ECAC Hockey

June 9, 2008

Dartmouth Promotes Peters, Announces 2008-09 Schedule

HANOVER, N.H. -- With the 2007-08 season completed and 2008-09 just around the corner, the Dartmouth men's hockey team has announced a personnel title change along with its upcoming schedule in preparation for a new and exciting season.

Head coach Bob Gaudet has announced that long-time assistant coach Dave Peters has been elevated to the position of Associate Head Coach.

"I am pleased to recognize Dave for the outstanding job he's done here at Dartmouth. Dave is universally respected in college hockey circles and is well-deserving of his new title," Gaudet said. "Both he and fellow assistant, Brendan Whittet, do a tremendous job in terms of their partnership, coaching and recruiting. They are a huge part of our program and I feel our success is due in large part to their hard work."

The Big Green's coaching staff has been together at Dartmouth for 10 seasons and that level of continuity and longevity have given the Big Green seven winning seasons, two league titles, three NHL players and six trips to the ECAC championships

The 2008-09 season will be another challenging one as Dartmouth looks to improve on last year while bringing its young squad back to national prominence. The Big Green will play a total of nine games against teams that finished in the top-20 last season as well as a difficult ECAC Hockey slate.

Dartmouth opens the season at home against Vermont in the annual battle of the twin states. The Big Green will go up against four Hockey East teams as both Boston College and UMass visit Thompson Arena. The national champion Eagles will visit Hanover in November while the Minutemen will be a part of the Ledyard National Bank Classic hosted by Dartmouth in December.

Army and Bemidji will also be a part of that holiday tournament as the Big Green and in-state rival UNH will again battle for the RiverStone in a game that takes place in January at the Verizon Center in Manchester.

For the full 2008-09 schedule click here.