One of the side benefits of playing women’s college hockey in a small town is that when a team wins an N.C.A.A. championship, as Clarkson University did for the second time in four seasons last week, its bus gets escorted into town by fire trucks and a police cruiser, sirens wailing.

The Golden Knights were escorted into Potsdam, N.Y., population 17,000, from the county line, some 40 miles from town. The players might have come to Clarkson for good hockey and a top-notch education, but they are also local celebrities.

“I think it makes it more special that you know everyone who comes to the games — and they know you,” said Cayley Mercer, a senior forward from Exeter, Ontario, who led the Golden Knights in scoring.

The team, the 4,300-student body and the North Country community less than 30 miles from Canada are not finished commemorating the title yet: A celebration is scheduled for Tuesday at Cheel Arena, with a Clarkson Women’s Hockey Day in Potsdam slated for next month.