Big Green Hit the Road for Weekend at Colgate and Cornell

Dartmouth Big Green 7-10-3 4-7-2 ECAC	GAME 21 Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 \| 7:00 PM	GAME 10 Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 \| 7:00 PM
Dartmouth Big Green 7-10-3 4-7-2 ECAC
Opponent	Colgate 5-13-5, 3-6-2 ECAC	No. 14 Cornell 12-4-2, 7-2-2 ECAC
Location	Hamilton, N.Y.	Ithaca, N.Y
Arena	Class of 1965 Arena	Lynah Rink
All-Time Series	50-48-6	47-80-6
Streak	2-0-0	0-1-1
Last Meeting	11.5.16 \| W, 2-0 \| Hanover	11.4.16 \| T, 1-1 (OT) \| Hanover
Video	GoColgateRaiders.com (FREE)	ILDN
Radio	WTSL 94.5 FM/1400 AM (ESPN Radio)
On the Call	PBP: Adam Giardino
Television	Time Warner Cable Sports	N/A
On the Call	PBP: Eric Gallanty COLOR: Dan Fridgen	N/A
In-Game Twitter	@Dartmouth_MIH / @Colgate_Hockey	@Dartmouth_MIH / @CUBigRedHockey
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Tickets	Colgate Ticket Office	Cornell Ticket Office
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GAME NOTES

THIS WEEK
The Dartmouth men's hockey team heads out on the road for a pair of ECAC hockey games this weekend against Colgate and No. 14 Cornell.

LAST TIME OUT
The Big Green are coming off a two-loss home weekend against Yale and Brown. The Bulldogs bullied the home team to the tune of a 7-0 win on Friday, while the Bears won their first game in Hanover in nine years with a 4-3 overtime win the next night.

CREMA CLEANS UP
Thanks to his league-leading four goals and five points, senior Troy Crema was tabbed as the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week for the second time in his career. Crema scores two goals against both Harvard and Brown, while adding an assist versus the Bears.
- Crema is tied for the ECAC Hockey lead in scoring this month with 10 points with a league-leading seven goals in January.
- This is the first weekly honor of 2016-17 for the Big Green.

After scoring 4 goals in 3 games, Troy Crema was named the #ECACHockey Player of the Week.https://t.co/ErQYIzZkX5 pic.twitter.com/HcqtJkwQ4i
— Dartmouth Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) January 24, 2017

SCOUTING COLGATE
-       The Raiders are 5-13-5 entering the weekend with a league record of 3-6-2 for eight points, just two back of the Big Green.
-       A 3-2 comeback win against Clarkson at home last Saturday was the first win for Colgate since a Dec. 3 game at Arizona State, snapping a 0-4-1 stretch that included a pair of losses in Hanover during the Ledyard Classic.
-       Jake Kulevich is the team's leading scorer with 14 points as well as leading the team in assists with 11. Calgary draft pick and senior Tim Harrison is tied with three other players for second with 12 points, while his eight goals are the most by any player on the roster this season.
-       This marks the first game in Hamilton against Dartmouth since last Jan. 23. Between then and now, the teams have played five times in Hanover with a February regular season tilt, followed by three in the first round of the playoffs and then again this year in the conference-opening weekend. Dartmouth won four of those five games, including two postseason games (1 and 3) in overtime last March.

SCOUTING CORNELL
-       The Big Red come into the weekend with a 12-4-2 overall record and a 7-2-2 mark in ECAC Hockey, placing them fifth in the league standings, one point back of Quinnipiac for the last first-round bye.
-       Cornell is currently No. 14 in both national polls.
-       Mitch Vanderlaan leads the team in goals (9) and points (17), while Patrick McCarron is the team's assist leader (13).
-       Senior Mitch Gillam has played in and started all but one game this season, posting a 12-3-2 record to go along with a league-leading 2.05 goals against average and a .919 save percentage that ranks fourth.
-       Cornell has allowed just 36 goals against this season, the fewest in the nation.
-       The Big Red have played just 6 home games thus far, the fewest of any team in the nation. They are 4-1-1 in those contests.

AGAINST THESE TEAMS
- Cornell's Mitch Vanderlaan remains the only player to score a shorthanded goal in a Dartmouth game this season as he notched Cornell's only goal of its Nov. 4 matchup in Hanover at 2:26 of the third period. Corey Kalk's first of the season just over two minutes later tied the game at 1-1, a score that would stand through 65 minutes of action.
- Devin Buffalo's first career shutout came against Colgate on Nov. 5 as the junior stopped 21 shots in a 2-0 win at Thompson. Troy Crema broke a scoreless tie with 2:16 left in regulation and captain Carl Hesler hit the empty net in the final minute to ice the victory.

FINAL/OT: Dartmouth 1, Cornell 1. pic.twitter.com/p92ChLrE47
— Dartmouth Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) November 5, 2016

FINAL: Dartmouth 2, Colgate 0. Devin Buffalo's first career shutout! pic.twitter.com/ICj4ZWntx8

— Dartmouth Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) November 6, 2016

HIGHS AND LOWS
Dartmouth's eight goals against Harvard are the most scored in a game this year by an ECAC hockey program in a conference game. Unfortunately, the seven-goal loss to Yale in the ensuing game is the most lopsided loss of the season for any team in league play in 2016-17 as well.

BIG WEEKS FOR BLANKS
Freshman Ryan Blankemeier scored the first goal of his career and added an assist for the first multi-point effort in Dartmouth's 8-4 win against the Crimson. He then notched his second career goal to open the scoring against the Bears for his second goal of the three-game homestand.

OVERTIME RESULTS
-       Dartmouth had played three OT games prior to the Brown game. In all three instances, the Big Green played to a draw.
-       It had been more than two years since Dartmouth had last lost a game in the fourth period since Dec. 5, 2014 at Quinnipiac (2-1).
-       The Big Green had gone 11 OT games without a loss since that QU defeat (4-0-7).
-       Prior to Saturday's game with Brown, the last time Dartmouth lost a home game in OT was Mar. 6, 2009 vs. RPI in Game 1 of the first-round series, a stretch of 17 games in which the program went 5-0-12.

CELEBRATING HISTORY
Cornell will be honoring members of its 1967 national championship team this weekend as part of a 50th anniversary celebration:
-       The Big Red's first of two national titles was the result of a 27-1-1 season in 1966-67.
-       Two of those victories came at the expense of the Big Green as Cornell won the game in Hanover on Feb. 11, 7-0, and then again in Ithaca, 6-1, two weeks later.
-       Hall of Famer Ken Dryden backstopped the Red to a title in his first season with the team. Dryden will be on-hand Saturday night as Cornell will honor the returning members of that team between the first and second periods.

NEW RINKS
-       Friday night will see the Big Green play in Colgate's new Class of 1965 Arena for the first time after five decades at Starr Rink.
-       It's the second time this season that Dartmouth has played in the home arena of an opponent for the first time after playing at the Robert Morris's Island Sports Center back in November.
-       It is the third new rink of 2016-17 if one takes into account Dartmouth playing Robert Morris the second night at PPG Paints Arena — the home of the NHL's Penguins — in downtown Pittsburgh the following afternoon.

LATE GOALS
Dartmouth has scored three goals in the final two minutes of the third period this season with the opposition's netminder still between the pipes. In all three instances, the game was played at home and Crema has been the one to score the goal.
-               Michigan (10.29) / 19:11 (EV)
-               Quinnipiac (1.7) / 19:49.2 (PP/EX)
-               Brown (1.21) / 18:27 (EX)

ALL THREE TENDIES
All three goalies played this past weekend as Dean Shatzer made his collegiate debut in relief duty during the third period of Friday's game with Yale. He allowed one goal, but made six saves in just over 15 minutes of action. Adrian Clark started the Yale game, but was relieved by Shatzer, while Devin Buffalo played the entirety of the Brown game.

FINDING THE TOUCH THIS MONTH
Four Dartmouth skaters are ranked in the top-20 in scoring this month amongst ECAC Hockey players.
-       Troy Crema / T-1st / 7-3-10
-       Will Graber / T-6th / 2-4-6
-       Corey Kalk / T-6th / 1-5-6
-       Josh Hartley / T-6th / 0-6-6

FOLLOW ALONG
-       Friday's game at Colgate will be broadcast on television on Time Warner Cable Sports. Eric Gallanty will have the play-by-play duties with Dan Fridgen on color analysis.
-       Saturday's game at Cornell will be carried live on the Ivy League Digital Network for subscribers to the conference's video streaming services.
-       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 this weekend with Michael Kaiser '18 adding color commentary.
-       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 on the road for one game next week, playing at Harvard on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. They return to Thompson next on Feb. 10-11 to host RPI and Union.

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