Sports
Before this past weekend, the Dartmouth men's hockey team had very little to be excited about. True, the squad had just beaten Harvard 2-1 in their own building last weekend, but the Big Green were still in last place in the 12-team Eastern College Athletic Conference, and the squad was already in danger of dropping out of playoff contention.
But the Big Green sent a message to the rest of the ECAC that they will not be pushed around anymore, as they won two huge home games -- a 4-3 win over the Yale Bulldogs and a 3-2 victory over the Princeton Tigers.
In the process, the squad (3-6-0 ECAC, 4-11-1 overall) vaulted out of the ECAC cellar, leapfrogging from twelfth place in the conference into a three-way tie for ninth.
The squad has won three games in a row, all within the conference, and the Big Green are on perhaps their biggest roll since 1992-93, the last time the Big Green made the ECAC playoffs.
Coach Roger Demment called the weekend sweep, which earned the Big Green four points in the standings, "a real shot in the arm."
There were many heroes for the team over the weekend, but perhaps none as important as goalie Scott Baker '97, who continues to dazzle the rest of the league with one stellar performance after another.
Offensively, David Whitworth '98 continued his sizzling play with three goals and an assist over the weekend.
