Dartmouth and Colgate Set to Battle in ECAC Hockey First Round Series

Friday, March 3

Hamilton, N.Y.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Colgate

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth and Colgate Set to Battle in ECAC Hockey First Round Series

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The Big Green take on the Raiders in the one-game first round series

By: Nick Romei

GAME 30

Dartmouth (5-23-1, 4-17-1 ECAC Hockey) vs. Colgate (14-15-5, 11-8-3 ECAC Hockey)
Date: Friday, March 3, 2023 – 7 p.m.
Location: Hamilton, N.Y. – Class of 1965 Arena
All-Time Series: 53-54-8
Last Meeting: 1/28/23 – L, 4-3 (OT)

PLAYOFF TIME
The Dartmouth men's hockey team travels to Colgate to take on the Raiders in the first round of the ECAC Hockey Tournament. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Class of 1965 Arena.

RECENT HISTORY IN THE POSTSEASON
The Big Green are looking to win their first postseason series since the 2018-19 season when they defeated St. Lawrence in the first round of the ECAC Hockey Tournament. Dartmouth and Colgate met in the postseason in the quarterfinal round during the 2015-16 season. The Raiders, playing on home ice, defeated the Big Green in games one and two to advance to the semifinals.

LAST TIME OUT
Dartmouth traveled to the North Country for the final weekend of the regular season. The Big Green fell to Clarkson, 4-0, on Friday evening and to St. Lawrence, 2-0, on Saturday evening.

THE STATS
Luke Haymes has a team-high 10 goals this season. Braiden Dorfman is second with seven while Sean Chisholm and Cooper Flinton are tied for third with six. Tanner Palocsik leads the team in assists with 17. Matt Hubbarde is also in double digits with 10. Dorfman is right behind with nine.

The Big Green have blocked 375 shots this season, with Joey Musa leading the way with 33. Tucker McRae is second with 31 followed by Jack Cameron with 29.

Cooper Black has started all 29 games between the pipes, making 775 saves while allowing 84 goals for a save percentage of .902.

The Dartmouth penalty kill ranks fourth nationally with a percentage of .858.

SCOUTING COLGATE
Colgate enters Friday's playoff game with a 14-15-5, 11-8-3 record. The Raiders are coming off a 0-1-1 weekend. They fell to Yale, 4-2, on Friday evening before skating to a 2-2 tie and shootout win against Brown on Saturday.

Alex Young leads Colgate in goals with 19 this season. Matt Verboon is second with 14 followed by Alex DiPaolo with nine. Nick Anderson has a team-high 22 assists, while Ross Mitton, Young, and Verboon are tied for second with 17 each.

Carter Gylander has started all but one game for the Raiders between the pipes. He has made 857 saves and has allowed 79 goals for a save percentage of .916.

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE RAIDERS
The Big Green are 53-54-8 all-time against the Raiders. Colgate swept the season series, taking a 5-1 win in Hamilton in December and defeated Dartmouth, 4-3, in overtime at Thompson Arena in late January.

THE PLAYOFFS

No. 1 Quinnipiac – Bye
No. 2 Harvard – Bye
No. 3 Cornell – Bye
No. 4 St. Lawrence – Bye
No. 5 Colgate vs. No. 12 Dartmouth | Hamilton, N.Y.
No. 6 Clarkson vs. No. 11 Brown | Potsdam, N.Y.
No. 7 RPI vs. No. 10 Yale | Troy, N.Y.
No. 8 Union vs. No. 9 Princeton | Schenectady, N.Y.

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
A win would send Dartmouth down to Connecticut for a quarterfinal matchup against No. 1 seed Quinnipiac. The best-of-three series would be scheduled for next weekend (March 10-12) with game one taking place on Friday, followed by game two on Saturday and game three, if necessary, on Sunday.