Big Green Set to Battle the Garnet Chargers in ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals

Friday, March 15

Hanover, N.H.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Union

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Big Green Set to Battle the Garnet Chargers in ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals

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The Big Green take on the Garnet Chargers for a trip to Lake Placid for championship weekend

By: Nick Romei

GAMES 30-32*

Dartmouth (11-9-9, 9-6-7 ECAC Hockey) vs. Union (16-16-3, 9-10-3 ECAC Hockey)
Dates: Fri.-Sun., March 15-17
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Thompson Arena
All-Time Series: 29-36-7
Last Meeting: 2/24/24 – W, 5-4

ECAC HOCKEY QUARTERFINALS
The No. 4 seeded Dartmouth men's hockey team plays host to No. 6 seed Union this weekend in the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals.

HOME WEEKEND SWEEP
The Big Green ended the regular season with a weekend sweep over Brown and Yale at Thompson Arena, earning 5-3 and 4-1 victories.

Cooper Flinton found the back of the net twice in the victory over the Bears while John Fusco, Luke Haymes and Braiden Dorfman also lit the lamp. Eric Charpentier had a multi-point night after finishing with two assists and Cooper Black made 26 saves to record the win.

The following night, The Big Green overcame a 1-0 deficit as CJ Foley, Sean Chisholm, Charpentier and Flinton each tallied a goal. Haymes and Fusco both chipped in two assists.

POSTSEASON ACCOLADES
The Big Green earned a slew of postseason honors from ECAC Hockey and the Ivy League after a successful regular season and are as follows:

ECAC Hockey

Luke Haymes – First Team (Unanimous)
Cooper Black – Second Team
CJ Foley – Third Team, Rookie Team

Ivy League

CJ Foley – Rookie of the Year, First Team (Unanimous)
Luke Haymes – First Team (Unanimous)
Steven Townley - Academic

MONTHLY AWARDS
Following the month of February, Haymes was named the ECAC Hockey Forward of the Month while Foley was recognized as the Bitcoin Rookie of the Month.

RECEIVING VOTES
The Big Green received three votes in the latest USCHO Division I Men's Poll.

SCOUTING UNION
Union enters the weekend with a 16-16-3 overall record. The Garnet Chargers are coming off a 6-0 win over Brown in the opening round of the ECAC Hockey tournament.

John Prokop has a league high 27 assists and also leads Union in scoring with 35 points. Chaz Smedsrud has a team-high 14 goals. Brandon Buhr, Carter Korpi, Liam Robertson and Caden Villegas are also in double digits for goals.

Kyle Chauvette has started all but one game between the pipes, making 822 saves with a save percentage of .893.

Union had two players earn All-ECAC Hockey accolades as Prokop was named to the first team and Robertson landed on the second team.

The Big Green are 29-36-7 all-time against the Garnet Chargers. The two teams split the series during the regular season has both teams picked up a road win.

POSTSEASON MATCHUPS
Here are the other three quarterfinal series with a trip to Lake Placid on the line:

No. 1 Quinnipiac vs. No. 12 Rensselaer
No. 2 Cornell vs. No. 8 Harvard
No. 3 Colgate vs. No. 7 St. Lawrence

FOLLOW ALONG
The entire quarterfinal series 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
Should Dartmouth win the best-of-three series, it will advance to championship weekend in Lake Placid at Herb Brooks Arena. The semifinals are scheduled for Friday, March 22 (4 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.) with the final slated for 5 p.m. the following day. The entire weekend will be available to stream on ESPN+ and Stretch Internet and tickets are available via the ECAC Hockey website.