Men's Hockey Announces End of Year Awards Along with 2007-08 Schedule

HANOVER, N.H. - Dartmouth men's hockey coach Bob Gaudet announced the squad's annual awards along with the 2007-08 schedule at a dinner on April 9. Junior forward David Jones (North Vancouver, B.C.) was named the team captain for next season along with earning MVP honors.

Jones finished the season with a career-high 44 points along with four power play goals. He was chosen by his teammates and coaches as the player who is the one who carries the team crest, is the leader on and off the ice, the one who has the most respect by his teammates and is the one who leads by a positive example each and every day. He is Dartmouth's 127th captain in 101 years of play.

Jones, as the team's leading scorer, was also named the team MVP and was given the Friends of Dartmouth Hockey Leading Scorer Award. The team MVP is named the Phelan Award and is given to the player who by demonstrating outstanding skill at his position, continued aggressiveness and team spirit, deserves to be named the "Most Valuable Player of the Year".

Jones garnered unanimous first team All-America, All-Ivy and All-ECACHL while being named the Ivy Player of the Year award along with his first-ever All-America nod. He was also given All-New England and All-USCHO.

Junior forward Jon Grecu (Calgary, Alta.) took home the John Manser Award for the most improved varsity player. Grecu played in all but one game for the Big Green. He potted a career-high 13 points while appearing mainly on the third line.

The Smoyer Award was given to senior Dan Shribman (Swampscott, Mass). The award is given to the team's unsung hero. Over his four years Shribman has chipped in 11 goals and 16 assists in 118 career games. He racked up nine points this season, despite missing eight games due to an injury, the most significant amount of time he missed in his career.

Tanner Glass (Craven, Sask.) a senior forward was presented with the McInnis Award which is given to the player who best reflects the spirit, camaraderie, loyalty and dedication to the men's hockey team. Glass was Dartmouth's captain, playing in 32 games and was fourth on the team in scoring with 28 points. Glass proved his worth time and again as he was on the Big Green's top line all season. He notched four power play tallies and two game winners.

The Booma Award was presented to T.J. Galiardi (Calgary, Alta.). The award is given to the team's top rookie. Galiardi enjoyed a solid first year as he finished second on the team in scoring with 31 points. He was the second leading scorer in the ECAC Hockey League with 20 points. He notched a team-leading eight power play goals along with one game winner.

Dartmouth has another challenging schedule set up for 2007-08. The Big Green starts the season with three straight road games, at Vermont (Oct. 28), Clarkson (Nov. 2) and St. Lawrence (Nov. 3) before coming home to host five.

Dartmouth opens up its home schedule wtih four league opponents in Union (Nov. 9), Rensselaer (Nov. 10), Colgate (Nov. 16) and Cornell (Nov. 17) before taking on first-time non conference opponent, Bentley (Nov. 24).

December has the Big Green on the road for the whole month. A Dec. 1 game at Harvard starts things off before Dartmouth travels to Boston again for a Dec. 13 contest at Boston University. The Big Green will participate in the Denver tournament on Dec. 28 and 29 with host DU, Sacred Heart and Northern Michigan participating.

One nonleague game comes in January with a first-time meeting against American International. On the season Dartmouth will have 13 home games taking place in the friendly confines of Thompson Arena this season.

Dartmouth's annual "Battle for the Riverstone" against New Hampshire will move to January with the two teams squaring off in the Verizon Wireless Arena on Jan. 19 wrapping up the Big Green's non conference schedule.

2007-08 SCHEDULE

OCTOBER
20	Sat.	Yale (Scrimmage)	7:00 pm
21	Sun.	York (Exhibition)	2:00 pm
28	Sun.	at Vermont	2:00 pm
NOVEMBER
2	Fri.	at Clarkson*	7:00 pm
3	Sat.	at. St. Lawrence*	7:00 pm
9	Fri.	Union*	7:00 pm
10	Sat.	Rensselaer*	7:00 pm
16	Fri.	Colgate*	7:00 pm
17	Sat.	*Cornell^**	7:00 pm
24	Sat.	Bentley	7:00 pm
DECEMBER
1	Sat.	at Harvard	7:00 pm
13	Thurs.	at Boston Univ.	7:00 pm
28	Fri.	at Denver Cup	TBA
		w/Denver, Sacred Heart, Northern Michigan
29	Sat/	at Denver Cup	TBA
JANUARY
4	Fri.	at Princeton*^	7:00 pm
5	Sat.	at Quinnipiac*	7:00 pm
11	Fri.	Clarkson*	7:00 pm
12	Sat.	St. Lawrence*	7:00 pm
19	Sat.	UNH (Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, N.H.)	7:00 pm
26	Sat.	*Harvard ^**	7:00 pm
27	Sat.	American International	7:00 pm
FEBRUARY
1	Fri.	at Yale*^	7:00 pm
2	Sat.	at Brown*^	4:00 pm
8	Fri.	at Rensselaer*	7:00 pm
9	Sat.	at Union*	7:00 pm
15	Fri.	Quinnipiac*	7:00 pm
16	Sat.	*Princeton^**	7:00 pm
22	Fri.	*Brown^**	7:00 pm
23	Sat.	*Yale^**	7:00 pm
29	Fri.	at Cornell *^	7:00 pm
MARCH
1	Sat.	at Colgate*	4:00 pm
7-9	Fri..-Sun.	ECACHL First Round (Campus Sites)	TBA
14-16	Fri..-Sun.	ECACHL Quarterfinals (Campus Sites)	TBA
21-22	Fri.-Sat.	ECACHL Championship (Albany, N.Y.)	TBA
28-30	Thurs.-Sat.	NCAA Regionals	TBA
APRIL
10-12	Thurs.-Sat.	NCAA Frozen Four (Denver, Colo.)	TBA

*ECACHL Games
^Ivy League Games

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