Road Games at No. 15 Quinnipiac & Princeton Next For Big Green

Game 9 // Dartmouth (4-3-1, 2-3-1) vs. No. 15 Quinnipiac (9-4-1, 5-1-0)				Game 10 // Dartmouth (4-3-1, 2-3-1) vs. Princeton (2-7-1, 1-5-0)

Date: Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 // Time: 7 PM Location: Hamden, Conn. // Arena: TD Bank Sports Center All-Time Series: 7-14-1 // Streak: 0-5-0 Last Meeting: Jan. 31, 2014 // L, 8-1 (Hanover)				Date: Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 // Time: 7 PM Location: Princeton, N.J. // Arena: Hobey Baker Rink All-Time Series: 96-86-16 // Streak: 1-0-0 Last Meeting: Feb. 1, 2014 // W, 5-3 (Hanover)
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THIS WEEKEND
The Dartmouth men's hockey team will head out on the road for the first time in nearly a month this weekend for a pair of ECAC Hockey games at Quinnipiac and Princeton.

LAST TIME OUT
The Big Green swept the final weekend of its five-game homestand with wins against American International and Boston University. A trio of goals from seniors Tyler Sikura, Eric Robinson and Eric Neiley helped the home team to a 3-2 win against the Yellow Jackets on Saturday, while a pair of goals from Brad Schierhorn and the second career shutout by netminder James Kruger helped propel Dartmouth to a 2-0 victory against the top-ranked Terriers the following afternoon.

vs. No. 1 BU Highlights // W, 2-0	AIC Highlights // W, 3-2

FINAL: Dartmouth upsets No. 1 BU. pic.twitter.com/OVEvFOduDT — Dartmouth Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) November 30, 2014	FINAL: Dartmouth 3, AIC 2 pic.twitter.com/xJ5g0Rpo8j — Dartmouth Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) November 29, 2014

AGAINST THE BEST
The win against BU marked the first time since Nov. 26, 2002 that the Big Green knocked off the No. 1 team in the nation. That win 12 years ago came against Boston College and was a 5-4 overtime result thanks to a Mike Ouellette tally at the 2:39 mark. Goaltender Nick Boucher had to make 36 saves as the Eagles outshot the Green, 40-16, in a losing effort. Ouellette scored the OT goal with assists from Lee Stempniak and Hugh Jessiman.

SCOUTING QUINNIPIAC
The Bobcats are coming off a home-and-home split with UMass last weekend in which the road team won both games. On Saturday night, Quinnipiac defeated the Minutemen, 3-1, to give head coach Rand Pecknold his 400th career coaching win. Coming into the weekend, the Bobcats are 9-4-1 overall, while their 5-1-0 record and 10 points in ECAC Hockey have them atop the league standings early on. Sophomore Sam Anas leads the team in points (18) and goals (10) through 14 games, while freshman Landon Smith is a close second in scoring (15). In goal, it's been junior Michael Garteig nearly all season as he has an 8-4-0 record to go along with a .903 save percentage and 2.21 goals against average.

AGAINST THE BOBCATS
Dartmouth is currently in the midst of a five-game skid against the Bobcats as Quinnipiac has swept the Green in each of the last two seasons. The last win in the series for the Big Green was a 5-4 comeback in Hanover on Nov. 11, 2011. Nick Walsh '12 and Connor Goggin '13 scored goals 28 seconds apart in the final two minutes to lift Dartmouth to the win after Quinnipiac had held two separate two-goal leads in the game.

SCOUTING PRINCETON
The Tigers play host to Harvard on Friday night before taking on Dartmouth on Saturday. Entering the weekend, Princeton is 2-7-1 overall and 1-5-0 in ECAC Hockey contests. That one league win came in the conference opener vs. Cornell on Nov. 7 as the Tigers defeated the Big Red, 2-1. Ben Foster leads the team in scoring with four points, and is one of three players with two goals this season. Most recently, Princeton split a weekend series at Hobey Baker Rink against BIG 10 opponent Michigan State. The Tigers won the first game on Friday night, 3-1, before succumbing, 4-2, to the Spartans the following evening. The team has a new bench boss this season as Ron Fogarty was announced as the program's 17th head coach this past June after a seven-year stint with Adrian College (Division III).

AGAINST THE TIGERS
Despite Princeton's placement in the standings in the last few seasons, the Tigers have always seemed to play Dartmouth tough, especially in New Jersey. Last season, Princeton earned a 3-2 overtime win in Newark at the Liberty Invitational and continued the trend with a 5-4 OT win two weeks later at Hobey Baker Rink. Dartmouth's lone win of the season against the Black and Orange came in Hanover on Feb. 1 as Jesse Beamish's two goals and Charlie Mosey's three assists helped the home team to the 5-3 victory.

SHUTTING OUT THE TERRIERS
On Sunday, James Kruger did what no other Big Green goalie has ever done before: earned a shutout against BU. Coming into the game, the two programs had played 76 previous games and in none of those contests had Dartmouth ever held the Terriers scoreless.

SUCCESS AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS
The Big Green are 2-0 this season against teams ranked in the top-20 of the USCHO.com poll. In each instance of playing ranked teams, the opponents were actually in the top-10 both times: No. 8 Union (Nov. 7) and No. 1 BU (Nov. 30). Interestingly enough, Dartmouth is 0-2-1 against teams who are just outside the top-20 and receiving votes.

INDIVIDUAL HONORS
For their play against AIC and BU, junior Brad Schierhorn and James Kruger were recognized by ECAC Hockey with weekly accolades. Schierhorn was named the Player of the Week after a four-point weekend that included both goals against the Terriers. Kruger was tabbed as the Goaltender of the Week after a win against the Yellow Jackets and the aforementioned shutout of BU. It was the first weekly honor for either player in their respective collegiate careers.

James Kruger and Brad Schierhorn Win ECAC Hockey Weekly Awards

Schierhorn was also named the DartmouthSports.com Male Athlete of the Week.

248 AND COUNTING
Head coach Bob Gaudet '81 is just two wins shy of 250 at his alma mater after the pair of victories this past weekend. Already second at Dartmouth in all-time wins, Gaudet looks to join legendary coach Eddie Jeremiah '30 — owner of 308 career wins — as the only two coaches with 250 victories in Hanover. Overall, Gaudet has 341 career wins between Dartmouth and Brown.

MULTI-POINT EFFORTS
Schierhorn and Tyler Sikura each managed two points in both games last weekend. Schierhorn had two assists against AIC and the two-goal second period against the Terriers, while Sikura scored one and assisted on another on Saturday before setting up Schierhorn on both tallies the following afternoon. Schierhorn now leads the team with four multi-point games this season, while Sikura's three ranks tied for second with linemate Eric Robinson.

PK SUCCESS
Dartmouth's penalty kill ranks as one of the best this season as its success rate of 91.3% is the sixth-best in the nation to this point. Opponents have gone on the power play 23 times this season against the Big Green and have scored just twice; both figures are the lowest in the nation. Yale managed to go 2-for-5 on the power play in a 4-1 win on Nov. 14, meaning the Bulldogs are the only team to have struck on the man-advantage against Dartmouth this year. The two kills against BU on Sunday pushed Dartmouth streak of successful PKs to 13.

POSSESSION STARTS AT THE DOT
The Big Green continued to dominate the faceoff dot last weekend as it won nearly 68 percent (78-115) of the draws taken against AIC and BU. Both of Schierhorn's goals against BU were the result of offensive zone wins that eventually led to scores. Dartmouth is third in the nation in faceoff winning percentage (.569) as a team, while individually Charlie Mosey (.630) and Tyler Sikura (.617) are 11th and 15th, respectively, in the nation.

SENIOR SCORING
Against AIC, the Green got goals from Eric Robinson, Tyler Sikura and Eric Neiley to pick up the non-conference win. Robinson and Sikura scored two goals in the first period less than four minutes apart, while Neiley's first of the season came at 12:19 of the third period and proved to be the game winner.

OUT ATTEMPTING TEAMS
Dartmouth managed 87 total shot attempts in the win against the Terriers. Although an impressive figure, it was the lowest total in the team's last four games. The Big Green had managed 90 or more attempts against Brown (92), Harvard (90) and AIC (92). In the four-game stretch, Dartmouth has limited the opposition to just 43.75 attempts per game, a figure that is 46.5 fewer than it is averaging (90.25).

100 GAMES
Sikura became the 84th player in Dartmouth history to reach the 100-games played mark for his career on Sunday afternoon. Sikura joins classmate Eric Neiley in reaching the figure as Neiley has now appeared in 104 career games following this past weekend's contests. They won't have to wait long for more company in the club as Eric Robinson has played 99 career games after the tilt with the Terriers while Rick Pinkston (97) and Jesse Beamish (92) not far behind.

WINNING AT HOME
The back-to-back victories against American International and Boston University marked the first time since Nov. 9-10, 2012 that Dartmouth had managed to sweep a home weekend of play. That weekend two years ago saw the Big Green defeat Rensselaer, 4-0, on Friday before earning a 3-2 win against No. 8 Union the following night.

IN YOUR FACE, 32 OTHER DIVISION I TEAMS!
Following the two-win weekend, Dartmouth moved back into the receiving votes portion of the USCHO.com weekly poll. The Big Green garnered five points in Monday's release, the 27th-best figure in the country.

FOLLOW ALONG
Fans can follow the action this weekend using live stats on DartmouthSports.com as well as video on QuinnipiacBobcats.com and the Ivy League Digital Network. The video feed for the Friday game in Hamden is free of charge. Fans can also listen to Chris Garrett's calls of both games this weekend on 99Rock WFRD. In-game commentary will also be provided by following the team's official Twitter account: @Dartmouth_MIH.

WHAT'S AHEAD?
Following the road weekend, the Big Green are back home on Sunday, Dec. 14 for a 4 p.m. matinee with Sacred Heart in the team's final game of 2014. Dartmouth is back after break on Jan. 2-3 as it hosts Denver and Boston College in the Ledyard Classic.

GAME 11 // SACRED HEART DEC. 14 // 4 PM	GAME 12 // DENVER JAN. 2 // 7 PM	GAME 13 // BOSTON COLLEGE JAN. 3 // 7PM

Game Notes

THANK YOU!
The Dartmouth men's hockey team would once again like to thank everyone who donated a toy to the CHaD Toy Drive at both games this past weekend. The success of the event is a direct result of the generousity of the people of the Upper Valley and Big Green fans.

Today has been a great start to the @chadkids toy drive! Still going tomorrow when we host No. 1 BU. pic.twitter.com/uXnKAhX9Je
— Dartmouth Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) November 29, 2014

Don't forget today is the final collection day for our @chadkids toy drive. pic.twitter.com/xVEb69L9TU
— Dartmouth Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) November 30, 2014

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