Sacred Heart
5-9-2
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Dartmouth
6-4-1
Four-Goal Second Period Vaults Dartmouth Past Pioneers 8-3
12/14/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
HANOVER, N.H. – The Sacred Heart men's hockey team led the Dartmouth Big Green 1-0 after one period at Thompson Arena Sunday afternoon, but Dartmouth scored four goals in the second on its way to an 8-3 win.
Sacred Heart (5-9-2) had a chance to get on the board early, going on the power play 0:54 into the game. The Big Green held the Pioneers to one shot on goal on the man advantage, but Sacred Heart kept pushing in the offensive zone. The Pioneers took the first four shots of the game, with Dartmouth's first shot coming on the power play over five minutes into the game. The Big Green had a couple chances to score with 12:07 remaining when Tim O'Brien was denied by Andrew Bodnarchuk (Saskatoon, Sask.), as was Carl Hesler as well.
Connor Doherty (Holden, Mass.) got Sacred Heart on the scoreboard with 10:36 remaining in the first period. With the Pioneers on their second power play of the game, Doherty crashed the net to knock home the rebound of a Zach Sabatini (Johns Creek, Ga.) shot to make the score 1-0. Zach Luczyk (Charlton, Mass.) also had an assist on the goal, his 10th of the season. Dartmouth poured on the offensive pressure late in the period, helped by two power plays in the last six minutes. The Big Green outshot Sacred Heart 16-7 in the first period, but Bodnarchuk stopped each and every shot in the frame to give the Pioneers a 1-0 lead at intermission.
Dartmouth (6-4-1) tied the game 2:19 into the second period. Charlie Mosey fired a shot across the goal and past the stick of Bodnarchuk to level the game 1-1, getting an assist from O'Brien. Forty-one seconds later, the Big Green took the lead. Jack Barre finished off a 2-on-1 rush for Dartmouth by slapping home a Corey Kalk pass to make the score 2-1. Andy Simpson extended Dartmouth's lead to 3-1 at 6:18, scoring a power play goal with assists from Eric Neiley and Rick Pinkston. The Pioneers had two power plays in the second period but were held scoreless on just two shots.
Barre put the Big Green ahead 4-1 with 2:05 left in the second, but Sacred Heart would get that goal back. With 1:21 remaining in the period, Drew George (Regina, Sask.) scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season by tapping home the rebound of a Ben Lake (Calgary, Alb.) wrister to make the score 4-2 heading into the third period. Dartmouth scored three unanswered goals in the third before Jordan Minello (Sweaburg, Ont.) scored a power play goal with 5:54 to play in the game, making the score 7-3. The Big Green added one more goal with 7:29 to play to put the final score at 8-3.
Dartmouth outshot Sacred Heart 47-16 for the game. The Pioneers scored two power play goals for the first time this season, going 2-for-5 on the man advantage while the Big Green was 1-for-4 for the game.
Sacred Heart returns to the ice on Saturday, Dec. 27 when it takes on #8 UMass Lowell at 3 p.m. at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport for the first game of the Frozen Holiday Classic.
