Officials: Noeth (R), DiFusco, Smith
Reprinted with permission of The Dartmouth, Inc.
by Jeffrey Beyer
On Saturday night before 1,300 spectators at Thompson, the Big Green played a controlled 60 minutes of hockey and rode the offense of four different scorers and the goaltending of Eric Almon '00 to a big win over the Saints.
The Green fell behind 2:29 into the game on a tally by Saints' forward Mike Gellard but had evened it by six minutes later, and from there they never looked back.
Winger Michael Byrne '01, playing extremely well of late, knotted the game at 1-1 at 8:08 of the first stanza when his sharp shot from the bottom of the left circle beat SLU's Eric Heffler to the short-side.
Bob Cancelli '98 made it 2-1 at 8:39 of the second period, as his rip was partially blocked by Heffler but still dribbled through the goalie's legs and found the back of the net.
Defenseman Shaun Peet '98 used his patented blueline rocket to extend the Green's lead to 3-1 at 17:27 of the second. Peet took a pretty feed from Dave Risk '99 from the left point and fired from the blueline. Though Heffler got a lot of the shot, he was unable to slow the puck as it squirted past him and into the net.
Jon Sturgis '98 closed out the scoring at 1:44 of the third frame on the evening's prettiest goal. Sturgis took a neat feed from Ryan Poulton '00 in the neutral zone and streaked up ice on a breakaway, deking Heffler before tucking the puck through his legs.
Almon, who was sharp all night, stopped 18 of the 19 shots he faced for the Big Green en route to his fifth win of the season, and first since Dec. 28.
| Scoring by Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| St. Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dartmouth | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
St. Lawrence: 0 for 4
Dartmouth: 0 for 5
| Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assists | Time |
| 1 | S | Gellard | Fyfe, Harney | 2:29 |
| 1 | D | Byrne | Peach, Burkart | 8:08 |
| 2 | D | Cancelli | Risk, Retter | 8:39 |
| 2 | D | Peet | Risk, Wilgosh | 17:27 |
| 3 | D | Sturgis | Poulton | 1:44 |
| Saves by Period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player-Team | Min. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| Heffler (S) | 53:53 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 29 |
| Coakley (S) | 6:07 | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| Almon (D) | 60:00 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| Penalties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time |
| 1 | D | Burkart | cross-check | 4:47 |
| 1 | S | LeRoy | hit from behind | 9:23 |
| 1 | S | McCabe | holding | 11:56 |
| 1 | D | Fleming | tripping | 14:47 |
| 2 | S | DesRosiers | roughing | 5:18 |
| 2 | D | Chaytors | holding | 13:04 |
| 2 | D | Sturgis | roughing | 16:07 |
| 2 | S | Clarke | roughing | 16:07 |
| 3 | D | Ness | interference | 4:56 |
| 3 | S | LeRoy | interference | 11:51 |
| 3 | S | LeRoy | cross-check | 17:03 |