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Dartmouth Tops Men's Hockey 3-2
November 23, 2002 | Men's Ice Hockey
Nov. 23, 2002
Kent Gillings' third period goal was the difference, as Dartmouth topped Princeton 3-2 Saturday night at Thompson Arena. Gillings' goal at 3:12 of the third period broke a 2-2 tie and dropped the Tigers to 1-7-0 this season.
Dartmouth scored to take an early lead just 3:07 into the game when Mike Murray one-timed a pass from Eric Przepiorka under Princeton goaltender Trevor Clay. Kent Gillings also assisted on the goal. The Big Green extended their lead to 2-0 at 14:01 of the period. Pete Summerfelt sprung Max Guimond with a breakaway pass and Guimond slid a shot under Clay. Sean Offers also received an assist.
Princeton cut the margin to one with 23 seconds remaining in the period when Scott Prime registered his first goal of the season. Trevor Beaney carried the puck into the Dartmouth zone along the boards and fed Prime who was driving to the net. Prime redirected the shot at the top of the circle, and beat Dartmouth goaltender Darren Gastrock through the legs. Steve Slaton picked up an assist on the goal. The Tigers scored the second period's only goal to draw the score even at 2-2. Following a strong penalty kill, the momentum swung Princeton's way, with a goal coming at 12:32. Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer and Tommy Colclough battled for the puck behind the net with the Dartmouth defenders. Colclough came up with the puck and fed Dustin Sproat in front who beat Gastrock with a shot high on the stick side for his second goal of the season.
The Big Green began the third period strong and went ahead 3-2 at 3:19 when Gillings fired a shot past Clay. Gillings caught a pass from Przepiorka in mid-air, put it on the ice and scored his second goal of the year.
Clay made 23 saves while Gastrock stopped 23 shots.
Princeton (1-6-0, 1-4-0 ECAC) plays its third game in five nights at home on Tuesday against Yale and completes the home-and-home next Saturday night in New Haven.
Princeton (1-7-0) 1 1 0 - 2
Dartmouth (5-3-0) 2 0 1 - 3
Scoring:
First Period:
DC - Murray (Przepiorka, Gillings), 3:07.
DC - Guimond (Summerfelt, Offers), 14:01.
PRI - Prime (Beaney, Slaton), 19:37.
Second Period:
PRI - Sproat (Colclough, Fouladgar-Mercer), 12:32.
Third Period:
DC - Gillings (Przepiorka, Murray), 3:19.
Saves:
PRI - Clay (58:59, L), 4-11-8-23
DC - Gastrock (60:00, W), 4-10-9-23