Freshman standout goaltender Nick Boucher turned aside 30 shots and Mike Maturo '02 scored the game-winning goal for the Dartmouth men's hockey team as the Big Green edged Cornell, 3-2, in Ithaca, NY.
In its first weekend without its traveling partner University of Vermont, who terminated the rest of the season with a hazing scandal, Dartmouth came back with a win after losing to Colgate on Saturday.
With Monday's 3-2 victory, the Big Green improved its season record to 5-8-4 (4-3-3 ECAC), while the Big Red dropped to 7-8-1 (4-5).
After Cornell took a 1-0 lead in the first period, Pete Summerfelt '03 tied the game for Dartmouth on a pass from Jaime Herrington '02.
Senior defenseman Ryan Burkart netted the tie-breaking goal at 8:08 in the third frame as his shot deflected off a Cornell player into the net.
Nine minutes later, Maturo capped the Green's scoring on Herrington's second assist of the evening.
Boucher entered the game ranked fourth among the ECAC netminders with a 2.11 goals-against-average (GAA), while posting a sensational .934 save percentage.
He was ranked 14th in the NCAA Division I in the GAA category.
Cornell goaltender Matt Underhill had 18 saves in the contest.
