The Fallen Knights

Hockey
Michael King

Highlights from Clarkson's post-game press conference:

Thoughts on the game and UMass’ style of play from head coach George Roll:
I thought they came out in the first period and played with a lot of energy. In the second period, I though it was the opposite – we had a lot of good chances. In the third period, it was more back and forth. They’re a pretty good counter team – they’re very patient and they wait for you to make mistakes.

Junior captain Nick Dodge, the team’s second leading scorer and typically a dependable face-off winner, lost 15 of 25 attempts. His comments on the team’s failure to score:
“We definitely had some good chances on the power play, we got the puck the moving pretty good, but I think we would have liked to get more shots on net.”

In net, junior David Leggio played well, making 37 saves for the Golden Knights. His thoughts on the only goal of the game:
“I thought [Will Ortiz] was going to wrap it around, but he passed it to [Jordan Virtue] on the far side. I made the initial save and I thought the puck was underneath me, but they managed to score. [Kevin Jarman] did a great job putting the puck top shelf.”