Team Notes: Dartmouth Looks to Add to Win Column
HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth men's hockey team begins a three-week stretch of ECAC Hockey road games as the Big Green travels to the North Country to take on Clarkson and St. Lawrence.
Dartmouth enters the weekend after having dropped its league
opener to Rensselaer, 4-1 and earning an scoreless tie with Union
on Nov. 5 and 6.
Against RPI, Jason Bourgea tied the game midway through the first
period but the Engineers pulled ahead in the second and tacked on
two more in the third to take the win.
A day later against Union, junior netminder James Mello earned
his first start of the season as he backstopped the team with 37
saves to a scoreless tie with the Dutchmen. Kyle Reeds and Doug
Jones led the Big Green in shooting with four shots apiece but it
was not enough as it was just the third scoreless tie in school
history.
Bourgea and Nick Walsh lead all players with three points as
Bourgea has two goals and an assist and Walsh has three assists
through four games played. A total of nine players have recorded
points this season for the Big Green.
This weekend Dartmouth travels to the North Country to face
Clarkson and St. Lawrence. The weekend begins on Friday at
Clarkson's Cheel Arena. Last season Clarkson won the first matchup
between the two, 3-2 before the two squads tied, 3-3 in the last
weekend of the 2009-10. The Knights have won or tied three of the
last five meetings. The Golden Knights are currently 4-3-2 overall
and 0-1-1 in the ECAC through nine games. Last weekend Clarkson
earned a single point on the road, skating to a 4-4 tie against
Colgate. The next night against Cornell the Knights fell, 6-1 to
the Big Red.
The weekend wraps up on Saturday at St. Lawrence against the
Saints. Dartmouth won both meetings with SLU last season with a 3-2
win at home and a 3-2 win in Canton. St. Lawrence is 2-4-3 overall
and 2-0-0 in the ECAC. Last weekend the Sains picked up two league
wins with a 3-0 win over Cornell and a 4-1 victory over Colgate
Next week the Big Green continues on the road, traveling to
Quinnipiac and Princeton.
