Dartmouth Comes Up Short Against Visiting Cornell
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 15:05 | PP - Sikura, Tyler (Dartmouth) |
| 1st - 18:28 | Ferlin, Brian (Cornell) |
| 2nd - 14:07 | PP - D'Agostino, Nick (Cornell) |
| 2nd - 17:32 | Robinson, Eric (Dartmouth) |
| 3rd - 09:23 | D'Agostino, Nick (Cornell) |
| Cornell | Dartmouth |
|---|---|
|
G:
Nick D'Agostino - 2
A: 4 Players (#4, #16, #20, #28 - 1) Sh: 4 Players (#6, #8, #14, #20 - 3) Sv: Andy Iles - 23 |
G:
2 Players (#16, #19 - 1)
A: 4 Players (#14, #17, #21, #24 - 1) Sh: Eric Robinson - 5 Sv: James Mello - 13 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Cornell | Dartmouth |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 1 for 5 | 1 for 3 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 3 (6) | 6 (15) |
| Shots on Goal | 16 | 25 |
| Face Offs Won | 34 | 31 |
HANOVER, N.H. – Freshman Tyler Sikura (Aurora, Ontario)
scored the first power-play goal of the season for the Dartmouth
men’s hockey team, but a third-period marker by Cornell
helped it pick up a 3-2 road win Saturday night at Thompson
Arena.
Dartmouth (3-3, 2-2 ECAC Hockey) became the first team this season
to hold Cornell under four goals in a game as the Big Red (3-2, 3-1
ECAC Hockey) came into Saturday night’s tilt averaging 4.50
per contest.
Sikura’s goal came 15:05 into the opening period with the Big
Green were on their first power play of the night. Senior Doug
Jones (Marietta, Ga.) started the play by winning the faceoff back
to Sikura and picked up his first point of the season in his
100th-career game.
Playing in his first game in a Dartmouth sweater, freshman
defensman Andy Simpson (Chesterfield, Mo.) also picked up a helper
on the play as he fed the puck from the point to the high circle
where Sikura buried a shot over the right shoulder of
Cornell’s Andy Iles.
Reigning ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week, freshman Brian Ferlin,
tied the game at 1-1with a wrist shot from the high slot with 1:32
left in the first.
Cornell junior defenseman Nick D’Agostino scored a power-play
tally just over 14 minutes into the second period to give the Big
Red their first lead of the game.
That 2-1 lead lasted for just the next three-and-a-half-minutes as
sophomore Eric Robinson (Foxboro, Mass.) netted the tying goal on a
feed from senior Nick Walsh (Shannonville, Ontario) in the left
corner. Freshman Jesse Beamish’s (Mississauga, Ontario)
strong forecheck caused a turnover that allowed Walsh to pick up
the puck and put it into the slot for Robinson to fire home.
That score would hold up until D’Agostino scored his second
of the game 9:23 into the third period.
With senior goaltender James Mello (Rehoboth, Mass.) pulled for the
extra attacker, Dartmouth was unable to get the equalizer in the
final 1:09, despite a scramble in front of Iles.
Mello was not tested often in the game as the Big Green defense
blocked 14 shots on the night. He finished with just 13 saves in
the loss. Iles stopped 23 Dartmouth shots in earning the win.
The home team was 1-for-4 on the power play Saturday night, while
the Big Red were 1-for-6 with the man-advantage,thanks in large
part to three-straight penalty calls on Dartmouth midway through
the second period.
After six home games to open the 2011-12 season, the Big Green will
head out on the road next weekend for the first time this year as
they take on St. Lawrence and Clarkson Friday and Saturday
nights.
