Third time not a charm: Green ends record-tying season
For the third straight year, the women's hockey team made it to the Frozen Four championships, but for the third straight year, the Big Green came up short in the semi-final game.
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For the third straight year, the women's hockey team made it to the Frozen Four championships, but for the third straight year, the Big Green came up short in the semi-final game.
With some clutch performances, Dartmouth women's hockey team swept Colgate in the opening round of the ECAC playoffs and moves on to the semifinals of the tournament.
The loss to Harvard a month ago seemed to have broken the impenetrable armor of the Big Green scoring machine, but the lady icers say they have regrouped and are ready for their second season, which begins against Colgate this weekend.
Two goals down, not a problem, but three-goal deficits broke the camel's back. Dartmouth has come from being down two-goals to win several games this season, but the Big Green could not overcome 3-0 leads by Harvard and Brown on the last weekend of the regular season.
Dartmouth made both games over the weekend too close for comfort, but in the end, the Big Green took two wins and reclaimed a share of the conference lead.
Quiet to only unknowing Dartmouth students, the women's hockey team has been making a loud noise in the nation. With an impressive 20-2 overall record and a 13-1 league mark, the Big Green currently ranks third behind only Minnesota and Minnesota Duluth.
Powered by junior Katie Weatherston's fourth hat-trick of the season, the Dartmouth women's hockey team finished its non-conference schedule with a 3-1 victory over No. 6 New Hampshire on Wednesday night in Durham.
The Big Green women's hockey team made things interesting this weekend, coming home from New York with another pair of wins and a still-undefeated record on the season.
With only 12 dressed skaters, the Dartmouth women's hockey team extended its ridiculous winning streak against University of Vermont, beating the Catamounts twice over the weekend for the 27th consecutive victory dating back to 1981.
While the rest of the campus was busy rounding up freshmen for the bonfire, No. 2 Dartmouth women's hockey burned Boston College in a convincing 7-1 victory in Thompson Arena on Friday night to open up its regular season.
The Dartmouth women's hockey team held steady in its final preseason tune-up Tuesday night against Harvard's squad. The two premier teams in the nation showcased their arsenals in a fast-paced scrimmage in front of a handful of Dartmouth-faithful. The regular season begins Friday night for the Big Green, as they take on Boston College
After a pair of crucial victories at home against archrivals Harvard and Brown last weekend, the third-ranked Dartmouth Big Green will travel on the road to finish their regular season schedule in the state of New York.
Merely a fortnight ago, the Big Green saw itself atop the national standings and undefeated in the ECAC. Fourteen days and three losses later, Dartmouth is on the playoff bubble, looking up from fourth place in conference standings, and heading into arguably the toughest weekend of the season.
A meager one vote separates the top two women's hockey teams in the nation. Fortunately, the 142 votes that went to the Dartmouth were enough to keep it atop the polls for a third consecutive week.
Last year, the crowd at Thompson Arena chanted "overrated" as then-number four Dartmouth toppled then-number three Minnesota by a 6-3 score. This year, the stakes will be even higher.
The national poll for women's hockey was released on Monday night, and it looked tighter than the BCS rankings in January. Fortunately for the Big Green, Dartmouth edged out rivals Harvard and Minnesota by a combined 10 votes.
Usually, if the opponent scores six goals in a game, it adds another mark in the loss column, unless you're the Big Green.
The women's hockey team has amassed an impressive 3-1-1 record in five tough games since Nov. 28. But the polls still ill-treat the Big Green, as Dartmouth has fallen to number three in the nation, overtaken by ECAC and Ivy rival Harvard. The rest of the season looks to be no less difficult as nine of Dartmouth's next 13 regular season games will be on the road, including a two-game series at No. 1 Minnesota.
Dartmouth's impressive 9-2 victory over Harvard in the JP Morgan Chase ECAC Championship last spring must have convinced the uber-critical pollsters. Last Monday, ECAC commissioner Phil Buttafuoco made the announcement that the Big Green is the pre-season favorite to capture its second consecutive conference title.
The stage was certainly set for one of the most glorious upsets in the history of ECAC tournament history, and the Big Green, playing its preferred role of the underdog, pulled off the biggest victory of its most successful season.