TROY, N.Y. --- Clarkson University skated to a 5-2 road win Friday, Nov. 11, over ECAC Men’s Ice Hockey rival RPI, in the two schools’ first meeting of the season. Tied at two-apiece after two periods, Troy Josephs scored the game winner for the Golden Knights (5-5-1, 2-1-0) with 3 minutes, six seconds played in the third period.

Friday night’s game was the first of two match-ups between the two schools this season. They’re slated to meet next, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lake Placid Olympic Center.

Clarkson had lost three of its last four before last weekend. But after topping the Engineers (2-7-1, 1-4-0), they beat top seeded Union (8-3-2, 4-1-1) 3-1, Saturday, to move into a tie with Quinnipiac for third place in the conference.

RPI also fell to St. Lawrence University (6-4-2, 3-0-1) 3-1, Saturday, and dropped into a three-way tie for ninth place in the conference standings with Yale and Brown.

Tickets for the Jan. 7 game are on sale now and can be purchased by logging on to, http://www.whiteface.com/events/rpi-vs-clarkson-hockey-game, stopping into the Olympic Center box office at 2634 Main St., Lake Placid, or by phone at 518-523-3330. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, juniors and seniors.

Union College leads the ECAC Hockey Conference after three weekends of play with nine points, followed by St. Lawrence, just two points back. Clarkson and Quinnipiac each have six points, one more than fifth seeded Harvard and Cornell, each with five points. Dartmouth sits in seventh place, with four points and Colgate is eighth with three points. Princeton has just one point in conference play and sits in 12^th position.

On March 17-18, 2017, the top four post season tournament teams will square off in Lake Placid to play for the ECAC Hockey Championship crown and an automatic berth into the NCAA National Championship Tournament. Purchase your tickets on line by visiting http://www.whiteface.com/events/ecac-mens-hockey-championship, or  through the Olympic Center box office before November 31 and save $5 by using the code CHAMP2017.

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PHOTO Courtesy: Clarkson University

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