Officials: John Murphy (R), Joe Kelly, Jeff Fulton
Reprinted with permission of The Dartmouth, Inc.
by Jeffrey Beyer
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Green went into fabled Lynah Rink, the home arena of the Cornell Big Red, with plenty of reasons to be intimidated. They were playing in one of the toughest rinks in the nation, in front of some of the most rabid fans, against one of the most fearsome goalies in college hockey, Jason Elliott.
But by midway through the second period, the fans had been silenced, Elliott looked average, and the Green were well on their way to a 5-2 victory on Saturday night.
The most critical juncture of the game came in the last six minutes of the second period. The Green had dominated the Big Red through most of the game, but Dartmouth had seen their comfortable 2-0 lead evaporate quickly, thanks to a powerplay score from Jeff Oates and a shorthanded marker by Jeff Burgoyne just 2:48 apart.
It looked as if the Green were reeling, but they settled down and played through the storm, and by the time the period was over they were back on top 4-2.
Bob Cancelli '98 broke the 2-2 tie at 14:20 of the second, cashing in the rebound of a Charlie Retter '98 shot in front. And Jeremiah Buckley '98 extended the Green's lead to 4-2, taking a gorgeous pass from Dave Whitworth '98 in the slot and finding daylight past Elliott on the shortside at 19:30 of the second stanza.
Jon Sturgis '98 put the exclamation point on the win with his team-leading 12th goal of the season at 5:50 of the third. Cornell Head Coach Mike Schafer pulled Elliott with four minutes to go in the third hoping to generate some offense, but Jason Wong '00 remained unfazed in net for the Big Green.
In all, Wong stopped 19 of the 21 shots he faced, while Elliott saved 34 of the 39 shots he was peppered with.
Wilgosh and Ryan Poulton '00 had the other goals for the Big Green. It was Poulton's first goal of the season, and the third in the career of the sophomore blueliner.
| Scoring by Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| Dartmouth | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Cornell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Dartmouth: 1 for 5
Cornell: 1 for 3
| Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assists | Time |
| 1 | D | Wilgosh | Whitworth, Sturgis | 10:41 (PPG) |
| 2 | D | Poulton | Wilgosh, Giedt | 3:35 |
| 2 | C | Oates | Burgoyne, McNiven | 5:24 (PPG) |
| 2 | C | Burgoyne | unassisted | 8:12 (SHG) |
| 2 | D | Cancelli | Retter, Tisdale | 14:20 |
| 2 | D | Buckley | Whitworth | 19:30 |
| 3 | D | Sturgis | Wilgosh | 5:50 |
| Saves by Period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player-Team | Min. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| Wong (D) | 60:00 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| Elliott (C) | 56:38 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 34 |
| Penalties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time |
| 1 | C | McNiven | high-sticking | 9:36 |
| 1 | D | Retter | interference | 16:21 |
| 2 | D | Ruzzo | interference | 5:13 |
| 2 | C | Telesmanic | roughing | 6:34 |
| 2 | D | Fleming | hit after whistle | 11:02 |
| 2 | C | Powell | hit after whistle | 11:02 |
| 2 | C | Powell | holding | 16:08 |
| 3 | D | Ness | interference | 7:12 |
| 3 | C | Moynihan | cross-checking | 12:57 |
| 3 | C | Powell | roughing | 14:09 |
| 3 | D | Sturgis | hit after whistle | 15:53 |
| 3 | C | Tymchyshyn | hit after whistle | 15:53 |