One of Dartmouth hockey’s Minnesota natives is picking a good time to go from ice cold to red hot.<\/p>\n
Junior J.T. Wyman scored twice last night to propel the Big Green to a 3-2 ECAC Hockey League win over Union at Thompson Arena. The weekend sweep, combined with Cornell’s 2-1 loss to St. Lawrence last night, put Dartmouth (11-9-3 overall, 7-6-3 league) and its Ivy League rival in a tie for fourth in the league with six games left in the regular season.<\/p>\n
Wyman spent much of the early season allaying an injury-forced manpower shortage on defense, but is starting to feel a return to his old offensive form. The Wayzata, Minn., native also scored in the Big Green’s 5-2 win over RPI on Friday night.<\/p>\n
“He’s a big, strong guy who can really skate,” Dartmouth coach Bob Gaudet said. “It’s a little bit of a confidence thing, but he’s feeling it now. . . . J.T. really stepped up and was huge for us. I was hoping it would come, I could see it coming and it was just a step away.”<\/p>\n
For the second straight night, Dartmouth’s opening goal came off Wyman’s stick. Kevin Swallow shook off a defender to feed Wyman in the low slot; Union goalie Justin Mrazek (34 saves) made the initial save, but Wyman gathered the rebound behind Mrazek and jammed it home.<\/p>\n
Torren Delforte leveled the score early in the second for the Dutchmen (13-13-2 overall, 6-10-0 league), but Rob Pritchard put the Big Green ahead to stay with a rebound over Mrazek’s left shoulder at 2:31 of the third. Wyman then stretched the lead to 3-1 at 12:23, enough to overcome a T.J. Fox one-timer less than two minutes later.<\/p>\n
Although the Delforte and Fox goals came on the power play, Union’s man-up unit came up short on its best, most crucial opportunities. Dartmouth killed a two-minute five-on-three near the mid-point of the final stanza and survived another two-man disadvantage \u2013 Jon Grecu in the box, Mrazek off the ice for the extra attacker \u2013 for much of the game’s final two minutes.<\/p>\n
“I just think we didn’t convert on our chances,” Union coach Nate Leaman said. “I thought we had better chances in the second period, and I thought we had the same chances as them in the third period. We just didn’t convert on our chances, and they did.”<\/p>\n
The loss dropped the Dutchmen into a tie with archrival Rensselaer for last place in the league. Union could be Dartmouth’s best friend next weekend with wins over Cornell and Colgate at Achilles Rink.<\/p>\n
Mike Devine made 22 saves for Dartmouth. The Big Green visits Quinnipiac and Princeton in its next ECACHL contests.<\/p>\n
Greg Fennell covers Dartmouth hockey for the Valley News of West Lebanon, N.H.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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