BROWN 2 - 0 - 2 --- 4 CLARKSON 3 - 2 - 2 --- 7 Brown brought a tough and speedy team into Potsdam tonight, but frankly they were completely befuddled by the Clarkson Golden Knights. Dave Seitz opened the scoring for Clarkson just a couple of minutes into the first period when he surprised the Bears by coming off the bench on a line change just in time to grab a pass and skate it in for the score. Shortly thereafter, Marko Tuomainen blasted a shot off of the Brown goaltender's (Parsons, I think) shoulder but the puck flipped over the startled netminder and proceeded to flutter into the net like a falling leaf in autumn. Clarkson was dominating the period but Brown managed two quick goals (the first by Jardine), the second of which goalie Dan Murphy should have stopped. However, before the period ended Todd White gave the lead back to Clarkson when he skated across the front of the net alone and planted a low shot into the corner of the cage. There was no scoring through most of the second period, though Brown had to kill a couple of penalties including a 5 minute major for elbowing (against Humber - add a "t" and he could be a famous Nabokov character :-)). However, in the last two minutes of the period Claude Morin blasted in a pretty one-timer on a three-on-one to make it 4-2, and soon afterward Steve Palmer put on a one man show from end to end before finally one-handing a shot which somehow trickled through and into the net. Clarkson goalie Dan Murphy picked up the assist on this one, which ended the period at 5-2 Clarkson. Defenseman Adam Wiesel scored early in the third to make it 6-2. With less than 5 minutes to go Clarkson got a bit lackluster, taking two unnecessary penalties. Brown tallied on the two-man advantage, and added another (Jardine's second of the game) with two minutes to go. However, with the Brown net empty in favor of an extra attacker, Clarkson players were flying around the gaping cage with the puck in almost comical fashion before Patrice Robitaille was finally able to stuff the rubber in to close out the scoring. Tomorrow night Clarkson faces Harvard at Cheel, while Brown travels to St. Lawrence. I'm looking forward to seeing Steve Martins play again. At last notice both RPI (vs. Colgate) and Harvard (vs. St. Lawrence) were losing late in their games. It could be a big weekend for the Golden Knights. Thanks, -Glenn