Officials: Alex Dell (R), Jeff Fulton, Peter Feola
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Mike Maturo scored the gamewinning goal with 2:44 remaining, giving the Dartmouth men's hockey team a 3-2 victory against Cornell in ECAC action on Monday night. The win improves the Big Green to 5-8-4 overall (4-3-3 in the ECAC).
The goal came off a face-off deep in the Cornell zone as Jamie Herrington won the draw to Maturo, who in turn wristed a shot past Big Red goalkeeper Matt Underhill.
Cornell's David Adler closed the gap to 3-2 when he fired the puck into an open Dartmouth goal. Mike Rutter and Ryan Moynihan assisted on the goal.
Big Green keeper Nick Boucher (30 saves) left his goal after he thought Chris Baldwin scored on an open net. Baldwin, however, hit the goal post and Adler fired a puck in from the center ice zone.
Ryan Burkart gave Dartmouth a 2-1 lead at the 8:08 mark of the third period when he sent what looked to be a harmless shot on goal from the blueline. The puck, however, seemed to have eyes as it eluded a crowd in front of the goal and sneaked between the pads of Underhill (18 saves).
The goal was the first of the season for Burkart and was scored in his 102nd game played at Dartmouth College. Ryan Sinclair and Michael Byrne assisted on the goal.
In a sluggish first period, the Big Green escaped tied at 1-1 after Pete Summerfelt tallied his second goal of the season. Herrington picked up a loose puck behind the Cornell goal and sent a pass to Summerfelt, who was streaking in from the blueline. He fired a snap shot into the back of the net at the 17:24 mark.
The Big Red (7-7-1, 4-4-0 ECAC) dominated the first 10 minutes of the period, however, couldn't solve Boucher more than once. Moynihan scored the game's first goal, beating Boucher with a wrist shot at the 9:56 mark. Rutter and Larry Pierce picked up assists on the goal.
Boucher, meanwhile, was called on to make nine stops in the period, including two sprawling saves on David Kozier and Doug Stienstra on the power play.
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Dartmouth: 0 for 4
Cornell: 0 for 6
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| 1 | C | Moynihan | Rutter, Pierce | 9:56 |
| 1 | D | Summerfelt | Herrington | 17:24 |
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| 3 | D | Burkart | Sinclair | 8:08 |
| 3 | D | Maturo | Herrington | 17:16 (GWG) |
| 3 | C | Adler | Rutter, Moynihan | 17:40 |
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| Player-Team | Min. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
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Summerfelt | interference | 2:44 |
| 1 | C | McNiven | hooking | 6:33 |
| 1 | D | Summerfelt | interference | 10:42 |
| 1 | D | Nardella | slashing | 18:16 |
| 1 | D | Burkart | roughing | 19:52 |
| 1 | D | Mahler | roughing | 19:52 |
| 1 | C | Baby | roughing | 19:52 |
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Wieckowski | roughing | 19:52 |
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Murray | interference | 5:10 |
| 2 | D | Poulton | holding | 12:00 |
| 2 | C | Sacchetti | high-sticking | 15:01 |
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Summerfelt | holding | 15:38 |
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Wieckowski | charging | 3:27 |
| 3 | D | Poulton | holding stick | 5:35 |
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