Officials: Tim Benedetto (R), Kevin Shea, Bob Bernard
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Kent Gillings' goal just 29 seconds into overtime gave the Dartmouth Big Green a 4-3 victory against the Merrimack Warriors in men's hockey action Friday night at the Volpe Arena.
Dartmouth is now 3-0 in overtime this season and has outshot its opponents in the extra session, 6-0 this season.
Trevor Byrne and Mike Maturo each finished the game with a goal and two assists to help lead the Big Green to victory.
The Big Green (3-6-0) posted a 2-0 lead in the second period on power play goals by Maturo and Byrne. Jamie Herrington extended the lead to 3-0 when he netted a shorthanded goal at the 9:58 mark of the second.
Merrimack Joey Gray closed the gap to 3-1 with a power play goal late in the stanza.
The Warriors continued to press in the third period as Anthony Aquino and Ron Mongeau each tallied power play goals for a 3-3 score.
Dartmouth goaltender Nick Boucher (34 saves) made a key stop on Gray with less than 30 seconds remaining on the clock to send the game to overtime.
Tom Welby made 24 saves in goal for Merrimack (9-9-1).
Dartmouth will break for 14 days before returning to action in the Ledyard National Bank Auld Lang Syne Classic at Thompson Arena. The Big Green will host the University of New Hampshire on Friday, Decemeber 29 at 7:00 p.m. in first round action.
Statistics
| Scoring by Period | |||||
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
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| Merrimack |
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0 |
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Dartmouth: 2 for 6
Merrimack: 3 for 12
| Goals | ||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assists | Time |
| 1 | none | |||
| 2 | D | Maturo | Summerfelt, T. Byrne | 5:45 (PPG) |
| 2 | D | T. Byrne | Gillings, Maturo | 6:22 (PPG) |
| 2 | D | Herrington | Casella | 9:58 (SHG) |
| 2 | M | Gray | Lauze, Cammarata | 19:34 (5 x 3) |
| 3 | M | Aquino | Rosa, Sate | 6:17 (PPG) |
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Mongeau
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State, Clark
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10;51 (PPG)
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| OT | D | Gillings | Gillings. Maturo | 0:29 (GWG) |
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| Player-Team | Min. | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
| Boucher (D) | 60:29 |
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0 |
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| Welby (W) |
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0 |
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| Penalties | ||||
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| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time |
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Casella | o-holding stick | 3:42 |
| 1 | M | Parillo | o-holding | 11:49 |
| 2 | D | T. Byrne | holding | 0:32 |
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Costa | o-interference | 2:38 |
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Gray | o-interference | 4:56 |
| 2 | M | Moon | hitting after whistle | 5:37 |
| 2 | D | Mahler | o-interference | 7:59 |
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Martin | high sticking | 10:25 |
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Costa | interference | 15:12 |
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Martin | tripping | 16:17 |
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T. Byrne | cross-checking | 18:02 |
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bench | unsportsmanlike conduct | 18:13 |
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Nardella | interference | 6:12 |
| 3 | M | Kiley | elbowing | 6:28 |
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Casella | high sticking | 9:06 |
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Rosa | o-interference | 12:28 |
| 3 | M | State | tripping | 16:29 |
| 3 | D | Gillings | o-interference | 16:56 |
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D
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bench | misconduct | 0:29 |
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