Dartmouth Men's Hockey Takes on St. Lawrence and Clarkson

Dartmouth men's hockey takes on two ECAC Hockey League foes in St. Lawrence and Clarkson this weekend. The Big Green look to extend its win streak and keep a firm hold on first place in the ECACHL.

SCOUTING ST. LAWRENCE
The Saints moved to 2-3 on the season after a 4-0 shutout over Wayne State last weekend. St. Lawrence also battled Michigan, falling 5-3. Jared Ross is the team leader with three goals and five points while Zach Miskovic and Drew Bagnall are second for SLU in scoring with four points apiece.
Alex Petizian is 1-1 in net for the Saints. He has a .974 save percentage with a 0.67 goals against average. Justin Pesony and Kain Tisi have both played in two games. Pesony is also 1-1 on the year and Tisi is 0-1.

VS. ST. LAWRENCE
St. Lawrence leads the series 46-23-2 with the two teams splitting last season. SLU won the first meeting of 2005-06, 6-4 in Canton. The Big Green rebounded with a 3-0 win at home, clinching a share of the ECACHL regular season title. The Big Green have won the most matchups out of the last 10 meetings, going 5-4-1.

SCOUTING CLARKSON
Clarkson started the season with three consecutive weekend series as the Knights closing out October with a 4-1-1 mark. Clarkson had just one contest last weekend, an exhibition game with the U.S. Under-18 Team.
Steve Zalewski and Matt Beca both lead the Knights with eight points and Zalewski is tops with six goals. Two juniors, David Cayer and Shawn Weller, have seven points apiece.
David Leggio has played five games in net and has a .916 save percentage and a .276 GAA. Leggio is 3-1-1 this season.

VS. CLARKSON
Clarkson leads the series 59-20-5 but Dartmouth has won the last three meetings. Last season the Big Green came away with a 4-0 victory in Potsdam and then won, 5-2 in Hanover. It was the first sweep the Big Green has ever had over the Knights. Dartmouth is 5-3-2 in the last 10 meetings with the Golden Knights.

LAST WEEKEND
The Big Green opened its season up with a pair of games at home. Dartmouth defeated Harvard, 5-2 and then Vermont, 3-2. It was the first time the Big Green has swept its opening weekend since the 2003-04 season. All eight goals in the two games were scored by eight different players. Senior Tanner Glass and junior David Jones led the way with five points apiece. Mike Devine was in net for the pair of contests as the junior stopped 59 shots, earned a .937 save percentage and a 2.00 goals against average.

LINER NOTE
In the Big Green's 5-2 win over Harvard on Oct. 27 every forward line scored at least one point.

ALL SORTS OF SCORING
Dartmouth recorded eight goals in its first two games of the 2006-07 season. Those eight goals were scored by eight different players.

TEAM LEADERS
Senior Tanner Glass and junior David Jones are the team leaders in scoring with five points apiece. Each has one goal and four assists.

HERE'S A FIRST
Two Big Green rookies recorded collegiate firsts in the win over Harvard. T.J. Galiardi had his first goal while Peter Boldt racked up his first assist.

LET'S KEEP IT GOING
Dartmouth was 10-5-2 last season following a win as the Big Green looks to extend its winning streak this weekend.

CAREER HIGHS
Tanner Glass tied his career-high with three assists against Harvard on Oct. 27.

WEEKLY AWARDS
Tanner Glass and Mike Devine both earned ECACHL weekly awards for Oct. 30. Glass was chosen Player of the Week while Devine earned Goalie of the Week.

HYPING HIM UP
Tanner Glass was recently named by InsideCollegeHockey as a Hidden Hobey Hopeful.

A LITTLE PRESEASON ACTION
Dartmouth won two preseason games to start the year, scoring 15 goals while giving up just five. The Big Green defeated Prince Edward, 8-1, before downing Trois-Rivieres, 7-4.

GETTING STINGY
Dartmouth posted a 2.79 goals against average last season. The Big Green has started the 2006-07 season off playing great defense once again. The two teams last weekend managed four goals with three of those as power play goals.

MORE STINGY
Dartmouth ranked 13th nationally in 2005-06 in penalty killing, stopping 33 of 178 power play chances. In the first game of 2006-07 the Big Green allowed just one power play goal on seven chances.

MISSING IN ACTION
Senior defenseman Grant Lewis will likely miss this weekend. Lewis injured his ankle against Harvard.

SHOOTERS
Dartmouth outshot its opponents 1,152 to 907 in 2005-06. This season the Big Green has been outshot in both contests so far, 63 to 48.

STARTING RIGHT
Dartmouth's 2-0 start is the first for the Big Green since going 2-0 in 2003-04.

SO LONG, FAREWELL
Dartmouth lost five players from last year's squad to graduation. A key loss to the Big Green will be All-America Mike Ouellette. Ouellette was Dartmouth's leading scorer last season with 37 points.

DEVINE AND CONQUER
Junior Mike Devine earned two shutouts last season with an 18-8-2 record. Devine helped Dartmouth to its first ECACHL title going 12-4-2 after winning the starting job in mid December.

DEVINE REDEMPTON
Mike Devine earned sweet redemption against Harvard on Oct. 27. The junior netminder was in goal last season when the Crimson defeated the Big Green, 10-1. Devine exacted revenge stopping 30 of Harvard's shots in the 5-2 victory to earn his first win of 2006-07.

PRESEASON HONORS
Dartmouth's Grant Lewis and David Jones were both given Preseason All-League honors. Lewis was also given national preseason recognition when InsideCollegeHockey.com named him as a Preseason All-America.

NEWCOMERS
Dartmouth adds eight newcomers to the 2006-07 roster.

FORWARDS
T.J. Galiardi (Calgary, Alta. - Calgary Royals)
* 2005-2006 Stats: 56 GP - 19 G, 37 A, 56 Pts.
Joe Gaudet (Hanover, N.H. - N.H. Junior Monarchs)
* 2005-2006 Stats: 42 GP - 16 G, 19 A, 35 Pts.
Josh Gillam (Peterborough, Ont. - Peterborough Stars)
* 2005-2005 Stats: 53 GP - 50 G, 54 A, 104 Pts.
Rob Smith (Brooks, Alta. - Calgary Canucks)
* 2005-06 Stats: 56 GP – 17 G, 19 A, 36 pts.

DEFENSE
Peter Boldt (Greenwich, Conn. - Sodertalje, Sweden)
* 2005-2006 Stats: 46 GP - 3 G, 7 A, 10 Pts.
Kevin McCarthy (Stoneham, Mass. - Phillips Exeter)
* 2005-06 Stats: 29 GP – 15 G, 20 A, 35 Pts.
Harry Taylor (Toronto, Ont. - Saint Michaels Buzzers)
* 2005-06 Stats: 70 GP – 3 G, 27 A, 30 pts.

GOALIE
Joe Grossman (Foxboro, Mass. - Waterloo Blackhawks)
* 2005-06 Stats: 43 GP – 3.13 GAA, .890 S%.

ALL IN THE FAMILY
Freshman forward Joe Gaudet is the oldest son of head coach Bob Gaudet.

VICTORIOUS
Head Coach Bob Gaudet begins his 10th season with the Big Green. In 2004-05 Gaudet reached a career milestone, garnering his 100th Dartmouth and his 200th overall win. His career numbers stand at 135-123-34 and 228-265-65. Gaudet's first win at Dartmouth came in his first game, a 7-1 victory over Army Oct. 31, 1997.

PROMOTIONS
For the Harvard game on Friday, Oct. 27 the first 2,500 fans will receive a novelty puck courtesy of Irving Oil. Then on Sunday, Oct. 29 for the Vermont game the first 1,000 through the door will receive seat cushions courtesy of Unicel.

STRAIGHT UP
The 2005-06 season marked the fifth straight that Dartmouth played more than 30 games with 33. The former record of 34 games in one season was broken in 2004-05 when the Big Green had 35 games.

FACE TIME
Last season Mike Ouellette and Eric Przepiorka were the Big Green's key faceoff men leaving big holes for Dartmouth to fill. The two combined for 690 of 1,240 faceoffs. In the preseason games this season between four and five guys were in the faceoff circle for the Big Green.

COUNTING DOWN
Senior Tanner Glass needs just eight games to have played in 100.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Three Dartmouth netminders will be vying for time in goal. Junior Mike Devine will get the nod early but will be pushed by sophomore Dan Goulding and freshman Joe Grossman. Devine played in 30 games in 2006-07 with a final .915 save percentage and a 2.32 goals against average. Devine was 18-8-2 last year.

CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
Senior forward Tanner Glass has been selected as the 2006-07 Big Green captain. Joining Glass as the assistant captain is junior David Jones. Glass will be the 115th captain in Dartmouth men's hockey history.

RADIO
Once again the 2006-07 season will showcase the Dartmouth men's hockey team on the radio. All Big Green games can be accessed through the Dartmouth Sports Network at www.dartmouth.edu/~brdcast/sports/.

TELEVISION SCHEDULE
Dartmouth will make a minimum of six appearances on television this season. The Big Green will be on CN8, CSTV, WMUR channel 9 (local New Hampshire ABC affiliate) and ESPNU.
CN8 is part of The Comcast Network which will launch throughout New Hampshire on November 7. The Vermont game can be viewed on Channel 74 and once launched will move to Channel 18. CN8 currently has a viewing area of over nine million customers and can be watched live on CN8.com.

A NEW LOOK
Along with televised games this season Dartmouth athletics also has a new look. The official Big Green athletics site underwent revamping over the summer and can now be found at DartmouthSports.com. One of the services provided on the new website is the opportunity to become a Big Green Insider which will allow fans full access to Dartmouth athletics and everything Big Green Insider has to offer: live and on-demand events, coach and player interviews, game previews, and press conferences. There will be more than 100 live events and more than 300 events available on-demand in 2006-07. Subscriptions run on a yearly or monthly basis.

COMMISSIONERS' CUP SERIES
For the third year in a row Commissioners from the nation's six Division I ice hockey conferences announced a 33-game series to be played among the conferences throughout the 2006-07 season. This year the game on Jan. 16 against Holy Cross will be the Big Green's Commissioners' Cup contest. The ECACHL has won the first two Cups.

FEELIN' DRAFTY
The Dartmouth men's hockey team currently has five drafted players on its roster. Senior forward Tanner Glass (Florida Panthers), senior defenseman Grant Lewis (Atlanta Thrashers) and junior forwards J.T. Wyman (Montreal Canadiens), Nick Johnson (Pittsburgh Penguins) and David Jones (Colorado Avalanche). Lewis will be the highest recruited player in the ECAC Hockey Leauge for 2006-07. He was a second round pick in the 2004 Entry Draft.

NHL NOTABLES
Former Dartmouth players are making names for themselves in the National Hockey League. Lee Stempniak '05 signed a contract with the St. Louis Blues after graduating in 2005. Stempniak is currently leading the Blues in scoring and has played in every game so far this season. Hugh Jessiman '06 is still with the Hartford Wolfpack after signing a contract with the New York Rangers in 2005. Mike Ouellette '06 is with the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL.

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