Officials: B. Doiron (R), B. Jones, M. Smith
HANOVER, N.H. -- The Dartmouth College men's hockey team got off to a quick start and never looked back Sunday night, defeating Air Force, 8-1, in the first game of the Ledyard National Bank Auld Lang Syne Classic at Thompson Arena.
Dartmouth will play Vermont in Monday's championship game. The Catamounts defeated Minnesota State-Mankato in Sunday's second game, 3-0.
The host Big Green (5-5-0) scored on each of its first three shots on goal, chasing Air Force goalie Sean Broderick just 9:42 into the contest.
After Curtis Wilgosh, Mike Maturo and Chris Baldwin gave Dartmouth a 3-0 lead after one period of play, Baldwin and Ryan Chaytors connected in the second period to stake the Big Green's lead to 5-0.
The third period was highlighted when Shane Ness, a fifth-year senior, scored his first collegiate goal with just 5:14 to play. The slap shot from the left point fluttered through traffic before squirting between Air Force goalie Marc Kielkucki's legs. Maturo and Dory Tisdale also had third-period tallies for the Big Green.
Brian Gornick provided the only goal for Air Force (7-9-1), which forced Dartmouth goalie Eric Almon to make 21 saves. Kielkucki had 32 stops for the Falcons.
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Air Force: 1 for 7
Dartmouth: 4 for 10
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| 1 | D | Wilgosh | Herrington | 6:30 |
| 1 | D | Maturo | Tisdale, Burkart | 7:37 (GWG) |
| 1 | D | Baldwin | Risk, Burkart | 9:42 (PPG) |
| 2 | D | Baldwin | Nardella, Tisdale | 8:01 (PPG) |
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Chaytors | Herrington | 17:27 (SHG) |
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Tisdale | Baldwin, Byrne | 3:41 (PPG) |
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Maturo | Chaytors, Taliercio | 5:24 |
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Gornick | Grafstrom | 12:53 (PPG) |
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Ness | Maturo, Baldwin | 14:46 |
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| Player-Team | Min. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
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| Kielkucki (AF | 50:18 |
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Zerkel | cross-checking | 1:46 |
| 1 | D | Peach | cross-checking | 5:49 |
| 1 | AF | Smith | hooking | 6:05 |
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bench | too many men | 8:32 |
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Hafer | boarding | 10:08 |
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Zerkel | interference | 12:38 |
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Maturo | holding | 13:53 |
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Taliercio | roughing | 17:45 |
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McGuire | holding | 17:45 |
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Mahler | slashing | 4:04 |
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Lawrence | slashing | 4:04 |
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Gornick | holding | 6:21 |
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Davies | cross-checking | 7:21 |
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Kieffer | slashing | 11:28 |
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Mahler | interference | 16:08 |
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Lalonde | holding | 0:13 |
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O'Reilly | charging | 2:46 |
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O'Reilly | roughing | 2:46 |
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Connelly | roughing | 2:46 |
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Connelly | 10 min misconduct | 2:46 |
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Peach | roughing | 2:46 |
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Peach | 10 min misconduct | 2:46 |
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Hunter | roughing | 2:46 |
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Byrne | high-sticking | 6:09 |
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Mahler | holding | 12:13 |
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Thompson | hitting from behind | 14:19 |
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Lawrence | elbowing | 16:53 |
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