Big Green's Power Play Attack Shocks No. 6 Clarkson

Friday, February 19

Potsdam, N.Y

7:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

Clarkson

Big Green's Power Play Attack Shocks No. 6 Clarkson

2/19/2010 9:30:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

By: Dartmouth

Box Score

POTSDAM, NY - The Dartmouth women's hockey team scored two power play goals in the first two periods and held off Clarkson with a pair of late goals to come away with a big 4-1 win to keep its playoff hopes alive.

Dartmouth (12-13-2, 9-11-1 ECAC Hockey) got a power play goal and an assist from senior co-captain Jenna Cunningham (Medicine Hat, Alta.) and junior Amanda Trunzo (Andover, Minn.) added a goal and an assist as well. Senior co-captain Sarah Parsons (Dover, Mass.) netted the other goal on the man advantage. Freshman Sasha Nanji (Markham, Ont.) collected two assists and sophomore Jenna Hobeika (Alpine, N.J.) added a goal in the win. Senior Mariel Lacina (London, Ont.) faced 23 shots and saved 22 of them for her eighth win of the season.

The Golden Knights (20-9-4, 14-5-2 ECAC Hockey) had one goal from Dominique Thibeault, coming unassisted and goaltender Lauren Dahm had an off day with only 18 saves on 22 shots from the Big Green to take the loss.

Clarkson took an early lead five minutes into the game as Thibeault netted an unassisted goal for her team-leading 18th of the season to give the Golden Knights a 1-0 advantage.

The lead didn't last long for Clarkson as Parsons evened the score at 1-1 with 5:37 remaining in the opening period on her sixth power play goal of the year. Parsons extended her point streak to a season-high five games with her 19th goal of the season. Assists went to Nanji and Trunzo.

The Golden Knights owned the shot advantage with a 12-5 lead. The Big Green made one of its two power plays count, while Clarkson was held off the board on two chances with the extra skater.

Dartmouth got its first lead at 2-1 in the second period with Cunningham finding the back of the net on the power play with 8:27 left. The Dartmouth co-captain now has 18 goals on the season and the Big Green posted two power play goals for the ninth time this year. Nanji was involved once again with classmate Camille Dumais (Beaconsfield, Que.) adding an assist as well.

The Big Green continued to take advantage of its power play opportunities as Dartmouth posted two goals in three chances up to the second intermission. Dartmouth outshot the Golden Knights, 9-7, in the second.

In the third period, the Big Green got a huge insurance goal from Hobeika to make it 3-1 with 6:08 remaining in the game. Freshman Lisa Berreman (Eagan, Minn.) and sophomore Erica Dobos (Bethel Park, Pa.) recorded the assists as Berreman got her fourth helper in her first campaign, while Dobos continues to add to a career-high year with third assist of the season.

To seal the deal, Trunzo scored an empty net goal with less than a minute remaining as the Big Green came away with a big 4-1 win over the sixth-ranked Golden Knights to keep breathing in the playoff hunt. Cunningham was given the lone assist to give her two points on the night.

The Big Green continued its winning ways with the lead into the third period as Dartmouth earned its 10th win with a third-frame lead. The Big Green is now 10-1-1 when leading after 40 minutes of action.

Dartmouth had one of its best defensive games of the season, allowing just 23 shots, including just four in the final period. The Big Green did a great job staying out of the penalty box past the first period. Dartmouth gave Clarkson only two chances on the man advantage and both came in the opening period. The Golden Knights also stayed out of the box, but the Big Green made them pay with two power play goals in three opportunities.

Yale fell off the pace with a 1-0 loss to Quinnipiac and fell two points behind Dartmouth, but Colgate remains one point behind the Big Green after escaping with a 2-1 win over Union. Going into the final day of the regular season, Dartmouth faces St. Lawrence, who fell to Harvard tonight, while the Raiders face a much improved Rensselaer squad. The Engineers lost to Cornell tonight, who took over the top spot in the league with the Clarkson loss.

The huge game against the Saints begins tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m., while Colgate travels to face RPI at 4 p.m. as well.