SATURDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: No. 19 Dartmouth remains perfect with win at Clarkson

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Dartmouth earned its first North Country sweep since 2017-18 and improved to 6-0-0, its best start since 1957-58 (Photo: Dartmouth Athletics)

 

Dartmouth picked up a key ECAC road win Saturday, downing Clarkson 3–1 at Cheel Arena. The Big Green handed the Golden Knights a home loss to cap their North Country swing and remain perfect at 6-0-0.

After a tight, scoreless first period, the teams traded goals in the second to head to the intermission tied 1–1. Dartmouth then took control over the final 20 minutes, breaking the deadlock early in the third on Notahn Morin’s goal and adding an insurance marker later in the frame from Hayden Starve. Clarkson pushed late but couldn’t solve the Big Green again.

The win completed a two-game weekend sweep in the North Country after a 6-1 win Friday at St. Lawrence. It’s the first time since the 2017-18 season that Dartmouth hs swept that trip. The 6-0-0 start for Dartmouth is its best since the 1957-58 season, when it also began 6-0-0

No. 10 Quinnipiac 6, No. 13 Boston University 2

Quinnipiac used a fast start and a heavy shot advantage to roll past Boston University 6–2 in non-conference play Saturday at M&T Bank Arena. The Bobcats scored three times in the opening period and never trailed, improving to 7-3-2 on the season, while the Terriers fell to 5-6-1.

Quinnipiac jumped out 3–0 in the first on goals from Mason Marcellus at four-on-four, Victor Czerneckianair, and Nate Tivey. BU briefly climbed back into it in the second when Jack Harvey scored shorthanded at 10:37, but the Bobcats answered with back-to-back power-play goals from Antonin Verreault and Ethan Wyttenbach to make it 5–1. Nick Roukounakis cut the deficit to 5–2 later in the frame, before Markus Vidicek’s third-period tally restored a four-goal cushion and closed out the scoring.

Quinnipiac outshot BU 49–33 and went 2-for-5 on the power play, while the Terriers finished 0-for-6 with the man advantage. Matej Marinov made 31 saves for the Bobcats, and Mikhail Yegorov stopped 43 shots in the loss for BU. The Bobcats also controlled the faceoff dot, winning 36 of 57 draws to cap a convincing home win.

No. 5 Penn State 4, No. 2 Michigan 2

Penn State built a three-goal lead and held off a late Michigan push for a 4–2 Big Ten win Saturday night at Pegula Ice Arena. The Nittany Lions improved to 10-4-0, while the Wolverines slipped to 11-3-0.

After a scoreless first period, Penn State broke through at 9:00 of the second when Luke Misa finished a setup from Shea Van Olm and Ben Schoen. Nick Fascia doubled the lead with 1:06 left in the frame, converting a feed from Charlie Cerrato and Matt DiMarsico to send the Nittany Lions to the intermission up 2–0. Reese Laubach pushed the advantage to 3–0 at 8:27 of the third before Michigan answered with goals from Will Horcoff and Jayden Perron to pull within one. Nicholas Chin-DeGraves sealed it with an empty-netter at 19:54.

Michigan outshot Penn State 34–31, but Joshua Fleming turned aside 32 shots to earn the win, while Jack Ivankovic stopped 27 of 30 for the Wolverines. Neither power play connected, with Michigan going 0-for-4 and Penn State 0-for-3, and the Nittany Lions held a slight 31–27 edge in the faceoff circle to close out the home victory.

No. 9 Western Michigan 6, Miami 2

Western Michigan rode a dominant shot advantage and four unanswered goals through two periods to a 6–2 NCHC win over Miami on Saturday at Lawson Ice Arena. The Broncos improved to 7-5-0, while the RedHawks fell to 7-3-0.

Western Michigan struck twice in each of the first two periods to build a 4–0 cushion. Iiro Hakkarainen and Ty Henricks made it 2–0 after one, before William Whitelaw and Henricks again pushed the lead to four early and late in the second. Miami briefly climbed back into the game in the third on goals from Vladislav Lukashevich and Michael Quinn at 6:45 and 10:15, respectively, but Garrett Szydlowski answered 13 seconds later and Liam Valente added another at 13:14 to close out the 6–2 final.

The Broncos outshot Miami 51–16 and controlled possession throughout, with Hampton Slukynsky making 14 saves in the win and Matteo Drobac stopping 45 shots for the RedHawks. Neither power play converted, as Miami went 0-for-5 and Western 0-for-6 with the man advantage, while the Broncos also held a 36–30 edge on draws.

Arizona State 4, No. 6 North Dakota 2

Arizona State rode opportunistic offense and a standout goaltending performance to a 4–2 win over North Dakota on Saturday at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Sun Devils improved to 4-7-1, while the Fighting Hawks fell to 8-4-0.

Ben Strinden opened the scoring for UND just 2:37 into the first, but ASU answered quickly on the power play when Cullen Potter buried a feed from Cruz Lucius and Bennett Schimek at 5:08. Logan Morrell gave the Sun Devils their first lead late in the second, and Sean McGurn stretched it to 3–1 with 6 seconds left in the period. Strinden’s second of the night cut the deficit to 3–2 early in the third, but Schimek sealed it with a shorthanded empty-netter at 18:30.

North Dakota carried play territorially, outshooting ASU 41–15 and winning 34 of 59 faceoffs, but Connor Hasley turned aside 39 shots to backstop the upset. The Sun Devils finished 1-for-2 on the power play and held UND’s man advantage to 0-for-3, leaning on special teams and goaltending to leave Grand Forks with the road victory.