Big Green Progress Report: Boston College

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This has been quite the unexpected year for Dartmouth hockey so far. The Big Green is currently ranked 11th in the country by USCHO and has had one of the best starts in College Hockey. Last weekend saw a highly anticipated match up against the defending national champion Boston College Eagles away at Conte Forum. Dartmouth lost the game 6-3, but the score line did not tell the tale of the game.

Throughout the game the Big Green skated with Boston College. The Eagles are arguably the best team in country so far this season. Sophomore forward Johnny Gaudreau seems to be a lock for the Hobey Baker and proved to the difference against the Big Green with five points. The Eagles top line is a class above the rest in NCAA Hockey and they look destined to repeat as national champions.

Big Green head coach Bob Gaudet shared the same sentiment about Gaidreau in his post-game comments,

“Gaudreau is just a phenomenal player,” stated Gaudet. “he reminds you of Paul Kariya a little bit when he was in college. He is a difference maker there is no question about it.”

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Big Green In the Spotlight

Dartmouth is seeing significant attention in the national media. I will have to admit that it was hard for me not to write about them for College Hockey News last weekend. Some have brought the question if this new found attention to the team is warranted?

The answer to that question will likely not be known till the end of the long and grueling ECAC Hockey season, but the team certainly has a case for itself. This past weekend's victories against RPI and Union really signify that something special is going on with the Big Green.

Check out some of the stories!

My piece from College Hockey News about the Union game

USCHO's TMQ features Dartmouth this week

Hockey On Campus had Dartmouth coach Bob Gaudet on air

Fellow CHN writer Josh Seguin has Dartmouth ranked first in his ECAC Power Rankings

Gaudet was also on USCHO Live! this week

NBC's Joe Yerdon wrote about the Big Green for his Back to Class feature

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Dartmouth Posts Two Wins Over Yale and Brown

Charles Grant's helmet (tumblr)

Big Green Post a 7-4 Victory Against Yale

Friday nights game against Yale was a story of total offensive domination for the Big Green.

The 7-4 result was Dartmouth's first win in 11 contests against the Bulldogs.

Head coach Bob Gaudett spoke with TGL following Friday's game and was very pleased with the flow of the game provided by his team,

“ It was an entertaining game,” exclaimed Gaudet. “it was an up and down battle. I thought we played very well.”

Goaltender Charles Grant earned his second start of the season. It may not have been the best performance, but his 35 saves were enough to get the second win of the season for the freshman despite letting in a tough early goal,

“ He deserved the chance from the whitewash of last game,” said Gaudet. “ those pucks sometimes go in. I thought he made some good saves to bounce back from it.”

Matt Lindblad, Eric Robinson, and Tyler Sikura all had two goals each. Sophomore Brendan McNally also added a goal.

Lindblad excelled on the ice both offensively and defensively. It seemed that the forward was consistently creating chances. This must be a good sign for the junior out of Winnetka IL, as he struggled with injuries towards the end of last season.

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Dartmouth Wins the Ivy Shootout

Forward Tyler Sikura (USCHO)

Hey guys! I was covering Union for College Hockey News this weekend, but I figured I would write up a small recap of the Big Green. I will be at Thompson for at least one game this weekend so expect a bigger recap with quotes after the weekend of games.


Dartmouth Wins the Ivy Shootout

The Dartmouth Big Green opened its season last weekend with the Ivy Shootout at Brown.

This installment of the annual tournament between Brown, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale saw the Big Green come out on top. The games that occur within the tournament count as non-conference results.

On Friday afternoon Dartmouth lined up against Yale in the opening match up The Big Green earned a come from behind tie courtesy of a late power play goal from Eric Robinson.

Cab Morris had a quiet night in goal, as he only faced 20 shots. In fact Dartmouth controlled much of the play by putting constant pressure on Yale goaltender Nick Maricic. Offensively the team had 37 shots on Maricic.

Even though the result will go down as a tie for both teams, the Big Green won the shootout to advance to the championship game against Brown. The result is a big one for Dartmouth head coach Bob Gaudet. His teams have struggled to get results against Yale in recent years despite keeping the scores close.

Saturday night featured the Championship match up between Dartmouth and Brown. This contest was another offensive domination by the Big Green, as they easily won 4-0 over the Bears.

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Welcome to The Green Lantern

Pretty sure this is what a Green Lantern hockey jersey would look like. Maybe Dartmouth should consider changing. (via Alan Herbert)

Hello all!

Welcome to The Green Lantern. We are a brand new blog all about Dartmouth College Men's Hockey.

In the coming days we will start to post some stories, previews, and etc all about the Big Green!

Don't forget to check out the ECAC Hockey Network, as we are now apart of the great things going on at that site.

Practice starts on Friday and we will be there!


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