Ice Hockey Prepares for No. 3 Clarkson - Syracuse University Athletics

SYRACUSE, N.Y.—The Orange prepare for a home-and-home weekend against Clarkson, starting things off at Tennity Ice Pavilion on Friday night at 7 p.m. in the first home contest of 2013-14 and then traveling to Potsdam, N.Y.to take on the Golden Knights in Cheel Arena at 4 p.m.

SCOUTING CLARKSON
• The Golden Knights come into this weekend a perfect 3-0, defeating fellow CHA member RIT once (12-1) and St. Lawrence twice (5-2, 4-1).
• Clarkson was ranked No. 3 in both the USA Today and USCHO.com preseason polls.
• Sophomore defenseman Erin Ambrose is the leading point scorer, racking up nine points off of six goals and three assists. Two of her goals were game winners, three were on the power play and she has recorded two hat tricks already this season.
• Senior goaltender Erica Howe has played the majority of the minutes this season, missing one period of play to allow Jenna Boss to get some time in the 12-1 victory over RIT. Howe has a 1.50 GAA and a .926 save percentage. Two of the four goals she allowed were on an opponent power play.

HOME SWEET HOME
• In Syracuse, the Orange tallied a 10-8-0 overall record last season, going 6-4-0 at home against conference opponents.
• The Orange have had winning home records just three times in program history, going 6-5-1 in 2008-09 and 9-8-3 in 2010-11.
• All-time, Syracuse is 36-38-6 at home, which adds up to a .468 winning percentage.

STARTING WITH A WIN
• Syracuse started the season with a 4-1 win over #10 Northeastern in the season opener on Friday, Oct. 4, marking its first victory in SU's series with the Huskies.
• The Orange has not bested a ranked opponent since the second game of the 2010-11 season when SU took down #8 New Hampshire, 4-2 (10/8/10).
• This win was just the third time in program history that Syracuse has beaten someone on the national list and was by the largest margin of victory.
• The win over Northeastern also marks just the second time the Orange has had a win in its opening game, both times away from its home ice.

AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS
• SU was 0-9 against ranked opponents last season after losing to No. 9 Mercyhurst in the CHA finals.
• Syracuse was swept by Mercyhurst in the regular season as well (ranked No. 7 in first meeting, No. 9/8 in second meeting).
• SU hung on with No. 2 Clarkson in December, but eventually lost 3-2 and 5-4.
• The Orange fell to #4 Cornell, 8-1. It was the most goals they allowed a team to score last season.
• Syracuse lost to No. 10 Northeastern, 5-2, in its second game of the 2012 season.
• SU defeated #8 Cornell, 2-1 on Jan. 5, 2010 in its first victory over a ranked foe.
• All-time, the Orange holds a 3-36-1 record against nationally ranked opponents.

SU SPLITS
• The Orange split on its opening weekend, losing to UNH 3-2 despite a 2-0 lead in the second period.
• Syracuse drops to 2-4-0 all time with the Wildcats in its second straight loss in the series.

SIBLEY ON FIRE
• Freshman forward Jessica Sibley has scored a goal in each of the Orange's first two contests.
• Both of her goals came on the power play.
• She scored the first goal of the game against New Hampshire early in the first period and scored the third SU goal against Northeastern to pad Syracuse's lead.

SPECIAL TEAMS SUCCESS
• The Orange has scored three of its six goals on the power play, two against Northeastern.
• Syracuse is 3-13 (.231) on power plays this season and have netted three of nine man-up shots (.333).
• SU is .800 on the penalty kill, allowing two power play goals in 10 attempts, both from UNH.
• Senior goaltender Kallie Billadeau has saved 22 of 24 man-up shots taken by SU opponents so far this season.

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