Sophomore J.F. Gamelin picked off a pass at the blue line and rifled a shot at the Golden Knights' second-string goaltender Karl Mattson. Mattson made the save, but Sharp banged home the rebound.

The victory makes the Catamounts the first-ever ECAC No. 10 seed to capture a best-of-three series, and leaves Clarkson in a questionable spot for the NCAA tournament. The loss knocks the Golden Knights to 12th in the pairwise rankings, meaning that Clarkson coach Mark Morris will need nothing short of a miracle to see his team advance.

The Golden Knights certainly did not make it easy for Vermont. The Catamounts jumped to an early series lead with a 5-3 win last Friday night, but Clarkson battled back with a 3-2 victory in perhaps the most physical and emotionally draining ECAC contest of the season.

With only seven seconds to play in double overtime--Vermont's longest game ever and Clarkson's second-longest ever--Golden Knights' rookie Rob McFeeters netted a low shot from the slot off a pass from Kent Huskins at the blue line.

Clarkson had appeared to have the victory sewn up earlier in the contest, but the Catamounts battled back from a 2-0 deficit in the final frame to push the game into extra minutes.

History replayed itself in reverse on Sunday night. After netting a pair of power-play goals merely 1:47 apart in the third period, the Catamounts were in the driver's seat late in the game.

But a Clarkson goal on the man-advantage--only its second power-play goal of the series--knotted the game at two apiece, sending the contest into overtime and paving the way for an eventual 3-2 Catamount win.