Army West Point Downs Dartmouth on Sunday

Sunday, October 30

West Point, N.Y.

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

0-2-0

Army West Point

1-5-1

Dartmouth

Army West Point

Cooper Flinton action versus Harvard, October 28, 2022

Cooper Flinton ’26

Photo by: Brian Foley

10/30/2022 5:04:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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Cooper Flinton and Luke Haymes both scored their first career goal

By: Nick Romei

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Dartmouth men's hockey team fell to Army West Point, 8-3, on Sunday afternoon at Tate Rink in their non-conference opener.

Dartmouth drops to 0-2-0 while Army West Point improves to 1-5-1.

Cooper Flinton, Luke Haymes and Ian Pierce each scored for the Big Green. Tanner Palocsik, Joey Musa, Cam MacDonald, Sean Chisholm, Braiden Dorfman and Flinton all had one assist.

Michael Sacco had two goals and one assist for Army. Thomas Farrell had one goal and two assists while Ricky Lyle, Anthony Firriolo and Noah Wilson each had one goal and one assist.

It was back and forth in the early going as both teams had several chances to take the lead. The Black Knights found the breakthrough nearly eight minutes into the opening period. After gaining possession deep in their zone and moving the puck up the ice, Reese Farrell played it across the middle to Sacco, who tucked it inside the near post past Black to put Army up 1-0. The Black Knights added to their lead later in the period with a power play goal from Firriolo.

The Big Green came out of the first intermission and scored within the first 30 seconds of the second period. Flinton had two shots from close range that were saved but the third time's the charm as he was able to get a third shot off, this one going into the back of the net for his first career goal to cut into the deficit.

Army responded with six goals, including a short-handed goal, in the second period to take an 8-1 lead into the third. The Black Knights had six players score in the period.

The Big Green tallied two goals late in the third period. Dorfman played the puck out to MacDonald on the right side, MacDonald took puck towards goal before laying it back for Pierce. Pierce, just a few feet from goal, made no mistake and fired it home for his first of the season. Dartmouth added another goal just two minutes later. Flinton found Haymes behind the net, and Haymes brought it around front and calmly wrapped it around Abric for his first career goal.

The Big Green held the edge in shots on goal, 40-29.

Dartmouth opens their home slate next weekend with ECAC Hockey and Ivy League matchups against Yale and Brown. The Big Green take on the Bulldogs on Friday at 7 p.m. followed by the Bears on Saturday at 5 p.m. Both games will be available to stream on ESPN+ and Stretch Internet.