Oct. 20, 2006

POTSDAM, N.Y. - Lake Superior State scored three unanswered goals in the third period and was an impressive 5-for-8 on the power play to cruise to a 5-1 non-conference hockey victory over Clarkson on Friday.

LSSU improved to 2-1 overall and handed Clarkson (3-1-1) its first loss of the season. The teams meet again at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

The Lakers, who are 5-2 all-time against Clarkson but are playing in Potsdam for the first time since 1969, pulled away from a 2-1 lead on third-period power-play goals by Trent Campbell, Josh Sim and Nathan Perkovich.

Sim also opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 8:33 of the first period, and Jeff Rainville made it 2-0 on a power-play goal at 16:55 of the same period. Clarkson's Steve Zalewski cut the lead in half with a man-advantage goal at 7:06 of the second period.

Derek Smith (as of press time statistics did not differentiate between Derek R. and Derek A. Smith) was credited with three assists for the Lakers. Barnabas Birkeland, Matt Martello, Perkovich, Troy Schwab and Marty Gurnoe had one assist each.

LSSU out-shot Clarkson 41-34 and held the Knights to 1-for-7 on the power play.

Laker goaltender Jeff Jakaitis totaled 33 saves to earn the win and improve his season record to 1-1. David Leggio had 36 saves for Clarkson.