Dartmouth Set for Friday Night Tilt with No. 10 Harvard

Friday, February 10

Hanover, N.H.

8:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Harvard

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Dartmouth Set for Friday Night Tilt with No. 10 Harvard

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The Big Green host the Crimson at Thompson Arena for its lone game of the weekend

By: Nick Romei

GAME 25

Dartmouth (4-19-1, 3-13-1 ECAC Hockey) vs. No. 10 Harvard (16-6-1, 13-4-0 ECAC Hockey)
Date: Friday, February 10, 2023 – 8 p.m.
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Thompson Arena
All-Time Series: 65-145-13
Last Meeting: 10/28/22 – L, 5-2

THIS WEEKEND
The Dartmouth men's hockey team plays one game this weekend as they welcome Harvard to Thompson Arena on Friday evening for an ECAC Hockey and Ivy League tilt.

LOOKING BACK TO LAST WEEKEND
Dartmouth continued its home stretch last weekend with ECAC Hockey matchups against Princeton and Quinnipiac. The Big Green fell to the Tigers, 7-3 on Friday evening. Tyler Campbell, Luke Haymes, and Sean Chisholm each scored, with Haymes and Chisholm scoring on the power play, while Tanner Palocsik had three assists. Cooper Black finished the night with 33 saves.

The following night, Dartmouth dropped a close battle with No. 2 Quinnipiac, 4-2. Mark Gallant scored his first goal of the season while Cooper Flinton netted his sixth goal of the year. Black had a stellar night, making a career high 44 saves.

WALTER BROWN AWARD SEMIFINALIST
On Monday, Palocsik was named a semifinalist for the 71st Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the top American-born Division I player in New England. He is one of 25 semifinalists and just one of eight from ECAC Hockey.

THE STATS
Haymes has a team-high nine goals this season. Cooper Flinton is second with six while Matt Hubbarde, Braiden Dorfman, and Chisholm are tied for third with five apiece.

Palocsik leads the team in assists with 16. Hubbarde is also in the double digits with 10 and Dorfman and John Fusco both have eight.

The Big Green have blocked 313 shots this season, led by Joey Musa's 27. Fusco and Jack Cameron have 25 while Tucker McRae has 23.

Black has started all 24 games in goal for Dartmouth. He has made 663 saves and has allowed 71 goals for a save percentage of .903.

The Dartmouth penalty kill ranks third nationally with a percentage of .869.

SCOUTING HARVARD
Harvard enters Friday's game with a 16-6-1, 13-4-0 record. The Crimson are ranked No. 10 in the latest DCU/USCHO poll. They are coming off a 4-3 overtime victory over Boston College in the semifinals of the Beanpot.

Matthew Coronato leads Harvard in goals with 16. Alex Laferriere is second with 13 followed by Sean Farrell with 12. Farrell has a team-high 24 assists. Henry Thrun has 18 while Laferriere has 16.

Mitchell Gibson has started 16 games between the pipes for the Crimson, making 432 saves and has allowed 37 goals for a save percentage of .921.

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE CRIMSON
The Big Green are 65-145-13 all-time against the Crimson. Harvard took the win when the two teams met earlier this season in Cambridge at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center, 5-2, in the season opener.

Dartmouth is looking for its first win over Harvard since a 7-6 overtime victory in the 2018-19 season opener.

FOLLOW ALONG
Friday's game will be available to stream nationally on ESPN+ and internationally on Stretch Internet.

Live stats are provided in the links above and can be found on the team's schedule page.

WHAT'S AHEAD
Dartmouth hosts Rensselaer and Union next weekend for the final regular season games at Thompson Arena this season. Puck drop for Friday's game against the Engineers is scheduled for 7 p.m. while Saturday's game against the Dutchmen is scheduled for 5 p.m.