Dartmouth and Harvard Tangle Tuesday at Thompson

11/17/2014 3:02:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

By: Dartmouth

Game 6 // Dartmouth (2-2-1, 2-2-1) vs. RV Harvard (3-1-2, 2-1-2)

Date: Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014 // Time: 7:05 PM
Location: Hanover, N.H. // Arena: Thompson Arena
All-Time Series: 62-129-13// Streak: 0-0-1
Last Meeting: Nov. 1, 2014 // T, 3-3/OT (Cambridge)

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TUESDAY'S GAME
With just two days between games, the Dartmouth men's hockey team is back in action Tuesday evening against Harvard at Thompson Arena. Puck drop between the two ECAC Hockey and Ivy League foes is set for 7:05 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT
The Big Green rebounded from a 4-1 defeat to Yale on Friday with a 6-0 shutout victory against Brown the following night. Five players scored goals for the home team as part of the win as they evened their overall and league marks to 2-2-1.

Highlights from 6-0 Win vs. Brown (11/15)	Highlights from 4-1 Loss vs. Yale (11/14)

SCOUTING HARVARD
The Crimson were finally knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten Saturday night by archrival Yale, 2-1. Harvard will bring a 3-1-2 overall record and a 2-1-2 ECAC Hockey mark with it to Hanover for the Tuesday night meeting at Thompson Arena. Sophomore Alexander Kerfoot has a team-leading nine points on four goals and five assists. The New Jersey Devils prospect has a huge five-point night to thank for that figure as he picked up a hat trick and added two assists in the Crimson's 6-3 upset win against then-eighth-ranked Boston College on Nov. 11. Jimmy Vesey leads the Crimson with five goals, while Kyle Criscuolo's six assists are good for the most among all Crimson players. In goal, Steve Michalek has been extremely strong to start his senior campaign, posting a 1.79 goals against average and a .941 save percentage.

AGAINST THE CRIMSON
These two teams met just over two weeks ago in the season opener for both. Dartmouth and Harvard played to a 3-3 tie through 65 minutes of action in the first game at the recently renovated Bright-Landry Hockey Center. Rick Pinkston, Brandon McNally and Eric Robinson had goals for the visitors, while Patrick McNally scored twice and Kerfoot had the home team's other tally in the draw. Junior James Kruger turned aside a career-high 34 saves in the draw.

Highlights from 3-3 Tie at Harvard (11/1)

BLANKING THE BEARS
The Big Green's 6-0 win over Brown was the most lopsided shutout in the series between the two since Feb. 23, 1980 when Dartmouth defeated Brown, 7-0, in Hanover. The goalie that night for the home team? Then-junior and current head coach Bob Gaudet '81 who had 27 saves that night, including 14 in the third period.

BITTEN BY THE BULLDOGS
As part of Yale's weekend sweep of Dartmouth and Harvard, the Bulldogs picked up a 4-1 win Friday night in Hanover. It was the first win at Thompson Arena for the Elis since a 5-4 game on Jan. 28, 2012. The Big Green defeated Yale, 7-4, at home in 2012-13 and played to a 3-3 tie last season.

A FIRST FOR JIMMY
James Kruger earned the first shutout of his collegiate career Saturday against Brown. The 6-foot-3 netminder from Minnetonka, Minnesota, stopped all 23 shots he faced in the game, notching Dartmouth's first shutout of the year and the first since Charles Grant blanked Cornell, 1-0, last February. In five starts this season, Kruger has put together a 2.34 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage.

Dartmouth Shutout Wins Under Head Coach Bob Gaudet (Since 1997-98 Season)
11/8/97	@Union (4-0)
12/14/97	@UMass (0-0 // OT)
1/7/00	RENSSELAER (2-0)
2/9/01	HARVARD (7-0)
2/15/02	CORNELL (1-0 // OT)
2/27/04	@Brown (3-0)
11/27/04	MAINE (0-0 // OT)
11/26/05	@Clarkson (4-0)
2/18/06	@Colgate (3-0)
2/25/05	ST. LAWRENCE (3-0)
11/18/06	BROWN (1-0)
1/16/07	HOLY CROSS (4-0)
11/9/07	UNION (4-0)
2/9/08	UNION (0-0 // OT)
11/21/08	@Colgate (1-0)
1/4/09	@Princeton (4-0)
2/27/09	PRINCETON (2-0)
11/6/10	UNION (0-0 // OT)
2/4/11	@Brown (3-0)
10/27/12	@Brown (4-0)
11/9/12	RENSSELAER (4-0)
2/28/14	@Cornell (1-0)
11/15/14	BROWN (6-0)

SHUTOUT NOTES
- 23 Shutouts // 19-0-4
- Four 0-0 Ties, including two against Union.
- Brown has been on the other end of 5 Dartmouth shutouts, most by any team in that time.
- 13 of the 23 shutouts have come at Thompson Arena.
- As a player, Gaudet had just 4 career shutouts with the Big Green: 2 as a SO and 2 as a JR.

BIRTHDAY BOY
A night after being a scratch, sophomore Grant Opperman returned to the lineup against the Bears with some motivation. Celebrating his 21st birthday on Saturday, Opperman set career highs in goals (2), assists (2) and points (4) in the game, factoring into the final four goals of the night.

HE CAN DISH IT OUT
Eric Neiley became the first Dartmouth player with four assists in a game since Matt Reber '11 on Jan. 8, 2010 in a 9-4 win against Brown. Neiley had helpers on both of Opperman's goals as well as tallies by Jack Barre and Eric Robinson. Overall, the elder of the two Neiley brothers on this year's roster became just the 90th player in the program's 109-year history to have at least four assists in a game and just the sixth since the turn of the century.

Four-Assist Games Under Bob Gaudet:

Date	Player	Opponent	Result	# of Assists
11/20/01	Frank Nardella	Holy Cross	W, 9-1	4
3/8/02	Kent Gillings	Colgate	W, 5-4 (2OT)	4
1/25/03	Jarrett Sampson	Rensselaer	W, 7-3	4
2/28/03	Lee Stempniak	Rennselaer	W, 7-3	4
1/8/10	Matt Reber	Brown	W, 9-4	4
11/15/14	Eric Neiley	Brown	W, 6-0	4

FOUR-POINT NIGHTS
Dartmouth and Union are the only two ECAC Hockey teams this season to have two players with four-point games. The Dutchmen's Jeff Taylor (1-3-4) and Daniel Ciampini (3-2-5) also accomplished the feat Saturday night in their 6-1 win at Princeton.

THIRD TIME'S A CHARM
Eric Robinson picked up his team-leading third multi-point game of 2014-15 in the win against Brown. The two points came via a goal and an assist and were separated by just 11 seconds in the third period. Robinson notched his third goal of the year at 11:31 and then collected his third assist of the season at 11:42 on Opperman's second of the game.

WELCOME BACK
Junior defenseman Ryan Bullock made his first appearance in the Big Green lineup this season Saturday versus the Bears, making an immediate impact. Bullock scored on the power play at the 12:57 mark of the first period for his first point of the season. The game was the 50th of his career wearing a Dartmouth sweater and came after Bullock missed the final 11 contests of last season with an injury. The Minnesota native's last game played prior to Saturday was Feb. 7 at Harvard.

SCHIERHORN'S SCORING KNACK
After earning the top spot on NCAA.com's Plays of the Week for his last-minute tying goal at Union, junior Brad Schierhorn wasted little time on Saturday putting the eventual game winner on the board. Schierhorn's wrister from the top of the circles, high in the slot at 7:25 of the first stood as the GWG as Kruger blanked the opposition at the other end.

BEAMER'S STREAK
Jesse Beamish picked up an assist Friday night against Yale on Charlie Mosey's second-period goal. The helper pushed Beamish' point streak to three games (1-3-4), the longest run with a point for the Ontario native since March 2013 against Princeton, Quinnipiac and Harvard (1-2-3).

BARRE'S FIRST
Jack Barre picked up his first of the season and just the second goal of his career Saturday night. Barre's marker came on the power play at 11:18 of the second period after a nice passing sequence by Pinkston, Opperman and Neiley along the boards. His last goal came in the 2013-14 season opener against Princeton on Oct. 25 in a game played at the Prudential Center in Newark.

HOW MANY SHOTS?!?
Dartmouth put 48 shots on goal in the 6-0 victory Saturday night, the most since Feb. 1 of last season when the Green put 48 on goal in a 5-3 win at home against Princeton. In all, Dartmouth attempted 92 shots in the game with the Bears.

SIX SINCE
Dartmouth had two games of at least six goals in 2013-14. The first was an 8-8 tie with Northeastern on Dec. 30 at home as part of the Ledyard Classic. The other was a 6-1 victory at Clarkson on Feb. 15.

TO TWO
It took until the 10th game last season for the Big Green to earn their second win of the year. Following an 0-8 start to the campaign, Dartmouth defeated Harvard, 2-1, at home on Nov. 30 and Yale, 4-1, in New Haven on Dec. 6 in the subsequent games.

FOLLOW ALONG
Fans can follow all the action Tuesday with live stats on DartmouthSports.com. Live high definition video streams of all Big Green home games this season will be broadcast on the Ivy League Digital Network. Chris Garrett will have the call of the game on 99Rock: 99.3 FM WFRD. For live in-game updates, fans are encouraged to follow the team's official twitter account: @Dartmouth_MIH.

WHAT'S AHEAD?
The Big Green will be off this weekend for exams, but return to the ice for home games against American International on Saturday, Nov. 29 and No. 3 Boston University on Sunday, Nov. 30. Both games are scheduled for 4 p.m. puck drops and will mark the Big Green's annual toy drive for the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD).

GAME NOTES