After disappointing ends to successful regular seasons for both the men's and women's hockey teams, 19 Dartmouth icers were honored for their academic prowess. The women's team had 11 players named to the ECACHL All-Academic team last week while the men's squad saw eight of its members receive the same tribute.
Three players on the women's team, Meredith Batcheller '07, Caroline Ethier '07 and Carrie Thompson '08, were named to the All-Academic team for a second time. Other Big Green honorees included Julia Bronson '09, Carli Clemis '09, Jenna Cunningham '10, Marley McMillan '09, Sarah Newnam '09, Sarah Parsons '10, Sarah Toupal '10 and Katie Weatherston '06.
The men also had three repeat honorees, including three-time recipient Dan Shribman '07. Mike Devine '08 and David Jones '08 each made their second career appearance on the list. Will Boardman '08, Joe Gaudet '10, Dan Goulding '09, Chris Johnson '09 and Harry Taylor '10 were named to the All-Academic team for the first time.
Nearly 300 players from the ECACHL's 12 member schools were selected to the men's and women's lists. Eligibility for selection rested on a player earning a grade point average of at least 3.0 or having had an average GPA of 3.0 or higher over the previous three semesters. This season was the first time freshmen were eligible for the honor.
The women's team, which seemed to be on its way to the Frozen Four and perhaps even a national championship appearance, fell in a stunning overtime defeat to Boston College last month in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA tournament. Dartmouth came into the tournament ranked third, behind Mercyhurst and eventual national champion Wisconsin. However, an overtime loss to BC put an end to the Big Green's otherwise prolific 2006-07 campaign -- one in which Dartmouth captured an ECACHL crown.
Men's hockey, which claimed its first Ivy League championship in two decades, could not push its way into the field of 16 for the NCAA tournament, falling in two consecutive ECACHL tournament games, first to eventual champion Clarkson, and then to St. Lawrence. St. Lawrence and Clarkson both made the NCAA tournament while the Big Green did not.
On March 15, Gillian Apps '06 was one of three Ivy League players given All-American honors by the AHCA. Apps, who notched 30 goals on the season after helping the Canadian Olympic squad win a gold medal in Turin, also garnered ECACHL Player of the Year honors.
Tanner Glass '07 will be competing in the Pontiac Frozen Four Skills Challenge on April 6. Glass is one of six players representing the East team. The competition includes puck control relay, fastest skater, hardest shot, rapid fire shooting, accuracy shooting and penalty shot challenges.