Team Notes: Big Green Open at Home
HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth women's hockey team will begin its 34th varsity season and eighth under head coach Mark Hudak on Friday at home against Brown at 5 p.m. The Big Green play a day later when they host Yale at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
100-POINT HOLES
Dartmouth has two 100-point holes to fill in
its front line this season. The Big Green lost two of its top three
scorers from last season. Sarah
Parsons '10 ended her career with 156 points, which is
eighth-best all-time. Jenna
Cunningham '10 finished her career with 125 points, which
is 18th-best all-time. The frontline led by Amanda
Trunzo (Andover, Minn.) will look to replace the
high-scoring duo.
OPENING ON HOME ICE
The Dartmouth women's hockey team opens the
regualer season at home against Brown. The last time the squad
opened on home ice was in the 2007-08 season when it earned a 4-3
overtime victory over Vermont. The Big Green have fared well when
they don't have to go on the road to start the season. In 14
contests, Dartmouth is 12-2 when its first game is at home. In
season opening games, the Big Green are 24-9.
REACHING MILESTONES
Amanda Trunzo is moving closer and closer to
joining the Big Green's 100-point club. Coming into this season,
the senior has 51 goals and 41 assists for 92 career points. If she
reaches the mark she will be the 32nd player in the program's
history to total 100 points. The last two players to score 100 were
Trunzo's frontline teammates, Sarah Parsons '10 and Jenna
Cunningham '10, last season. Trunzo is also within shouting
distance of putting her name on the career goals score record book.
The forward needs 15 goals to tie for tenth place all-time. She
scored 18 goals last season.
MULTIPLE GOALS
Last year, Dartmouth had no trouble winning
games when it scored four or more goals, but was winless when it
scored three or less. In the 14 games in which the Big Green scored
four or more goals they were 12-1-1. In the 14 games when the team
scored three or less it was 0-13-1. Dartmouth hopes to continue its
trend of winning when it scores a bunch, but also looks to improve
its record in low-scoring contests.
POWER PLAY
The Big Green power play unit was one of the
best in the nation last season, and will look to reach the same
mark this year. In 2009-10, Dartmouth converted 20.8% of its power
play chances, which was fourth best in the nation. The squad also
averaged over one power play goal per game. Coach Hudak contributed
the success to working on odd-man situations in practice, which is
what the team is looking for in power-play situations.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
Brown comes into Thompson Arena with a 0-1 record. The Bears
opened their season at eighth-ranked Boston College on Sunday,
October 24 and lost 5-2. The Eagles scored the first two
goals of the contest and never looked back.
Two different players scored for Brown.
Sophomore Laurie Jolin put the first one in the net off an assist
from Alena Polenska. Katelyn Landry put the Bears second goal on
the scoreboard off a deflection from freshman Jennifer Nedow.
Senior Erica Kromm led the team last year with
seven assists and was second on the team with 10 points. Polenska
scored the second most goals last season with five. Sophomore Katie
Jamieson returns in net. She made 855 saves and had three shutouts
her freshman year. Jamison made 24 saves in forty minutes against
BC.
SERIES HISTORY
The two Ivy League foes will match up for the
72nd time in their history. Brown won the first contest at
home on January 13, 1979. The Bears won the first four before the
Big Green earned their first victory in the series in 1982. The two
teams have gone back and forth throughout the series with Dartmouth
gaining the edge recently. The squad holds a 35-28-8 advantage over
Brown and have gained the series lead by winning the last eight
contests. The Bears last won in 2006 at home.
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
Yale comes into the weekend with a 0-1-1 record after it
lost and tied last weekend at Vermont. In the first game on Friday,
October 22, the Catamounts struck early and often, in the 4-1 rout.
Freshman Jenna Ciotti scored the lone goal for Yale in the second
period.
On Saturday, the Bulldogs switched their
goaltender and earned a 1-1 tie. Genny Ladisges made 31 saves
in her first start of the season to earn the tie. Another freshman
scored for Yale with Patricia McGauley netting the first goal of
her career.
This season is the first for new head coach
Joakim Flygh. He takes over a Bulldogs squad after being an
assistant coach at Harvard the last three seasons. Yale
returns its top scorer from last season in senior Bray Ketchum. She
scored 23 points on 12 goals and 11 assists. On defense, the
Bulldogs return all but one player from last season, which includes
captain Samantha MacLean.
SERIES HISTORY
It will be the 71st meeting between the two
teams. Dartmouth has dominated the series, 64-4-2. The two squads
tied in the first meeting on January 27, 1978 in Hanover. The Big
Green have won the last four in the series. Yale plays at Harvard
on Friday, October 29.
