Clarkson Opens Regular Season with Road Tests at UMass Lowell and No. 9 Providence

The Clarkson University Men’s Hockey team opens the 2026–27 regular season this weekend with a challenging two-game road trip through Hockey East, facing UMass Lowell on Friday, October 9, before traveling to Providence College for a Saturday night matchup with the nationally ranked Friars. The Golden Knights begin their third season under Head Coach JF Houle looking to build on last year’s postseason success, which saw Clarkson advance to the ECAC Hockey semifinals in Lake Placid for the second consecutive year. Clarkson finished the 2025–26 campaign with an 18-17-3 record, highlighted by a postseason upset of top-seeded Quinnipiac that sent…