Men's Hockey Falls to No. 9 Yale, 2-1, in Final Game of Ivy Shootout

Saturday, October 29

Hanover, N.H.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

YALE

Men's Hockey Falls to No. 9 Yale, 2-1, in Final Game of Ivy Shootout

10/29/2011 10:12:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. - Freshman Eric Neiley (Warminster, Pa.) scored his first collegiate goal 13:52 into the second period, but that would be the only goal the Dartmouth men's hockey team would get in a 2-1 loss Saturday night to No. 9 Yale at Thompson Arena.

The match-up was the fourth and final game of the weekend as part of the Ivy Shootout which featured the Big Green (1-1-0) and the Bulldogs (1-0-1) as well as Brown (1-1-0) and Princeton (0-1-1).

Yale jumped out to an early lead as Antoine Laganiere scored 9:10 into the opening period. It would remain that way until Neiley's first goal in a Big Green sweater tied it at one apiece.

Sophomore Eric Robinson (Foxboro, Mass.) redirected a long pass from sophomore Matt Lindblad (Winnetka, Ill.) in the defensive zone. Robinson, stationed near the red line, pushed the puck out into to center and the streaking Neiley moving in on goal. With the puck on his forehand, Neiley went high over the glove of Yale's Jeff Malcolm for the tally.

Yale's Chad Ziegler scored the eventual winner five minutes later as he put his team on top, 2-1, a lead they would protect the rest of the way.

The Big Green could not get the power play going again for the second night in a row, finishing 0-for-3 Saturday night. Dartmouth had gone 0-for-6 in its 2-1 victory over Brown on Friday to start the weekend.

Yale was 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

Big Green senior goaltender James Mello (Rehoboth, Mass.) stopped 23 shots in the game, including 12 in the second period.

Dartmouth controlled play early, but was unable to score on any of its 14 first-period shots. Malcolm finished the game with 29 in all as the Big Green offense was bearing down on him the entire night.

Brown edged Princeton, 3-2, in the first game of the afternoon played at Thompson.

The weekend of non-conference games against Ivy foes marked the start of the season for Dartmouth, but ECAC Hockey games will begin next weekend as Quinnipiac and Princeton are in Hanover Friday and Saturday night. Game times for both contests are set for 7 p.m.