Officials: Joel Dupree (R), Todd Aldous, Larry Legault
| Game shot charts: | period 1 | period 2 | period 3 |
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Pete Summerfelt broke a 3-3 tie with nine minutes to play in regulation as the Dartmouth men's hockey team defeated Merrimack, 4-3, at the Sheraton/Howard Bank Hockey Classic held at the Gutterson Field House in Burlington, Vt.
Summerfelt took a drop pass from Mike Maturo and ripped a shot past Warriors goalie Joe Exter. Kent Gillings also had a helper on the power play marker.
The two teams played even hockey through 40 minutes and were tied 2-2 after the first and 3-3 after the second periods.
Dartmouth's (6-4-1) Frank Nardella opened the scoring just 4:29 in, sending home a rebound from a Jamie Herrington shot past Exter.
Merrimack (6-11-0) evened the score at one when Anthony Aquino roofed a shot past fallen Big Green netminder Darren Gastrock. The Warriors took a 2-1 lead on a Greg Lauze goal at the 9:59 mark of the first.
Maturo knotted the score at 2-2 when he jammed Mike Murray's rebound into the back of the cage at 14:29.
In the second period, Nick Parillo gave Merrimack its second lead of the night, scoring a breakaway goal on Gastrock midway through. Herrington tied the game at 3-3 with a goal off a scramble in front of the Merrimack net.
Gastrock made 30 saves and recorded an assist in his second straight victory against the Warriors while Exter stopped 36 shots.
Trevor Byrne, P.J. Martin, Mike Wheelihan and Kent Gillings all added assists for the Big Green.
Dartmouth returns to the ice today at 4:00 p.m. The Big Green will face Lake Superior State to close its play at the tournament.
Statistics
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Merrimack: 1 for 8
Dartmouth: 2 for 5
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assists | Time |
| 1 | D | Nardella | Herrington, Gastrock | 4:29 |
| 1 | M | Aquino | Rosa, Parillo | 5:16 |
| 1 | M | Lauze | Foy, Cordeiro | 9:59 (PPG) |
| 1 | D | Maturo | Murray, Byrne | 14:29 (PPG) |
| 2 | M | Parillo | Rosa, Aquino | 9:00 |
| 2 | D | Herrington | Martin, Wheelihan | 17:25 |
| 3 | D | Summerfelt | Maturo, Gillings | 11:59 (PPG, GWG) |
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| Player-Team | Min. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| Exter (M) | 59:33 |
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| Gastrock (D) | 60:00 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 30 |
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State | holding the stick | 2:27 |
| 1 | D | Maturo | hooking | 5:43 |
| 1 | D | Martin | roughinig | 9:12 |
| 1 | M | Clark | holding the stick | 13:47 |
| 1 | D | Summerfelt | holding | 16:20 |
| 1 | D | Byrne | cross-checking | 19:54 |
| 2 | M | Sikatchev | holding | 1:30 |
| 2 | D | Costa | elbowing | 5:45 |
| 2 | D | Gastrock (S. Murray) | rouging | 13:24 |
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Foy | unsportsmanlike conduct | 14:58 |
| 2 | D | Nardella | hooking | 19:40 |
| 3 | D | Summerfelt | holding | 5:23 |
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Clark | roughing | 10:20 |
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