

Who to Watch

Clarkson:Defenseman Bryan Rufenach, who may not play tonight due to an injury, has two goals and three assists in seven career games against Union. Senior forward Matt Beca has one goal and four assists in nine career games. Junior captain Scott Freeman, a forward, has two goals and two assists in six games and junior forward Brandon DeFazio has three goals in seven games. Sophomore goalie Paul Karpowich is 0-2 with a 3.51 goals-against average and .890 save percentage against Union. Sophomore Richie LaVeau is 1-2 with a 4.26 goals-against average and .863 save percentage.

Union:Adam Presizniuk has been dominant against the Golden Knights, with five goals and seven assists. Mario Valery-Trabucco and Jason Walters each have five career goals and three assists against Clarkson. Goalie Corey Milan is 3-1-1 against the Golden Knights and Keith Kincaid has a 1-0-1 record against Clarkson.

Special Teams Watch

Clarkson:Brandon DeFazio leads the team with five power-play goals. Adam Pawlick has four power-play goals and Matt Beca has three. Beca also has a shorthanded goal.

Union:Jason Walters, Mario Valery-Trabucco and Kelly Zajac each have four power-play goals. Valery-Trabucco also has a shorthanded goal. Stephane Boileau has three power-play goals and Andrew Buote has tallied two shorthanded goals for the Dutchmen.

Last Meeting:Union used a four-goal second period to cruise to a 5-1 win over the Golden Knights on Nov. 14 in Cheel Arena. Union's forward line of Andrew Buote, Jon Lareau and Jason Shaffer combined for five points. Buote had a goal and assist, Lareau had two assists and Shaffer had one assist. Mario Valery-Trabucco and Kelly Zajac each had one goal and one assist. Clarkson's only goal came on this shot from Brandon DeFazio:

Stats and Notes:Clarkson is 0-5-1 in its last six games at Union's Messa Rink. The last Golden Knight win was a 4-3 overtime decision on March 6, 2005 in game three of an ECAC Hockey first-round series. ... Clarkson may be missing as many as five players to injury in tonight's game. Forwards Lauri Tuohimaa (concussion) and Julien Cayer (arm) and defenseman Andrew Himelson (knee) are definitely out of action. Forward Peter Massar and defenseman Bryan Rufenach also may miss the game with undisclosed injuries. ... Union is 6-3-1 in its last 10 games against Clarkson. ... The Dutchmen are averaging 3.55 goals-per game, which ranks 11th nationally. Union also has scored three or more goals in 11 of its last 14 home games. ... Union has played in 11 overtime games this season, going 3-2-6. ... Matt Beca is the only Golden Knight with a positive number in the plus/minus statistic, at plus-two. ... Louke Oakley continues to play well on faceoffs, with a 223-186 record, for a .545 win percentage. ... A few Golden Knights have been slumping of late. Scott Freeman and Nick Tremblay have not scored in the last six games and Bryan Rufenach has been scoreless in the last four. ... If you want to beat Union its best to control the game after two periods. The Dutchmen are only 1-5-2 if they trail after 40 minutes, but are 12-2-4 if they have a lead or are tied after two periods.

Former Clarkson Hobey Baker Award finalist Todd White, now with the Atlanta Thrashers, was featured recently in an article on NHL.com about former college athletes.

White, who graduated from Clarkson in 1997, was a double major in accounting and finance. He said in the article a long NHL career was not in his original thoughts.

"It all started when I was teaching hockey school as a 16-year-old kid in Ontario," White told NHL.com "The assistant coach for Clarkson was there. He told me, 'You should come to a game sometime and see it.' It was my first year playing Tier 2 junior hockey. I fell in love with the place. As soon as they started recruiting me it was a done deal. It was an hour and a half from my house (in Kanata, Ont.). Clarkson was top of the league; in '91 they went to the Frozen Four. There's always a great tradition there."

White was part of a successful run at Clarkson, as the program won the 1995 and 1997 ECAC regular-season titles and reached the semifinal weekend in Lake Placid all four years. Clarkson was ranked No. 2, nationally, at the end of White's senior season.

"My first year we struggled a bit, but got progressively better and better," White told NHL.com. "Learned how to play defense. Then Jim Roque and Ron Rolston transferred from Lake (Superior) State. They brought that winning atmosphere. We never won it all, but definitely improved and were the No. 1 (East) seed my last year -- one game away from that final four. I came in my junior year and was able to be the go-to guy on the offensive side. Jim Roque really knew the defensive part of the game. That gave a new system we incorporated. I embraced that; a lot of the scoring chances came off playing well defensively."

Weller Promoted

It's not the week for AHL updates, but Shawn Weller was recently promoted from the Anaheim Ducks ECHL team in Bakersfield.

The Ducks have no AHL affiliate, so Weller has been assigned to the Calgary Flames' Abbotsford Heat team.

Weller had 18 goals and 28 assists in 42 games for Bakersfield.

The Stats

Todd White (Atlanta) 5-16 21

Chris Clark (Wash/Col) 6-12 18

Todd Marchant (Anaheim) 7-10 17

Randy Jones (Los Angeles) 5-9 14

Kent Huskins (San Jose) 2-12 14

Willie Mitchell (Vancouver) 4-8 12

Craig Conroy (Calgary) 2-10 12

Erik Cole (Carolina) 6-2 8

Before the notes begin there was a slight schedule change this week, due to covering the Clarkson/SLU women's game Tuesday. The Pro Hockey Notes will run tomorrow.

Today is the first of what I hope will be a three-part series of video interviews with the seniors on the team as they head into the final month of the regular season. Today features a conversation with senior defenseman Jeremiah Crowe:

Now a few shots from practice today:

The Golden Knights (5-17-3 overall, 1-10-2 ECAC Hockey) are in a six-game winless streak (0-5-1) and face the challenge of snapping that in the arena where they've had the least success over the last decade.

Cornell (11-5-3, 8-2-2) is not only tied for first place in ECAC Hockey with Yale, but also is ranked No. 8, nationally. The Big Red is 8-1 in its last nine home games against the Golden Knights.

Friday's Results

Colgate 6, Clarkson 1:The Golden Knights had one of their worst games of the season Friday, falling behind 5-0 after two periods against Colgate in Starr Rink. Clarkson was outshot 31-11 in the final two periods and the only Golden Knight goal came from Brandon DeFazio during a third-period power play.

Cornell 2, St. Lawrence 1:The Big Red used a late goal from Patrick Kennedy (18:23 third period) to edge SLU and move into a tie with Yale for first place in ECAC Hockey. Cornell held the Saints to just 16 shots, including only four in the third period. Joe Devin also scored for the Big Red and Ben Scrivens finished with 15 saves.

Stat of the Night:Cornell is the only ECAC Hockey program with a lifetime edge in their series with Clarkson. The Big Red is 53-49-12 all time against the Golden Knights.

Who to Watch

Clarkson:The current Golden Knights have scored only four goals against Cornell. Matt Beca has two goals and one assist in eight career games and Tim Marks has one goal and one assist in seven. Scott Freeman is the other Golden Knight who has scored against Cornell. Paul Karpowich is 0-2-1 with a 2.28 goals-against average and an .897 save percentage against Cornell. He also has one shutout against the Big Red.

Cornell:Blake Gallagher is the only Big Red player in double digits in scoring with 12 goals and he also is tied for the team lead in points with 21. Colin Greening, who also has 21 points, leads the team with 14 assists. Goalie Ben Scrivens has a 1.88 goals-against average and a .932 save percentage.

Special Teams Watch

Clarkson:Brandon DeFazio moved into the team lead in power-play goals after his fifth last night. Adam Pawlick has four goals and Matt Beca has three. Beca and Scott Freeman also have shorthanded goals.

Cornell:Blake Gallagher leads the team with seven power-play goals and Colin Greening has four. The Big Red has not scored shorthanded this season.

Last Meeting:Cornell snapped a 1-1 tie with two third-period goals in a 3-1 win over the Golden Knights in Cheel Arena on Jan. 15. Patrick Kennedy and Colin Greening scored the goals for the Big Red. Corey Tamblyn scored a second-period goal for Clarkson.

Stats and Notes:Clarkson has gone nine straight games without scoring first and the team is 2-13-3 when it does not score the first goal of a game. ... Clarkson has been outscored 66-33 in the first two periods of games this season. .... Lauri Tuohimaa was injured in Friday's game when he tried to check a Colgate player who ducked down to avoid the hit. Tuohimaa went facefirst into the glass and had to be helped off the ice. His status for today's game is unknown. ... Cornell is 2-0-1 in its last three games with Clarkson. The Big Red is 7-2 at home and 5-1 in conference games at Lynah Rink. ... Cornell has dominated late in games, outscoring teams by 27-13 in the third period and overtime this season.