Freshman Mike Ouellette one-timed a pass from classmate Hugh Jessiman into the back of the net at 2:39 in an unexpected overtime period to give Dartmouth a shocking come-from-behind win against top-ranked Boston College. <\/p>\n
Dartmouth (6-3, 4-2 ECAC) knocked off its second top-10 opponent in the midst of a five-game winning streak. Boston College (9-2-1, 6-1 Hockey East) now has quite a distaste for the Granite State, since the Eagles’ first loss of the season came against then-No. 2 New Hampshire.<\/p>\n
While it was a relatively slow night for Dartmouth’s second line — partly thanks to an emerging third line — the unit had the final say in a tight and physical contest. <\/p>\n
BC goaltender Matti Kaltiainen couldn’t turn his head in time for the game-winning blast as Jessiman sent a pass across the net to Ouelette on the right wing.<\/p>\n
“I don’t feel like we have to wait a couple of years before we can step up our play and contribute,” Ouellette said on behalf of the nine Big Green freshmen. <\/p>\n
“We can do it right now and continue to do it all four years.”<\/p>\n
Earlier, highly-touted Eagle freshman Patrick Eaves had notched a goal that seemed to put the visitors in control. Eaves’ ninth goal of the season came just 19 seconds into a third period that began in a 3-3 tie, the second time the Eagles converted on the remainder of a power play after a 20-minute break.<\/p>\n
The first time the Eagles recharged their power play and hopped back on the ice with a score, Ryan Shannon found the back of the net with a wrister for an early two-goal lead. <\/p>\n
Freshman Max Guimond, however, re-energized the Thompson Arena crowd about five minutes later. Guimond patiently put a backhand past Kaltiainen upon receiving a quick pass across the net from Eric Przepiorka, marking the first of two critical rookie-to-rookie connections for Dartmouth.<\/p>\n
Later in the second, Ned Havern launched a rocket that dinged the crossbar and went in, giving BC a 3-1 lead. Dartmouth, however, rekindled the resiliency that the team had against Yale last Friday night, scoring two unanswered goals within a minute to tie the game at three.<\/p>\n
“The fans really hung in there when we were down 3-1, and we got some big goals and some big plays. This is a huge win for our program; it ranks right up there,” Dartmouth head coach Bob Gaudet said.<\/p>\n
The usual suspects chipped away at the lead for the Big Green. Co-captain Trevor Byrne sent a slapshot through traffic and past Kaltiainen, then Lee Stempniak picked up his 10th goal in just nine games with a darting move to the center. <\/p>\n
“We broke down in parts, because Dartmouth was forcing the play,” Boston College head coach Jerry York said. “They played well; shots on goal are deceiving. You’ve got to create red lights for your offense.”<\/p>\n
BC lit the lamp four times, but it wasn’t enough as Nick Boucher clamped down and made 19 straight saves through the third period and overtime.<\/p>\n
Nathan Szymanski, solid on the forecheck and penalty kill throughout, knocked repeatedly on Kaltiainen’s door, but the Finnish netminder seemed to have his number 11.<\/p>\n
Finally, it was linemate Guimond who answered, notching his second goal of the night and third in two games by sending the puck off of a BC defender, tying the game at four.<\/p>\n
“It’s the best feeling in the world, I mean, we beat the number-one team in the country,” Guimond said. “My linemates played very well tonight and I think that’s why good things happened.”<\/p>\n
Dartmouth successfully killed off a late penalty to Mike Murray after the Eagles put consecutive borderline — but unpenalized — shots on Stempniak and Sampson. Ouellette then won a faceoff to Stempniak, who sent the puck down to the other end, allowing overtime and the Dartmouth victory.<\/p>\n
The Big Green faces Massachusetts Minutemen this Saturday on the road, while the Eagles return home for a two-game set with Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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