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Union Postgame Video

SCHENECTADY, NY – Sophomore forward Daniel Carr scored two of Union's four power play goals, and freshman forward Trevor Mingoia added a pair of scores to lead the No. 14 men's ice hockey (10-5-6, 4-2-3 ECAC Hockey) to a 7-1 win over Dartmouth (7-6-2, 4-4-1 ECAC Hockey) in front of 2,404 fans at Messa Rink.

Sophomore forward Josh Jooris matched a season high with three assists, and both Carr and Mingoia added assists to give Union three players with three-point nights.

With the win, the Dutchmen snapped a three game winless streak (0-2-1) at Messa Rink, and earned their first home victory over the Big Green since Jan. 5, 2007.

Sophomore goaltender Troy Grosenick made 29 saves, losing a shutout bid at 15:59 of the third period when Dartmouth's Jesse Beamish scored shorthanded. Union outshot Dartmouth 41-30 for the night and chased starting goaltender Cab Morris from the net in the second period after the Dutchmen scored their fifth goal of the night.

Sophomore forward Jeremy Welsh gave Union an early lead at even strength, firing a wrist shot over the blocker of Morris at 7:14 of the first period for his team-leading 14^th goal of the season.

The Dutchmen then went to work on their power play, which scored on three consecutive opportunities late in the first and early in the second period.

Freshman defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere got Union rolling when his shot from the point deflected off Dartmouth's Andy Simpson and into the net at 15:23.

With Union on another power play just over a minute later, Carr scored from just outside the goal crease at 17:07 to put the Dutchmen up 3-0 after one period of play.

Early in the second period, Mingoia scored his first of the night at the end of a power play opportunity that carried over from the first period, finishing from a wide angle at :47. Just over a minute later at even-strength, Union increased its lead to 5-0 on Mingoia's second of the night at 1:58 as Dartmouth pulled Morris in favor of Jody O'Neill.

Union scored its fourth power play goal of the night at 5:54 of the third period, as Carr notched his 11^th goal of the year and team-leading eighth on the man advantage. Minutes later, freshman forward Sam Coatta created a turnover behind the Dartmouth net and fed sophomore forward Cole Ikkala, who scored from just outside the crease at 9:24 of the third period.

The Dutchmen finished the night 4-of-6 with the man advantage while holding Dartmouth scoreless in three power play attempts. The Dutchmen improved to 7-0-3 on the season when scoring two or more power play goals in a game.

Union will hit the road next week to take on Harvard on Friday night at Fenway Park at 7:00 p.m. as part of Sun Life Frozen Fenway 2012.

NOTES: Daniel Carr extended his point streak to 6 games with a 3 point night (2g-1a). Two of the goals were power play goals giving Carr eight power play goals on the season. The power play goals also gives Carr 20 power play goals for his career tying him with Oliver Bouchard for second all-time in Union history.

· Overall Union went 4-for-6 on the power play, to up their season percentage to 26.9% (28-for-104) good for fourth in the nation. Tonight marked the 14^th time in 21 games this season that Union has scored a power play goal.

· On the flip side, Union's penalty kill was a perfect 3-3 a night after going 0-for-2 against Harvard. The performance now puts Union's
penalty kill at 83.7% (72-86).

· Welsh's goal gives him 40 career goals to tie him with John Sicinski for 8^th all-time in Union history.

· Trevor Mingoia's three-point night was his first three-point game, first two-goal game, and second multi-point game of his career.