Dartmouth Caps Road Swing With Trip to North Country

RV Dartmouth Big Green 2-0-1 1-0-1	GAME 9 Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 \| 7:00 PM	GAME 10 Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 \| 7:00 PM
RV Dartmouth Big Green 2-0-1 1-0-1
Opponent	RV Clarkson 8-5-3, 4-1-1 ECAC	No. 19 St. Lawrence 8-4-4, 5-0-2 ECAC
Location	Potsdamn, N.Y.	Canton, N.Y
Arena	Cheel Arena	Appleton Arena
All-Time Series	8-18-1	102-85-16
Streak	0-1-0	0-1-0
Last Meeting	2.27.16 \| L, 4-3 \| Potsdam	2.26.16 \| L, 5-2 \| Canton
Video	ClarksonAthletics.com	SaintsAthletics.com
Radio	WTSL 94.5 FM/1400 AM (ESPN Radio)
On the Call	PBP: Adam Giardino
In-Game Twitter	@Dartmouth_MIH / @	@Dartmouth_MIH / @puhockey
Notes: PDF / Web	Clarkson Preview / Notes	SLU Preview / Notes
Tickets	Clarkson Ticket Office	SLU Ticket Office
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THIS WEEKEND
The Dartmouth men's hockey team heads to the North Country to take on Clarkson and No. 19 St. Lawrence this weekend in the final ECAC Hockey games of 2016.

LAST TIME OUT
The Big Green are coming off a weekend split in Pittsburgh against Robert Morris. The Colonials took the Saturday night tilt, 3-0, before the Green and White salvaged the series with a 5-2 win at the Penguins' home rink, PPG Paints Arena.

SCOUTING CLARKSON
- The boys of Potsdam host Dartmouth a week after winning the Shillelagh Tournament at Notre Dame. Clarkson played to a 3-3 tie with Yale in a non-conference game, winning the shootout to advance to the tournament final against the host Irish. The Golden Knights would shutout the hosts, 2-0, en route to taking the title.
- Freshman Jake Kielly was named the NCAA No. 1 Star of the Week and the ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week (his third of the year) for his role in helping Clarkson to the title and earning most outstanding player recognition. He stopped 62-of-64 shots on the weekend.
- Clarkson is currently on a seven-game unbeaten streak, going 5-0-2 in that time.
- Freshman Devin Brosseau leads the team in scoring with 14 points on four goals and 10 assists, while a plus-11. Jordan Boucher is second with 13 points with a team-high seven goals.

AGAINST THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS
- Dartmouth and Clarkson split last season with each team winning at home. The Big Green had a chance to lock up a first-round bye with a win in the 2015-16 regular season finale played at Cheel, but their comeback bid fell short in a 4-3 loss that saw Dartmouth drop back to No. 7 in the league's postseason tournament.
- The Green won the game in Hanover on Jan. 15, 5-2, with River Rymsha, Kevin Neiley and Tim Shoup all scoring the first goals of their careers. Neiley actually scored the first two goals of his Dartmouth career that night.

SCOUTING ST. LAWRENCE
- The Saints return home for the Dartmouth/Harvard weekend after a week in Ireland for the Friendship Four. SLU officially tied Quinnipiac, 0-0, in the opener, but fell in the exhibition shootout to set up the most emotional third-place game in the nation this season. That's because the Saints took on UMass, coached by former St. Lawrence head coach and alum Greg Carvel who left Canton after the 2015-16 season in favor of Amherst. Although the two teams officially played to a 2-2 tie, SLU's players got some form of revenge on their former coach with the 2-1 shootout win to take third in Belfast.
- Senior defenseman and Canaan, New Hampshire, native Gavin Bayreuther not only leads the team in points (18) and assists (12), but also reached the 100-point mark in Belfast with a power-play goal in the second period of the game with the Minutemen, his second point of the game after assisting on the Saints' first tally of the night. His 18 points are tied for third in ECAC Hockey right now and are the most by any non-Union player in the league.
- In goal, junior Kyle Hayton has proven himself to be perhaps the best goaltender in the conference, boasting the most wins (8), the top save percentage (.934) and the most shutouts (3). His 2.10 goals against average is second amongst conference netminders, trailing only Quinnipiac's Chris Truehl, an opponent he already blanked twice this season.

AGAINST THE SAINTS
Like Clarkson, Dartmouth and St. Lawrence split the season series last year with the home team picking up the win in each contest. Despite a 39-22 edge in shots on goal, SLU was bested, 4-2, in Hanover on Jan. 15, only to return the favor with a 5-2 win in Canton in the regular season's penultimate game.

MONKEY OFF OUR BACKS
Let's cut to the chase: the power play was not good in the first seven games of the season, going 0-for-43 in that span. However, the team's confidence with the man-advantage is much higher after two goals on the power play against Robert Morris in the second game of the weekend. Troy Crema scored with the extra player in each of the first two periods and the Big Green finished the afternoon 2-for-5 at PPG Paints Arena.

MONKEY OFF THEIR BACKS
Troy Crema, Corey Kalk and Daniel Warpecha all celebrated goals on Sunday by pulling the hypothetical monkey off their backs. Crema did so after scoring the team's first power-play goal of the season, Kalk did it after scoring his first tally since the Cornell game on Nov. 4 and Warpecha did it following his first career goal near the midway point of the second after coming close several times in his first seven games wearing the green and white.

THREE-POINT EFFORTS
- Kalk (1-2-3) and Crema (2-1-3) became the first Dartmouth linemates to both record three points in the same game since Jack Barre '16 (2-1-3) and Kevin Neiley (0-3-3) did so last Jan. 29 in a 7-5 loss to No. 1 Quinnipiac.
- The three-point nights were not career highs for either player as Kalk (2-2-4) had a four-point night against Colgate on Feb. 19 as did Crema (0-4-4) on Nov. 6 against Brown during the 2015-16 campaign.

MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH
Crema missed out on a bid for his first career hat trick when his bid for the empty net hit the post in the final minute and a half. Sophomore John Ernsting jumped on the puck in the crease and deposited it into the goal for the team's second ENG of the year.

A LOT OF WINNERS
- Crema's second goal of the day stood up as the game winner against Robert Morris on Sunday, giving him all three of Dartmouth's GWGs this year. His three winners are tied for the most in ECAC Hockey with RPI's Jared Wilson and are second nationally behind only Gerald Mayhew of Ferris State (4).
- His three winners are the most by any player in Division I this season with fewer than 10 games played as the top 13 players all with three or more have played at least three or more games than the Dartmouth senior.
- Crema's 0.38 game winners per games played is the highest figure in the country currently.

NHL RINK WINS
The Big Green picked up their first win in an NHL arena since Mar. 14, 1980 when they beat Clarkson in the semifinals of the ECAC Tournament. The last time Dartmouth won in an NHL barn during the regular season was Dec. 29, 1971 when it beat Notre Dame, 9-6, in the Great Lakes Invitational at the Detroit Olympia.

BUFF'S NET
- Devin Buffalo (8 games - 8 starts) is one of only three goalies in ECAC Hockey to start each of his team's games this season. Buffalo joins Mitch Gillam of Cornell (9 games - 9 starts) and Harvard's Merrick Madsen (9 games - 9 starts) as the only three netminders in the conference do start each tilt.
- Buffalo ranks fourth in the league in save percentage (.916) and is tied for fifth in goals against average (2.46).

THAT'S A LOT OF FRESHMEN
With 11 rookies on the team this season there are bound to be games where the lineup is very freshmen-heavy. That was the case on Sunday afternoon when seven members of the Class of 2020 suited up and skated out with two more dressed as backup goalies. Daniel Warpecha, Charley Michalowski, Cam Strong, Jamie McLaughlin, Shane Sellar, Clay Han and Ben DiMaio all played against the Colonials in downtown Pittsburgh with Adrian Clark and Dean Shatzer backing up Devin Buffalo. The nine freshmen (and seven skaters) were a new season high for the Big Green.

LAST SHUTOUT
Dartmouth's 3-0 loss to Robert Morris in the series opener was the first time being shutout since the 2015-16 home regular season finale against Cornell (1-0) on Feb. 20.

A BAD HOMECOMING
It wasn't the homecoming Pittsburgh area (Upper St. Clair) native Tim Shoup was hoping for. The junior defenseman was hit with a major and a game misconduct with 8:05 left in the Saturday loss only to be handed a one-game suspension from the conference office, forcing him to miss Sunday's game at the Penguins' home arena.

ERNIE'S COOKIN'
Sophomore John Ernsting has been playing some of his best hockey as of late with four points in his last five games. After a three-game point streak was snapped Saturday night, Ernsting buried the insurance marker into the empty net Sunday for his third goal of the season, one off Troy Crema's team lead.

THESE TEAMS LOVE THE BOX
Dartmouth and it's two opponents this weekend are no stranger to the sin bin in 2016-17. As it stands on Nov. 30, Clarkson (18.06) is averaging the fourth most PIMs per game with St. Lawrence (17.62) eighth and Dartmouth (17.38) 12th, making them the top-three most penalized teams in the league to this point.

HOMECOMING FOR PINKSTON
Former Dartmouth defenseman Rick Pinkston '15 was traded from the Allen Americans (ECHL) where he won the 2016 Kelley Cup to the Manchester Monarchs, the clubs announced Tuesday morning, bringing Pinkston back to the Granite State.

COMMUNITY EVENTS
The Big Green will be hosting several events on the weekend of Dec. 10-11 to involve the Upper Valley and New Hampshire communities.
- CHaD Toy Drive: Will be held at Thompson Arena during the game against UNH on Dec. 10 as well as the following morning. New, unwrapped toys or any of the items listed in the event announcement are being accepted for the team to bring to the concourse for collection.
- Skate With the Big Green: Dartmouth players will skate at Thompson on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 11 a.m. in an event open to the public. The CHaD Toy Drive will also continue that morning with donations continuing to be collected on the concourse.
- Youth Hockey Night: UNH game is also Youth Hockey Night. All youth hockey players (boys and girls) in grades 8 and below can attend the game for just $2 by wearing their jerseys.

FOLLOW ALONG
- This weekend's game will be streamed via Clarkson and St. Lawrence's websites.
- Dartmouth men's hockey games will now be carried on ESPN Radio WTSL 94.5FM/1400AM this season. Adam Giardino will handle play-by-play duties at both 84 Lumber Arena as well as PPG Paints Arena and for the rest of the season.
- Fans are encouraged to follow the team's official Twitter account for in-game updates and insights: @Dartmouth_MIH.

WHAT'S AHEAD?
The Big Green are back home for the first time in over a month as they play host to in-state rival New Hampshire on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. It marks the final game of the first half of the season as well as the start of a five-game homestand that continues against Army West Point and either Colgate or UMass Lowell in the Ledyard Classic on Dec. 30-31.

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