Upcoming Event: Men's Ice Hockey versus Norwich on October 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Men's Ice Hockey
vs Norwich
2022-23 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
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Jersey Number 6
Tanner Palocsik
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Defense
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 190
- S/C:
- R
- Hometown:
- Aliquippa, Pa.
- Previous Team:
- New Jersey Hitmen (USPHL)
- Major:
- Economics
Bio
2019-20 All-Ivy League Second Team
ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week (1.27)
Led the nation in points by a rookie defenseman in 2019-20 (24)
2020 ACHA All-American Scholar
2021-22 (Junior): Played in all 32 games, finishing with a line of 4-16-20 while leading the team in assists… Had three multi-point games, including a three-assist performance against Cornell (11/6)… Assisted the game-winner against Colgate (11/5).
2020-21 (Sophomore): No season due to COVID-19.
2019-20 (Freshman): Named to the All-Ivy League Second Team (3.4)… Led the nation in points by a rookie defenseman (24) as well as points per game (0.77)... Second in the nation in assists by a rookie defenseman (19)... Finished the season as the second-leading scorer amongst all rookies regardless of position in ECAC Hockey... Picked up the first two points of his career with a pair of assists at UNH (11.2)...Assisted on the GTG vs. No. 15 Quinnipiac (11.8)...Had an assist at Brown (11.16)...Posted a pair of assists against Bentley (12.12)...Picked up a pair of assists against Colorado College (12.28) in the Ledyard Classic opener... Had points in both games of the road trip at Princeton (1.3) and Quinnipiac (1.4)...Had an assist at Vermont (1.10)...Picked up a pair of helpers in Dartmouth’s comeback win against BU (1.11)...Scored his first career goal and had his sixth multi-point game at No. 1 Cornell (1.24)... Named the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week (1.27)...Scored his first career goal at home against Brown (2.14)...Notched a helper vs. Yale (2.15)...Scored his first game-winning goal at St. Lawrence (2.21) as part of a two-point night (1-1-2)...Dished out a pair of helpers in a home win against Union (2.28)...Had one assist in Game 1 vs. Princeton (3.6)... Scored twice in the final eight minutes to help Dartmouth erase a 4-1 deficit and force overtime in a wild third-period comeback at the end of regulation of Game 2 vs. Princeton (3.7)...
Before Dartmouth
• Played his last two years of juniors for the Jersey Hitmen (USPHL).
• Named an all-star in each of his two seasons with the Hitmen.
• As an alternate captain this past year, he helped his team capture the Founder's Cup, emblematic of winning the NCDC Regular Season Championship.
• Prior to junior hockey, the Pittsburgh native played four years in the Tier 1 Elite League for the Pens Elite AAA program at both the U16 and U18 level.
• His U18 team earned a berth at 2017 USA Hockey Nationals a year after he was selected to participate in the USA Hockey Select-17 Festival.
ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week (1.27)
Led the nation in points by a rookie defenseman in 2019-20 (24)
2020 ACHA All-American Scholar
2021-22 (Junior): Played in all 32 games, finishing with a line of 4-16-20 while leading the team in assists… Had three multi-point games, including a three-assist performance against Cornell (11/6)… Assisted the game-winner against Colgate (11/5).
2020-21 (Sophomore): No season due to COVID-19.
2019-20 (Freshman): Named to the All-Ivy League Second Team (3.4)… Led the nation in points by a rookie defenseman (24) as well as points per game (0.77)... Second in the nation in assists by a rookie defenseman (19)... Finished the season as the second-leading scorer amongst all rookies regardless of position in ECAC Hockey... Picked up the first two points of his career with a pair of assists at UNH (11.2)...Assisted on the GTG vs. No. 15 Quinnipiac (11.8)...Had an assist at Brown (11.16)...Posted a pair of assists against Bentley (12.12)...Picked up a pair of assists against Colorado College (12.28) in the Ledyard Classic opener... Had points in both games of the road trip at Princeton (1.3) and Quinnipiac (1.4)...Had an assist at Vermont (1.10)...Picked up a pair of helpers in Dartmouth’s comeback win against BU (1.11)...Scored his first career goal and had his sixth multi-point game at No. 1 Cornell (1.24)... Named the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week (1.27)...Scored his first career goal at home against Brown (2.14)...Notched a helper vs. Yale (2.15)...Scored his first game-winning goal at St. Lawrence (2.21) as part of a two-point night (1-1-2)...Dished out a pair of helpers in a home win against Union (2.28)...Had one assist in Game 1 vs. Princeton (3.6)... Scored twice in the final eight minutes to help Dartmouth erase a 4-1 deficit and force overtime in a wild third-period comeback at the end of regulation of Game 2 vs. Princeton (3.7)...
Before Dartmouth
• Played his last two years of juniors for the Jersey Hitmen (USPHL).
• Named an all-star in each of his two seasons with the Hitmen.
• As an alternate captain this past year, he helped his team capture the Founder's Cup, emblematic of winning the NCDC Regular Season Championship.
• Prior to junior hockey, the Pittsburgh native played four years in the Tier 1 Elite League for the Pens Elite AAA program at both the U16 and U18 level.
• His U18 team earned a berth at 2017 USA Hockey Nationals a year after he was selected to participate in the USA Hockey Select-17 Festival.
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