November 12, 2008

Lofty Goals

The following article appeared November 11 on the New England Hockey Journal Web site.

 

By Nate Crossman

While Cornell’s 1-0 win over Princeton garnered most of ECAC Hockey’s attention this past weekend, a pair of teams who weren’t predicted to be very good continued to play impressively using very different formulas.

Dartmouth, which was picked by both the coaches and media to finish 11th out of 12 teams, beat RPI and Union by matching 5-2 scores to improve to 2-2 overall and 2-2 in the conference. St. Lawrence, which was tabbed to finish eighth in both polls, followed up a win against Yale with a tie to Brown to improve to 4-2-1 and 1-0-1 in the ECAC.

Big Green coach Bob Gaudet knew he’d take a hit last year by playing so many freshmen. But he hoped it would pay off this season, and it has. Dartmouth’s top three scorers are are all sophomores: Scott Fleming (five goals, one assist); Adam Estoclet (one goal, five assists); and Joe Stejskal (four goals).

Complete article can be accessed via the Journal Web site by clicking here.