Yale Edges Dartmouth in Defensive Battle
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| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 18:20 | Broc Little (Yale) |
| 2nd - 12:13 | Brian O'Neill (Yale) |
| 2nd - 13:47 | Andrew Owsiak (Dartmouth) |
| Yale | Dartmouth |
|---|---|
|
G:
2 Players (#9, #14 - 1)
A: 2 Players (#10, #16 - 1) Sh: Sean Backman - 11 Sv: Alec Richards - 29 |
G:
Andrew Owsiak - 1
A: 2 Players (#14, #24 - 1) Sh: Doug Jones - 5 Sv: Jody O'Neill - 53 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Yale | Dartmouth |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 0 for 6 | 0 for 5 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 8 (16) | 8 (16) |
| Shots on Goal | 55 | 30 |
| Face Offs Won | 28 | 50 |
HANOVER, N.H. - Alec Richards won the battle of hot netminders with 29 stops as the Yale men's hockey team knocked off No. 15 Dartmouth 2-1 before 3,709 at Thompson Arena in ECAC Hockey action.
Despite going 0-for-5 on the power play, Yale won for a third straight time over a ranked team and moved to 10-4 overall and 5-2 in ECAC Hockey.
Richards, the senior, saw most of the action in the other end with the Elis putting a season-high 55 shots on net compared to 30 by the Big Green (9-6, 6-4). But Richards, who held the home team scoreless on five man-advantages, had to come up big with Dartmouth on the power play for the last 3:17.
Jody O'Neill, the Dartmouth freshman goalie sensation, had a career-high 53 saves a game after blanking Princeton in New Jersey. Broc Little and Brian O'Neill were the only visitors to solve the hot rookie netminder.
"That was a great college hockey game with two teams putting putting everything on the line," said Keith Allain '80, Yale's Malcolm G. Chace Head Coach of Hockey. "Dartmouth is a good team with a great goalie."
