2023–24 Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey season

The 2023–24 Clarkson Golden Knights Men's ice hockey season was the 102nd season of play for the program and 63rd in ECAC Hockey. The Golden Knights represented Clarkson University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their home games at Cheel Arena and were coached by Casey Jones in his 13th season.

2023–24 Clarkson Golden Knights
men's ice hockey season
Conference5th ECAC Hockey
Home iceCheel Arena
Rankings
USCHONR
USA HockeyNR
Record
Overall18–16–1
Conference12–9–1
Home9–7–1
Road8–8–0
Neutral1–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachCasey Jones
Assistant coachesCory Schneider
Chris Brooks
Cam Basarab
Captain(s)Mathieu Gosselin
Dustyn McFaul
Alternate captain(s)Anthony Romano
Kaelan Taylor
Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey seasons
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Season

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Clarkson did not begin the year in good standing. After a decent result in the first week, the Golden Knights played inconsistently for the rest of October and ended up with a sub-.500 mark. The goaltending battle for the starting role was largely between two new players, freshman Emmett Croteau and senior Austin Roden. The later had gotten the job out of training camp but a lack of success early in the year gave the rookie a shot in goal. After a loss to Rensselaer to open the conference schedule, Roden was back in goal and he settled into the Knights' crease. Clarkson didn't lose another game the rest of the year and went into the winter break near the top of the ECAC standings.

When the team reconvened after Christmas, the Golden Knights were playing at the inaugural Adirondack Winter Invitational. They split their two games, both against ranked opponents, and finished third in the field. By that time, it was apparent that the team had no real chance of earning an at-large bud to the NCAA tournament as they sat 30th in the PairWise standings. While they still had a few games against ranked clubs left on their slate, the Knights could not afford to lose any of the remaining matches and in all likelihood have to win their tournament to return to the national tournament. Unfortunately, the scoring became inconsistent in January and split every weekend for the entire month. Roden, too, was unable to sustain a suitable level of play and he was spelled by Brady Parker in early 2024. Parker played marginally better at first but in early February, the bottom dropped out. Over a six-game stretch, the Golden Knights lost 5 games while averaging less than 2 goals per game. The bad stretch dropped the team down to .500 and put them in jeopardy of having to start their postseason in the first round.

Over the final three weeks, Roden turned in several key performances, including a pair of overtime wins against Cornell and Quinnipiac. However, the team still missed out on a bye into the quarterfinal round by 1 point. Clarkson started their playoff run against Rensselaer, the worst team in the standings. Despite being heavily favored in the game, the Knights didn't have energy in the first two periods and found themselves down entering the third. The team picked up the pace in the final 20 minutes but weren't able to get a marker on the board until the final 7 minutes of the match. After pulling Roden early, Mathieu Gosselin scored his team-leading 11th goal of the season and the Knights found themselves down by just 1 with more than two minutes to play. The shots came fast and furious in the final moments but Clarkson was unable to get the tying goal and saw their season end in a rather dismal fashion.

Departures

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Player Position Nationality Cause
Anthony Callin Forward   United States Graduation (signed with Worcester Railers)
Alex Campbell Forward   Canada Transferred to Northeastern
Charlie Campbell Forward   Canada Left program (retired)
Ethan Haider Goaltender   United States Transferred to Connecticut
Chris Klack Forward   Canada Graduation (signed with Corsaires de Dunkerque)
Luke Mobley Forward   United States Transferred to Augustana
Tommy Pasanen Defenseman   Germany Transferred to Bowling Green
Jordan Power Defenseman   Canada Transferred to Minnesota State
Charlie Russell Forward   United States Left mid-season (returned to juniors)
Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup Forward   Denmark Graduation (signed with SønderjyskE)
Gabe Vinal Goaltender   United States Graduation (retired)

Recruiting

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Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Eric Ciccolini Forward   Canada 22 Vaughan, ON; graduate transfer from Michigan; selected 205th overall in 2019
Emmett Croteau Goaltender   Canada 19 Bonnyville, AB; selected 162nd overall in 2022
Daimon Gardner Forward   Canada 19 Eagle Lake, ON; selected 112nd overall in 2022
Jack Judson Defenseman   Canada 23 White Rock, BC; graduate transfer from Arizona State
Oliver Moberg Forward   Sweden 20 Bromma, SWE
Cody Monds Forward   Canada 22 Brockville, ON; transfer from Providence
Austin Roden Goaltender   Canada 25 Surrey, BC; graduate transfer from Providence
Carter Rose Defenseman   United States 21 Brasher Falls, NY
Charlie Russell Forward   United States 20 Houghton, MI
Talon Sigurdson Forward   United States 21 Sartell, MN
Jesse Tucker Forward   Canada 23 Longlac, ON; transfer from Michigan State

Roster

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As of September 19, 2023.[1]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1   Emmett Croteau Freshman G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 2003-12-07 Bonnyville, Alberta Waterloo (USHL) MTL, 162nd overall 2022
2   Jack Judson Senior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-02-26 White Rock, British Columbia Arizona State (NCAA)
3   Kaelan Taylor (A) Senior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-01-03 Oceanside, California Dubuque (USHL)
4   Trey Taylor Sophomore D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2002-02-04 Richmond, British Columbia Youngstown (USHL)
5   Tristan Sarsland Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2004-02-25 Wayzata, Minnesota Benilde-St. Margaret's (USHS–MN)
8   Carter Rose Freshman D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2002-08-09 Brasher Falls, New York Green Bay (USHL)
9   Erik Bargholtz Sophomore F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2001-04-12 Appleton, Wisconsin Fargo (USHL)
10   Brady Egan Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2001-10-09 Carp, Ontario Bismarck (NAHL)
11   Charlie Russell Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 2003-08-21 Houghton, Michigan Fargo (USHL)
12   Caden Lewandowski Junior D 6' 4" (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2000-06-02 Mars, Pennsylvania Johnstown (NAHL)
13   Mathieu Gosselin (C) Graduate F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 168 lb (76 kg) 1999-05-18 Quebec City, Quebec Merritt (BCHL)
14   Talon Sigurdson Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2002-01-11 Sartell, Minnesota Des Moines (USHL)
15   Ayrton Martino Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 2002-09-28 Toronto, Ontario Omaha (USHL) DAL, 73rd overall 2021
16   Daimon Gardner Freshman F 6' 5" (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2004-01-18 Eagle Lake, Ontario Tri-City (USHL) VAN, 112nd overall 2022
17   Jesse Tucker Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 2000-03-01 Longlac, Ontario Michigan State (Big Ten)
18   Noah Beck Senior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 2001-03-25 Richmond Hill, Ontario Fargo (USHL) STL, 194th overall 2020
19   Ellis Rickwood Sophomore F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2002-07-02 Brantford, Ontario Victoria (BCHL)
20   Cody Monds Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2001-02-09 Brockville, Ontario Providence (HEA)
21   George Grannis Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-04-16 Duluth, Minnesota Bismarck (NAHL)
23   Oliver Moberg Freshman F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2003-02-23 Bromma, Sweden Dubuque (USHL)
26   Ryan Richardson Junior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-04-09 Stittsville, Ontario Fargo (USHL)
27   Dustyn McFaul (C) Graduate D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 2000-08-04 Waterdown, Ontario Pickering (OJHL) BOS, 181st overall 2018
28   Ryan Taylor Sophomore F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2001-03-19 St. Peters, Missouri Bismarck (NAHL)
29   Anthony Romano (A) Graduate F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-10-07 Maple, Ontario Sioux Falls (USHL) ARI, 176th overall 2019
33   Austin Roden Senior G 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-04-30 Victoria, British Columbia Providence (HEA)
34   Brady Parker Junior G 5' 10" (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-07-10 Calgary, Alberta Okotoks (AJHL)
39   Eric Ciccolini Graduate F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2001-01-04 Vaughan, Ontario Michigan (Big Ten) NYR, 205th overall 2019

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#6 Quinnipiac 22 17 4 1 0 2 0 54 99 39 39 27 10 2 160 79
#9 Cornell * 22 12 6 4 1 2 3 44 74 45 35 22 7 6 115 65
Colgate 22 13 7 2 2 2 2 43 85 68 36 16 16 4 120 112
Dartmouth 22 9 6 7 1 1 3 37 66 60 32 13 10 9 92 91
Clarkson 22 12 9 1 4 2 1 36 62 58 35 18 16 1 95 97
Union 22 9 10 3 1 1 2 32 75 75 37 16 18 3 123 121
St. Lawrence 22 8 10 4 1 1 1 29 49 64 39 14 19 6 90 118
Harvard 22 6 10 6 1 2 3 28 49 64 32 7 19 6 70 106
Princeton 22 8 11 3 4 0 2 25 70 90 30 10 16 4 89 114
Yale 22 7 13 2 1 2 1 25 46 57 30 10 18 2 63 91
Brown 22 6 14 2 2 3 1 22 43 69 30 8 19 3 61 98
Rensselaer 22 6 13 3 0 0 0 21 58 89 37 10 23 4 93 150
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
October 7 7:00 pm at #20 Notre Dame* Compton Family Ice ArenaNotre Dame, Indiana Peacock Roden W 3–1  4,395 1–0–0
October 8 7:00 pm at #20 Notre Dame* Compton Family Ice ArenaNotre Dame, Indiana Peacock Roden L 0–3  3,726 1–1–0
October 13 7:00 pm #18 Penn State* Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden L 2–4  3,177 1–2–0
October 14 7:00 pm Vermont* Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden W 3–2  2,459 2–2–0
October 20 7:00 pm at Merrimack* J. Thom Lawler RinkNorth Andover, Massachusetts ESPN+ Croteau L 1–4  2,947 2–3–0
October 27 7:00 pm Lake Superior State* Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden L 3–4 OT 2,519 2–4–0
October 28 7:30 pm Michigan Tech* Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Croteau W 3–1  2,962 3–4–0
November 10 7:00 pm Rensselaer Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York (Rivalry) ESPN+ Croteau L 2–4  2,881 3–5–0 (0–1–0)
November 11 7:00 pm Union Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden W 4–1  2,621 4–5–0 (1–1–0)
November 17 7:00 pm at Brown Meehan AuditoriumProvidence, Rhode Island ESPN+ Roden W 3–2 OT 542 5–5–0 (2–1–0)
November 18 7:00 pm at Yale Ingalls RinkNew Haven, Connecticut ESPN+ Roden W 2–1  1,217 6–5–0 (3–1–0)
December 1 7:00 pm Harvard Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden W 3–0  2,360 7–5–0 (4–1–0)
December 2 4:00 pm Dartmouth Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden T 2–2 SOW 2,321 7–5–1 (4–1–1)
December 8 7:00 pm Stonehill* Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden W 5–1  2,133 8–5–1
December 9 7:00 pm USNTDP Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York (Exhibition) ESPN+   W 3–2 OT  
Adirondack Winter Invitational
December 29 7:30 pm vs. #13 Arizona State* Herb Brooks ArenaLake Placid, New York (Winter Invitational Semifinal) ESPN+ Roden L 2–5  4,170 8–6–1
December 30 4:00 pm vs. #11 Massachusetts* Herb Brooks ArenaLake Placid, New York (Winter Invitational Consolation Game) ESPN+ Roden W 5–4 OT 3,621 9–6–1
January 5 7:00 pm at #18 RIT* Gene Polisseni CenterHenrietta, New York FloHockey Roden L 0–4  3,091 9–7–1
January 6 7:00 pm at Canisius* LECOM HarborcenterBuffalo, New York FloHockey Parker W 4–3  1,332 10–7–1
January 12 7:00 pm at Union Achilles RinkSchenectady, New York ESPN+ Roden L 1–5  2,056 10–8–1 (4–2–1)
January 13 4:00 pm at Rensselaer Houston Field HouseTroy, New York (Rivalry) ESPN+ Parker W 4–1  3,026 11–8–1 (5–2–1)
January 19 7:00 pm Yale Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Parker W 5–3  2,369 12–8–1 (6–2–1)
January 20 7:00 pm Brown Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden L 2–3 OT 2,521 12–9–1 (6–3–1)
January 26 7:00 pm St. Lawrence Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York (Rivalry) ESPN+ Parker W 4–1  3,602 13–9–1 (7–3–1)
January 27 7:00 pm at St. Lawrence Appleton ArenaCanton, New York (Rivalry) ESPN+ Parker L 1–2  2,826 13–10–1 (7–4–1)
February 2 7:00 pm at Colgate Class of 1965 ArenaHamilton, New York ESPN+ Parker L 2–4  1,531 13–11–1 (7–5–1)
February 3 7:00 pm at #13 Cornell Lynah RinkIthaca, New York ESPN+ Croteau L 2–7  4,092 13–12–1 (7–6–1)
February 9 7:00 pm Princeton Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden W 4–2  2,477 14–12–1 (8–6–1)
February 10 7:00 pm #5 Quinnipiac Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden L 2–4  2,788 14–13–1 (8–7–1)
February 16 7:00 pm at Dartmouth Thompson ArenaHanover, New Hampshire ESPN+ Roden L 0–3  1,694 14–14–1 (8–8–1)
February 17 7:00 pm at Harvard Bright-Landry Hockey CenterBoston, Massachusetts ESPN+ Croteau W 3–2  1,682 15–14–1 (9–8–1)
February 23 7:00 pm #11 Cornell Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden W 4–3 OT 2,652 16–14–1 (10–8–1)
February 24 7:00 pm Colgate Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York ESPN+ Roden L 3–4 OT 2,498 16–15–1 (10–9–1)
March 1 7:00 pm at #7 Quinnipiac M&T Bank ArenaHamden, Connecticut ESPN+ Roden W 3–2 OT 3,237 17–15–1 (11–9–1)
March 2 7:00 pm at Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Roden W 6–2  1,059 18–15–1 (12–9–1)
ECAC Hockey Tournament
March 9 7:00 pm Rensselaer* Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York (First Round, Rivalry) ESPN+ Roden L 2–3  2,834 18–16–1
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
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Scoring statistics

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Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Mathieu Gosselin RW 31 11 17 28 35
Ayrton Martino LW 31 9 18 27 8
Anthony Romano C/RW 27 10 15 25 4
Ryan Richardson LW 35 7 16 23 12
Trey Taylor D 35 4 13 17 27
Ryan Taylor F 24 10 6 16 4
Eric Ciccolini RW 34 8 8 16 28
Cody Monds RW 30 7 8 15 21
Jesse Tucker C 34 4 10 14 28
Tristan Sarsland D 34 5 7 12 14
Ellis Rickwood C 22 4 5 9 8
Erik Bargholtz F 29 4 5 9 6
Noah Beck D 30 3 6 9 16
Jack Judson D 35 0 7 7 57
Daimon Gardner C 29 1 5 6 8
Kaelan Taylor D 34 1 5 6 28
Dustyn McFaul D 35 3 0 3 24
George Grannis F 30 2 1 3 12
Oliver Moberg RW 24 0 3 3 2
Talon Sigurdson F 25 1 1 2 10
Carter Rose D 15 1 0 1 4
Caden Lewandowski D 12 0 1 1 4
Brady Egan C 18 0 1 1 2
Austin Roden G 25 0 1 1 0
Emmett Croteau G 6 0 0 0 0
Brady Parker G 6 0 0 0 0
Charlie Russell F 7 0 0 0 0
Total 95 159 254 364

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Goaltending statistics

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Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Brady Parker 7 354:55 4 2 0 14 138 0 .908 2.37
Austin Roden 25 1434:37 12 11 1 59 540 1 .902 2.47
Emmett Croteau 6 306:20 2 3 0 18 91 0 .835 3.53
Empty Net - 28:44 - - - 6 - - - -
Total 35 2124:36 18 16 1 97 769 1 .888 2.74

Rankings

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Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 (Final)
USCHO.com NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
USA Hockey NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11 and 25.[4]
Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.

Awards and honors

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Player Award Ref
Trey Taylor ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman [5]
Trey Taylor ECAC Hockey Second Team [6]
Dalton Bancroft ECAC Hockey Third Team [7]
Mathieu Gosselin
Round Pick Player NHL team
5 154 Jonathan Morello Boston Bruins
7 200 Matt Lahey Toronto Maple Leafs

† incoming freshman [8]

References

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  1. ^ "2023-24 Men's Hockey Roster". Clarkson Golden Knights. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  2. ^ "2023-24 Men's Hockey Schedule". Clarkson Golden Knights. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  3. ^ "Clarkson Univ. 2023-2024 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "Taylor Garners Howie's Best Defensive Defenseman Award". ECAC Hockey. March 21, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "ECAC Hockey Releases Second Team All-ECAC Honorees". ECAC Hockey. March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  7. ^ "All-League Third Team Honorees Unveiled". ECAC Hockey. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  8. ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2024 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.