Officials: Campatelli (R), St. Louis, Legault
CANTON, N.Y. -- The Dartmouth College men's hockey team can't put much more effort into a hockey game.
On Saturday night the Big Green lost its third straight one goal game and second in overtime as St. Lawrence scored with just three seconds remaining in the extra session for a 4-3 win. It marked the eighth game this season that was decided by a goal or less.
The Big Green drops to 7-13-1 (3-10-1 ECAC) while the Saints improve to 15-9-2 (10-2-2 ECAC).
With time ticking away on the clock, Erik Anderson collected the puck off a scamble in front of the Dartmouth goal and with goaltender Eric Almon down, wristed a shot into the open net. Brandon Dietrich was credited with his second assist of the game on the winner.
With less than five minutes to play in regulation, Curtis Wilgosh knocked a St. Lawrence defenseman off the puck and sent the puck to the blueline to Scott Peach. Dartmouth's Craig Lund then found the puck on his stick 20 feet out from the goal and the freshman wristed a bullet that beat Saints goaltender Eric Heffler (25 saves) high to his stick side tying the score, 3-3.
The Saints took a 3-2 lead off a scramble in front of the Dartmouth goal. Almon (30 saves) turned aside the first shot, however, the rebound skipped out to Jason Windle who deposited the puck into the back of the net over a sprawled goalie. Ryan Ward and Matt Oikawa were credited with assists.
The two teams played the first 40 minutes to a 2-2 tie. The Big Green controlled the first period, scoring both goals while the Saints used the second period, scoring twice.
Dartmouth opened the game's scoring at the 28 second mark when Dory Tisdale snapped the first shot of the game from the top of the circle past Heffler. Tisdale, who had a goal in each of the two games this weekend, received a pass from Chris Baldwin out of the corner. Ryan Chaytors also assisted on the goal.
The Big Green took the 2-0 lead just 1:09 seconds later when Peach wristed a shot into the back of the net on the first power play chance of the game. He handled a Chris Taliercio pass from deep in the St. Lawrence zone and danced around one defender before touching the twine with his fourth tally of the season. Frank Nardella also picked up a helper on the goal.
In the second period, the Saints battled back as a nice individual effort by Vic Natali put the hosts on the board. Natali eluded two Dartmouth defenders and the poke check of Almon to send a backhand into the upper right side of the net. Dale Clarke and John Poapst assisted on the goal.
The Saints knotted the game at 2-2 when Al Fyfe one-timed a Mike Gellard feed from behind the net past Almon in goal.
The Big Green returns to Thompson Arena next weekend for a Friday night matchup with Colgate and a Saturday night tilt with Cornell. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. for Colgate and at 5:00 for Cornell.
Story in Sportsweekly by David Sherzer
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Dartmouth: 1 for 3
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| 1 | D | Tisdale | Chaytors, Baldwin | 0:28 |
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Natali | Clarke, Poapst | 8:14 (PPG) |
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Fyfe | Dietrich, Gellard | 9:34 |
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Windle | Ward, Oikawa | 7:29 |
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Lund | Peach, Wilgosh | 15:47 |
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Anderson | Dietrich, DiLauro | 4:57 (GWG) |
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Clarke | slashing | 1:24 |
| 1 | D | Mahler | interference | 5:23 |
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Mergherio | charging | 3:54 |
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Giedt | hooking | 6:28 |
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Taliercio | holding | 11:14 |
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Marchetti | charging | 14:36 |
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Poapst | roughing | 13:43 |
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Casella
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roughing | 13:43 |
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Prier | roughing | 3:00 |
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Prier | misconduct (10 min) | 3:00 |
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Burkart | holding | 3:00 |
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Harney | slashing | 3:16 |
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Maturo | slashing | 3:16 |
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