Friday’s game between Dartmouth and Union had just about everything — players slipping, strange goals, a diving penalty on the Dutchmen’s Jeff Hutchins and a 13-minute delay late in overtime when the Big Green’s Trevor Byrne broke a pane of Plexiglas after missing a check. <\/p>\n
What it didn’t have was a winner. But it was a record-setting game for the Dutchmen. <\/p>\n
Pete Summerfelt scored on a 35-foot slapshot from the right wing early in the third period, helping the Big Green to a 3-3 tie with the Dutchmen at Achilles Rink. <\/p>\n
“It was a funny game,” Dartmouth coach Bob Gaudet said. “We played well early, and they took it to us for a bit. We played hard in the third period.” <\/p>\n
The tie was the fifth of the season for Union, and fourth at home. Union’s previous record for ties in a season was four, which was done six times. The old mark of three home ties was set in 1993-94 and equaled the following season. <\/p>\n
“Tonight was a decent tie,” Union coach Kevin Sneddon said. “I don’t like to tie because I don’t like to give away a point in our building. But I thought we played hard. There’s a difference between tying a game and not playing well, and tying a game and playing well. We gave ourselves an opportunity to win.”<\/p>\n
The game’s first goal, a power-play tally by Dartmouth’s Mike Maturo at 4:52 of the first period, was a sign that this was going to be a strange game. Summerfelt’s slapshot from the blue line missed the net. However, it hit the backboards and came right out to Maturo, who put it past goalie Brandon Snee.<\/p>\n
Hutchins tied it at 11:54 when his soft wrist shot found an opening between goalie Darren Gastrock’s pads. The game’s only pretty goal was scored by Maturo 1:16 later when he redirected a Chris Baldwin pass as he skated to the net. <\/p>\n
Charles Simard was trying to find Max Seel coming down the slot at 13:48 of the second period. But his pass hit Summerfelt’s skate and trickled into the net. <\/p>\n
“As I got to the blue line, I looked at my shoulder and saw him coming, so I wasn’t skating to give him time to come,” Simard said. “I waited, and I tried to feed it to him, but it went off the skate.” <\/p>\n
Joel Beal gave Union the lead with a power-play goal at 17:26 of the second. His redirection of a Randy Dagenais shot slowly bounced past Gastrock. <\/p>\n
But Summerfelt’s shot beat Snee, who wasn’t screened, helping Dartmouth (5-4-3, 8-8-3) tie the score. <\/p>\n
“That wasn’t a typical goal that Brandon would let in,” Gaudet said. <\/p>\n
Ken Schott covers college hockey for The Daily Gazette in Schenectady, N.Y. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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