Box Score
SCHENECTADY, NY – The Dutchmen ice hockey team rallied in the second, but Dartmouth stood strong and skated out of Messa Rink on Friday with a 5-2 ECAC Hockey victory. Sophomore left-winger
Adam Presizniuk and senior defenseman
Lane Caffaro each scored for Union, which goes to 3-2-1 and 0-1-0 in the conference. Dartmouth improves to 1-2-0 and 1-1-0 in ECACH.
Trailing 3-0 in the second, Presizniuk registered his third goal of the season and 10th of his career when he jammed home a rebound at 8:54. Caffaro started the play with a cross-ice pass deep in the offensive end to sophomore right-winger
Stéphane Boileau down low. After his shot was saved, Presizniuk cleaned up in front.
Caffaro scored less than four minutes later at 12:20 on a Dartmouth turnover. The senior co-captain ripped a shot from the point and beat Dartmouth goaltender Jody O'Neil high. The goal was Caffaro's first of the season and 16th of his career. He now has 61 career points, which ties him for third all-time among Union defenseman.
With the score 3-2 in the third, Big Green sophomore defender Joe Stejskal put his team up by two, right out of the penalty box 8:51 into the period. After gaining the redline and the puck, he fired a shot just inside the right face-off circle. The goal was his second of the season.
Sophomore center Scott Fleming wasted no time for the Big Green connecting on his second goal of the season only 54 second after the puck dropped. He was setup in the right face-off circle by junior right winger Joe Gaudet.
Fleming had his team's third goal, which was on the power play. He gained possession just over the red line and raced in all alone. The lefty sent a snap shot over the right shoulder of sophomore goaltender
Corey Milan with 1:11 remaining in the first.
Sophomore left-winger Andrew Owsiak had Dartmouth's second goal 13 minutes in on a pass from sophomore right-winger Adam Estoclet.
Junior left-winger Rob Pritchard concluded things with an empty net goal with less than two minutes remaining
In a game flooded with penalties – especially in the first two periods – the Dutchmen went 0-for-11 with the man advantage, while the Big Green connected on 1-of-9 tries.
Union held the advantage in shots 49-27. The game marked the third time this season, including the exhibition against the United States Under-18 team, that the Dutchmen posted 40 shots or more.
Milan Turned aside 32 shots, including eight in the first, 12 in the second and 12 in the third. In the second period, he made three straight saves with six minutes remaining, including a diving glove saves on a wrap-around try by Fleming.
Jody O'Neill finished with 47 saves. He is now 1-1-0 this season.
Union welcomes Harvard to Messa Rink on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The contest will be televised on Time Warner Sports (channel 3)
