Cobb, Cunningham Lead Big Green Past Princeton, 4-3

Friday, November 2

Hanover, N.H.

7:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

PRINCETON

Cobb, Cunningham Lead Big Green Past Princeton, 4-3

11/2/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

By: Dartmouth

Box Score

HANOVER, N.H. - Senior Amy Cobb (Edina, Minn.) netted two goals and sophomore Jenna Cunningham (Medicine Hat, Alta.) scored the gamewinner with 4:16 remaining in the game as Dartmouth edged Princeton, 4-3, in the ECAC Hockey opener.

Princeton (1-2-2, 1-2-1 ECAC) scored first on the power play when Brittany Salmon collected a rebound off of a Sasha Sherry short and found the back of the net to put the Tigers up 1-0 early in the first period.

The Big Green (2-0-1, 1-0-0 ECAC) evened the score two minutes later on Cobb's first of the night on the power play. Cunningham was behind the net and fed the puck out front and Cobb was there for the score. Dartmouth went 1-for-7 on the power play, while Princeton added one man advantage goal in six chances.

Junior Maggie Kennedy (West Hartford, Conn.) gave the Big Green its first lead of the game, 1:38 later with the assist going to Cunningham. Kennedy's initial shot was stopped by Princeton goaltender Kristen Young, but Kennedy followed her shot and scored on the rebound.

Princeton, however, would not go away as the Tigers pulled even win a goal from Sherry. Marykate Oakley fired a shot on net that was blocked and the puck came out to Sherry and she buried it past Dartmouth goaltender Carli Clemis (Taber, Alta.) to tie the score at 2-2.

The Tigers took the lead for the second time on Sonja Novak's first goal of the season. Novak broke into the Big Green zone and tucked the puck under Clemis' left arm and into the net for the score.

In the third period, Cobb netted her second of the night with 6:17 remaining to tie the game at 3-3. Sophomore Sarah Parsons was behind the net and found Cobb in the slot and she didn't miss the puck as she had her first career two-goal game for the Big Green.

Two minutes later, Cunningham netted the gamewinner with 4:16 left in the game. Sophomore Sarah Toupal (White Bear Lake, Minn.) did a great job on the fore check, which created a turnover infront of the net that Cunningham collected in the slot and beat Young to give the Big Green the 4-3 win.

Dartmouth continued to pound out shots on goal with 36, while Princeton had a total of 15. Clemis made 12 saves between the pipes and Young kept Princeton in the game with 32 stops of her own.

The Big Green will back in action tomorrow afternoon as Dartmouth faces Quinnipiac in another key ECAC Hockey contest, beginning at 4 p.m at Thompson Arena.