Tuesday Night Hockey in Hanover as Dartmouth Hosts RPI

Tuesday, February 1

Hanover, N.H.

6:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Rensselaer

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Tuesday Night Hockey in Hanover as Dartmouth Hosts RPI

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This will be the first matchup between the two teams this season.

By: Nick Romei

GAME 20

Dartmouth (3-13-3, 2-9-2) vs. Rensselaer (11-15-3, 6-7-0)
Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Thompson Arena
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TUESDAY NIGHT
The Dartmouth men's hockey team hosts RPI at Thompson Arena tomorrow evening in ECAC Hockey action. The contest was originally scheduled for January 8.

LOOKING BACK TO LAST WEEKEND

Dartmouth traveled to New York over the weekend for matchups with #8 Cornell and Colgate.
The Big Green played to a thrilling 2-2 draw before winning the shootout to take two points from the Big Red. It was the first time this season that Dartmouth took points against a ranked team.
Freshman Ian Pierce had his second multi-point effort of the year with one goal and assist, while Mark Gallant got back into the scoring column with his seventh of the season.
Dartmouth went to overtime for the second game in a row as they were tied 1-1 at the end of regulation against Colgate on Saturday. The Raiders scored early into overtime to take the win.
Tanner Palocsik scored the team's ninth power play goal this season and the fourth in the last five games.

THE BIG GREEN STATS

Gallant leads the team in scoring with seven goals. Jeff Losurdo, Sean Chisholm, and Matt Hubbarde each have four while Braiden Dorfman, Palocsik, and Pierce have three.
Chisholm and Palocsik are tied for the team lead in assists with seven apiece. Joey Musa is right behind with six while Sam Hesler, Losurdo, Gallant, and Dorfman have five apiece.
Gallant has a team-leading 12 points this season. Chisholm is second with 10 while Palocsik has nine.
The Big Green have utilized two goalkeepers this season, Justin Ferguson and Clay Stevenson. Ferguson has appeared in 11 games, making 258 saves with a save percentage of .872. Stevenson has played in 10 games, making 300 saves for a save percentage of .923.

SCOUTING RPI

RPI enters Tuesday's game with a 11-15-3, 6-7-0 record.
The Engineers fell to Union, 2-0, in the Mayor's Cup on Saturday.
Ture Linden leads the team in scoring with 11 goals. Ottoville Leppanen and Zach Dubinsky are tied for second with seven.
Linden holds the lead in assists with 13, while Simon Kjellberg and TJ Walsh each have 11.
Linden has a team-leading 24 points through 29 games this season. Leppanen is second with 17 while Kjellberg is just behind with 15.
Linden Marshall has appeared in 22 games between the pipes for RPI this season, making 474 saves while allowing 57 goals for a save percentage of .893.

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE ENGINEERS

Dartmouth is 42-48-6 all-time against RPI.
The Big Green hold the advantage at Thompson as they are 24-22-2.
The last time these two teams played each other was the final regular season game of the 2019-20 season. The Engineers won by a score of 4-1.

FOLLOW ALONG

Tuesday's game will be available to stream on ESPN+ (US) and Stretch Internet (International).
Live Stats link is provided above and can be found on the Dartmouth Sports website.
Fans can also follow along on the Dartmouth men's ice hockey Twitter account, @Dartmouth_MIH, for live updates throughout the game.

WHAT'S AHEAD
Dartmouth goes back on the road this coming weekend as they head to Harvard Friday night before playing UMass Lowell on Saturday for the non-conference finale. Friday's game will be on ESPN+ and Stretch Internet while Saturday's game will be on NESN+.