All the Pieces Are in Place For a Title Run
When Bob Gaudet '81 brought in the '02s as his first recruiting class, he had a vision. The stated goal each year was to win the ECAC championship, but the head coach and former Big Green goalie knew that taking a program from the ECAC ashes and ushering it to the top of the pile would take time. The '02s and successive strong recruiting classes have formed the basis of the rebirth of the Dartmouth men's hockey program, which last season won a playoff game for the first time since 1992-93 and advanced all the way to the ECAC semifinals in historic 1980 Rink in Lake Placid. Now, the '02s are seniors and the goals are unambiguous " win the ECAC regular-season and tournament titles and punch a ticket to St.
