Officials: Frank Cole (R), Jack Dunn, John Dinapoli
HANOVER, N.H. -- Kris Porter scored two goals, including the game-tying with just 1:54 remaining, as Merrimack College and Dartmouth College tied, 3-3, in hockey action Saturday afternoon. The Big Green tied for the third straight game and saw it record move to 2-3-3. After a scoreless first period, Dartmouth drew first blood with 6:02 remaining in the second when David Whitworth re-directed a feed from Bob Cancelli. Jon Sturgis was also credited with an assist. Merrimack broke onto the board just 4:03 into the third period, when Casey Kesselring lit the lamp. It was the first goal Dartmouth had allowed in more than 150 minutes dating back to a 2-2 tie with Vermont on November 22. Ryan Chaytors put the Big Green back on top with a rifle from the right side that went over Merrimack goalie Chris Classen's right shoulder. However, Porter answered with his first in similar fashion. Dartmouth took the lead for the third time with just 4:11 left in regulation when Jeremiah Buckley benefited from Curtis Wilgosh's hustle. Wilgosh dove and just beat Classen to a loose puck, sliding it to Buckley who was wide open in front of the empty goal. But Porter once again knotted it, this time for good when he roofed rebound over Dartmouth goalie Eric Almon. Classen finished with 38 saves for Merrimack, while Almon had 23 in the Big Green goal.
| Scoring by Period | |||||
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
| Merrimack |
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| Dartmouth |
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Merrimack: 2 for 4
Dartmouth: 0 for 2
| Goals | ||||
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assists | Time |
| 1 | none | |||
| 2 | D | Whitworth (2) | Sturgis, Cancelli | 13:58 |
| 3 | M | Kelring (8) | Stringer, Porter | 4:03 (PPG) |
| 3 | D | Chaytors (2) | Lehouillier | 11:10 |
| 3 | M | Porter (18) | Stringer, Laroche | 13:13 (PPG) |
| 3 | D | Buckley (2) | Wilgosh, Retter | 15:49 |
| 3 | M | Porter (19) | Kesselring, Stringer | 18:06 |
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| Saves by Period | ||||||
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| Player-Team | Min. | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
| Classen (M) |
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| Almon (D) | 65:00 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| Penalties | ||||
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| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time |
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Stringer | high-stick | 15:14 |
| 2 | D | Peach | trip | 4:02 |
| 2 | M | Hale | roughing | 19:14 |
| 2 | D | Lehouillier | roughing | 19:14 |
| 2 | M | Hale | unsportsmanlike | 19:14 |
| 2 | D | Lehouillier | unsportsmanlike | 19:14 |
| 3 | D | Cancelli | cross-check | 2:27 |
| 3 | D | Risk | elbow | 4:23 |
| 3 | D | Giedt | cross-check | 12:08 |
| 3 | M | Philbin | elbow | 13:37 |
| OT | D | Cancelli | hit after whistle | 4:59 |
| OT | M | Slouille | hit after whistle | 4:59 |
| OT | D | Whitworth | slash | 5:00 |