Team Notes: Dartmouth Prepares for Hockey East Foes
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The following article appeared November 26 on the Dartmouth Web site.
HANOVER, N.H. -- The No. 20 Dartmouth men's hockey team will
spend its Thanksgiving break traveling to Providence on Friday
before coming home for a Saturday matchup with defending national
champs, No. 5/6 Boston College.
SCOUTING PROVIDENCE
Providence is currently on a nine-game nonwinning streak, having
dropped its last five games. The Friars are 2-9-1 with its only
victories coming early in the season against Bowling Green and Holy
Cross. PC has been outscored, 134-68. Matt Bergland is the team
leader with 12 points. Matt Taormina is second with eight points
while John Cavanagh is the top goal scorer with four and has seven
points. In goal a pair of netminders have backstopped Providence.
Justin Gates has played in 10 games with a 1-7-1 record while Chris
Mannix has played in five games with a 1-2-0 record. Gates has a
3.98 GAA and an .849 save percentage. Mannix has a 4.27 GAA and an
.857 save percentage.
VERSUS PROVIDENCE
Providence holds a slight 14-8 advantage in the series that began
with a 6-2 Dartmouth win in 1953. The Big Green have won the most
recent contests with four victories in the last six meetings. The
last time these two met was on Dec. 10, 1999 as PC walked away with
a 2-0 win. Dartmouth’s last victory was on Dec. 11, 1998, a
6-5 overtime win in Hanover.
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