Big Green Host Pair of ECAC Hockey Opponents This Weekend

Game 16 // Dartmouth (6-6-3, 3-4-1) vs. St. Lawrence (9-10-2, 5-4-0)				Game 17 // Dartmouth (6-6-3, 3-4-1) vs. Clarkson (7-10-4, 4-3-2)

Date: Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 // Time: 7:05 PM Location: Hanover, N.H. // Arena: Thompson Arena All-Time Series: 34-55-3 // Streak: 1-0-0 Last Meeting: Feb. 14, 2014 // W, 3-1 (Canton)				Date: Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 // Time: 7:05 PM Location: Hanover, N.H. // Arena: Thompson Arena All-Time Series: 26-68-7 // Streak: 1-0-0 Last Meeting: Feb. 15, 2014 // W, 6-1 (Potsdam)
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THIS WEEKEND
The second-half stretch run is here and it begins with St. Lawrence and Clarkson making the trip to Hanover to take on the Dartmouth men's hockey team. Both games are set for 7 p.m. starts inside Thompson Arena.

LAST TIME OUT
The Big Green battled regional rival Vermont at home last Sunday, falling to the 12th-ranked Catamounts, 4-1. The game could've easily gone the other way had Dartmouth been able to capitalize on several quality scoring chances in the first period. However, the strong play of UVM goalie Mike Santaguida and his 14 saves in the first frame allowed the Catamounts to regroup and leave Hanover with the win. The lone goal of the game for the home team came off the stick of junior Tim O'Brien midway through the middle period for his second tally of the season.

Vermont Highlights (Jan. 11) // L, 4-1

SCOUTING THE SAINTS
As it stands now, St. Lawrence is in a three-team tie for fourth place in ECAC Hockey standings with 10 points thanks to a 5-4-0 league record. Overall, the Saints are 9-10-2 this season with signature wins over Niagara (10-2), Ferris State (2-0) and Cornell (3-1). However, that win over the Big Red came last weekend at home and was the first victory for the team from Canton since a Nov. 21 shutout of Princeton (3-0) at home, snapping a winless stretch of six games (0-5-1). The Saints could not capitalize on the momentum as they lost the following night to Colgate, 2-0. Hanover native Patrick Doherty leads the team in scoring with 16 points, while sharing the lead in assists (11) with Drew Smolcynski. Dartmouth transfer Brian Ward is second on the team with 12 points on five goals and seven assists. Freshman netminder Kyle Horton has carried the load all year, boasting a 9-9-2 record to go along with a 2.08 goals against average and a .934 save percentage.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Like their North Country rivals, Clarkson also sits in fourth place in the conference standings with 10 points. The Golden Knights have a 4-3-2 record against teams from ECAC Hockey, but are below .500 overall with a 7-10-4 record this season. Clarkson struggled in its two home games last weekend, falling 2-1 to Colgate on Friday night, while being shutout, 2-0, by Cornell the following evening at Cheel Arena. Senior Joe Zarbo (7-4-11) and sophomore defender James de Haas (4-6-10) are the lone two players on Clarkson's roster to have reached double-digit point totals in 21 team games played in 2014-15. Zarbo leads the way with his seven goals, while Troy Josephs' seven assists are the most among all players in Potsdam this season. Sophomore Steve Perry has been solid in net with a 1.85 goals against average and a .916 save percentage to go along with a 7-6-1 record.

AGAINST THESE TEAMS LAST SEASON
Early in the year, these two opponents made the trip to Hanover and each time both came away with wins. Clarkson picked up a 3-2 victory on Nov. 8, while St. Lawrence put on a dominant display the following night in an 8-5 win. However, Dartmouth exacted some revenge in mid-February with a 3-1 win in the Saints' home rink before a resounding 6-1 triumph the next night in front of the Clarkson faithful in Cheel.

FIVE'S A CROWD
Goals from juniors Brad Schierhorn and Jack Barre last Friday night at New Hampshire were the fifth tallies of the season for each player. They moved into a share of the team lead in goals with seniors Tyler Sikura and Eric Neiley.

LOOKING FOR A 'W' IN 2015
Dartmouth still has yet to pick up a win since the calendar flipped to 2015. The Green are 0-2-2 in four games since January 1, tying No. 11 Denver (1-1) and UNH (2-2), while dropping games to No. 15 Boston College (3-2) and No. 12 Vermont (4-1).

ECAC HOCKEY THE REST OF THE WAY
The game with the Catamounts was the final non-conference contest of 2014-15 for the Big Green, who finished the regular season with a 3-2-2 mark against teams from Hockey East (BU, BC, UNH, UVM), Atlantic Hockey (AIC, SHU) and the NCHC (DU).

TOP OF THE CHARTS… AGAIN!
For the third time this season, Dartmouth appeared at the top of the NCAA.com Men's Hockey Plays of the Week. In this most recent instance, Jack Barre earned the distinction for his diving, backhanded goal high and to the shortside over the glove of UNH netminder Adam Clark. Barre joins Tyler Sikura (Dec. 9) and Brad Schierhorn (Nov. 11) as Big Green players to earn the top spot on the weekly plays in 2014-15.

Jack Barre Goal at UNH

HANOVER CONNECTIONS
Expectations are for a good deal of St. Lawrence fans to be in attendance on Friday night as the Saints have numerous connections with the Upper Valley. Not only is senior and alternate captain Patrick Doherty from Hanover, but sophomore and 2014 ECAC Hockey Co-Rookie of the Year Gavin Bayreuther is from Canaan. Additionally, Bayreuther is a cousin of former Big Green players Nick Lovejoy '14 and Ben Lovejoy '06. Finally, Brian Ward came in with this year's senior class, but left school midway through the 2011-12 season to return to juniors, opting to join the Saints the following season as a transfer.

OUTSHOOTING IS BETTER
Dartmouth is 5-1-2 this season when outshooting its opponents, while just 1-5-1 when the opposition takes more shots on net in a game. In no games this season have the Big Green and an opposing team put the same number of shots on goal.

30 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER
The Green have won just one game this season when finishing with 29 or fewer shots on goal (at Union). That leaves them 1-6-0 overall this season when failing to reach at least 30 SOGs. However, the likelihood of a win rises exponentially when hitting that mark as the team is 5-0-3, including a 3-0-1 mark when hitting the net more than 40 times.

O'BRIEN'S MARKER
For Tim O'Brien, the goal against the Catamounts was the second of the season. It broke a streak of 12 games without a tally for the junior, whose only other goal this year was the overtime winner at No. 8 Union on Nov. 7 in the second game of the season.

AT THE TOP
The Big Green's upperclassmen continue to lead the way this season after Tim O'Brien and Geoff Ferguson had two of the three total points vs. Vermont. Through 15 games, Dartmouth's juniors and seniors have accounted for 90 points (81.1% of total points), second among all ECAC Hockey teams to only Colgate (114). However, the more accurate representation of the upperclassmen's worth is in the point per game production since the Raiders have played in five more contests to this point. The two classes average 6.0 points per game, the best figure in the league, ahead of Colgate (5.70), Harvard (5.43) and Union (3.90).

LEADING LATE
Vermont held a 2-1 lead entering the third period of Sunday's game. The deficit marked the first time trailing after 40 minutes of play since Nov. 18 against Harvard, snapping an eight-game stretch of leading at the second intermission for the Big Green.

FOLLOW ALONG
Fans are encouraged to follow all the action this weekend with live stats provided by DartmouthSports.com. Live, high-definition broadcasts of both contests can also be seen on the Ivy League Digital Network, while the radio call can be heard live on 99Rock WFRD. For in-game updates and information, please follow the team's official Twitter account: @Dartmouth_MIH.

WHAT'S AHEAD?
After this weekend's games with the Saints and Golden Knights, Dartmouth will head out on the road to take on Cornell and Colgate in a challenging ECAC Hockey weekend. Saturday's game with Cornell will be carried live in HD on the Ivy League Digital Network. Following the contests in central New York, Dartmouth will return to Thompson Arena to host Rensselaer and defending national champion Union on Jan. 30-31.

Game 18 at Colgate // Jan. 23	Game 19 at Cornell // Jan. 24

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