Trunzo's Four Tallies Sends No. 9 Big Green Past Rensselaer

Friday, January 30

Troy, N.Y.

7:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

Rensselaer

Amanda Trunzo Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week

Trunzo's Four Tallies Sends No. 9 Big Green Past Rensselaer

1/30/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

By: Dartmouth

Box Score

TROY, N.Y. ? Sophomore Amanda Trunzo (Andover, Minn.) netted a career-high four goals to lead the ninth-ranked Big Green women's hockey team to an 8-4 win over Rensselaer in ECAC Hockey action on Friday night.

For Dartmouth (13-6-2, 10-3-2 ECAC Hockey), Trunzo became the first Dartmouth skater to record four goals since junior Sarah Parsons (Dover, Mass.) netted four in 2006. Freshman Reagan Fischer (Irma, Alta.) tallied two goals and added two assists, while classmate Kelly Foley (Boston, Mass.) scored two of her own and posted an assist.

Junior Jenna Cunningham (Medicine Hat, Alta.) and senior Maggie Kennedy (West Hartford, Conn.) handed out a game-high three assists. In net, senior Carli Clemis (Taber, Alta.) tied Kelley Coyne for third all-time in goaltending wins with 52 as she made 23 stops.

Rensselaer (12-11-2, 7-6-2 ECAC Hockey) had four different goal scorers with Whitney Naslund leading the way with two points on a goal and an assist. Goaltender Sonja van der Bliek made 29 saves in three-plus periods of play, while Emily Ford made three stops in relief.

Rensselaer took the first lead of the game on a power play goal from Allysen Wiedner with 4:10 remaining in the opening period. Jamie-Lynn Stewart and Nicole McDonald were credited with the assists.

Dartmouth had only one opportunity on the power play and got four shots on net, but couldn't capitalize. The Big Green's best chance came before the penalty as senior Shannon Bowman (Leamington, Ont.) rang one of the post.

The Engineers posted a 12-9 advantage in shots after one period of play.

Foley evened the game up for the Big Green in its first opportunity on the man advantage in the second frame. It came 2:17 into the period with the assists going to Cunningham and Fischer. With the goal, Foley extended her goal-scoring streak to five games, which is a team-high.

Fischer gave the Big Green its first lead of the game two minutes later with 16:02 left in the period. Cunningham assisted on the play for her second of the evening and senior Katie Gray (Calgary, Alta.) was credited with her fourth helper of the year.

Rensselaer tied it at 2-2 midway through the second period on a goal by Jill Vandergrift with the assists going to Sydney O'Keefe and Laura Gersten.

Dartmouth got the lead back two minutes after Rensselaer tied the score. Trunzo tallied her team-leading 12th of the season on the power play. Kennedy and Bowman assisted on the play and for Bowman the helper extended her point streak to a season-high eight games.

The Big Green's leading scorer adding to her total again with another power play goal with four minutes remaining in the second period. Trunzo gave Dartmouth a 4-2 lead with Kennedy and Bowman assisting on the goal.

Dartmouth dominated in the second period, outshooting the Engineers, 20-5, and the Big Green went 4-for-5 on the power play.

Fischer gave the Big Green more insurance in the third period to make it 5-2 in favor of Dartmouth with her second of the night. The score came 4:17 into the final period with Foley assisting on the goal for her second point of the night.

Trunzo netted her second career hat trick and second of the season with a goal coming with nine minutes left in the game with the assist going to Kennedy for her second helper of the night. Five minutes later Trunzo made it 7-2 with her fourth of the night and third on the power play with the assists going to senior Julia Bronson (Arlington, Va.) and Parsons.

Rensselaer added it third of the night on the power play as Naslund scored her first of the evening to make it 7-3.

Foley closed out the scoring for the Big Green with her second of the night, while Cunningham passed out her third assist and Fischer added to her point total with a helper. Alisa Harrison cut the lead to 8-4 with her first of the night for Rensselaer with the assist going to Naslund.

Dartmouth exploded for eight goals for the second time this season and it was the third time the Big Green has had at least seven in the last four games. On the power play, Dartmouth was 6-for-8 with the man advantage and the Big Green also outshot the Engineers, 38-25, in the win.

The Big Green will be back in action tomorrow afternoon as Dartmouth travels to Union for a 4 p.m. face-off at Messa Rink.