coach`s corner - Dartmouth College

COACH’S CORNER
REETINGS FROM HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
– the town that I am proud to say was recently
rated as the second-best hockey town in America
by SmartAsset.com! (For those keeping score, the
No. 1 town was Grand Forks, home of the University
of North Dakota). The article went on to say that
25% of Hanover’s population regularly attends our
hockey games. Not a bad national endorsement
for our town and hockey program “…a great place
to live – and a great place to be a hockey fan.”
Hanover has and will always be a great hockey town!
I want to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your
interest and support of Big Green hockey. Our team had a
strong season and played excellent hockey from start to finish.
Beating the No. 1 team in the country and eventual NCAA
runner-up Boston University, 2-0, in front of a raucous crowd in
November was among our highlights as was a season sweep
of 2014 NCAA Champion Union and perennial power Cornell.
Other notable victories included beating a strong Yale team in
New Haven and ECAC regular season champion Quinnipiac
in Hanover in the second half of the season on the way to an
11-2 record through the ECAC Quarterfinals. We finished the
year at 12-8-2 tied for fourth place in the 12-team ECAC (Our
11th top-five finish in the past 15 years) and 17-12-4 overall…
good for 21st in the DI Pairwise rankings.
In addition, we finished second in the Ivy League with a
7-2-1 record – our best record since 1979-80 and the fourth
second-place finish in the past five years. We are definitely
knocking on the door within our respective leagues regionally
and nationally.
After defeating Princeton at home in the postseason’s first
round, we traveled to face Colgate in the quarters. Despite
being beaten by an excellent Colgate team that was picked
to finish first in preseason polls, our team battled fiercely in
both close losses. I told our team after the series how proud
I was of their effort and execution…we “left it on the ice” and
that is all I can ask for as their coach. The playoffs fall at
a particularly busy time for our players as we were in final
exams while at Colgate. I am continually amazed at how
the guys can compartmentalize and focus on playing, while
many were writing papers or sitting for exams (proctored by
their coach) on game days. Our 3.3 team GPA during the
winter term clearly indicates our focus on the importance of
comprehensive excellence both on and off the ice.
In terms of preparation for the season ahead, our team
had an excellent spring of training with many of our returning
players achieving personal bests in speed and weight training
numbers. I was very pleased with the energy and focus with
which the team to a man attacked each and every training
session this spring. I can’t say enough about our head
strength coach, Bob Miller, and the job he does to help
develop our players. His role is crucial for us and he strikes
a fine balance of discipline, creativity and competitiveness to
keep the workouts fresh and challenging for our group. I’m
excited about the upcoming season - we return a very solid
and skilled group of veteran players who are hungry for the
challenges ahead.
We welcome another group of talented freshmen into
the “Dartmouth Hockey Family” as members of the Class
of 2019. I want to thank assistant coach John Rose and
associate head coach David Lassonde for all of their efforts in
attracting another talented class of student-hockey players. I
look forward to the special contribution each will make to our
success next season and throughout their careers.
On behalf of the entire Dartmouth men’s hockey program,
please know how much we sincerely appreciate your support.
I join our players and staff in wishing you and yours a most
enjoyable and relaxing off-season.
We hope to see you on Sept. 11 as we kick-off our season
with the Eddie Jeremiah Hockey-Golf Classic! The proceeds
from this year’s event will be used towards renovating our
locker room.
Go Green!
Bob Gaudet ‘81
Head Men’s Hockey Coach
PHOTO OF NEILEY/MCNALLY AND KALK/HESLER COURTESY OF MARK WASHBURN
Eric Neiley ’15 and Brandon McNally ’15 formed two-thirds of one of Dartmouth’s potent scoring lines this season.
2014-15
Big wins, senior leadership, solid
goaltending and timely scoring
were the staples of the 2014-15
Dartmouth men’s hockey team.
HROW PUCKS AT THE NET AND GOOD THINGS
will happen. Keep pucks out of your own net and
better things will happen.
The 2014-15 Dartmouth men’s hockey team
did both of those things — especially in the second
half of the season — and the results were positive.
Nowhere were those two philosophies more evident
than on a Sunday afternoon in Hanover in the days
following Thanksgiving. With the Big Green sitting
at a pedestrian 3-3-1, many people in the Upper
Valley were more interested in the Patriots and Packers
late-afternoon tilt that was to kick-off in the late stages of
Dartmouth’s game with No. 1 Boston University.
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season in
review
For those in attendance that day at Thompson Arena,
they were treated to an historic victory and a moment that
set the tone for the way this team would play the rest of the
season.
“They were a physical team and I don’t think we were
ready for that kind of pushback,” BU captain Matt Grzelcyk
remarked while waiting to shoot a broadcast promo during
the Frozen Four in Boston. “That was definitely one of our
most challenging games this season.”
The biggest win of the season was more than just
punishing the Terriers with physical play along the boards
and in the open ice. The Green and White put pucks on
net and kept others out. Twice Brad Schierhorn was able to
knock in a rebound after an initial Tyler Sikura shot. James
Kruger did splits, saw pucks through screens and took away
every open look the visitors thought they had in posting the
shutout.
When the final seconds ticked off the clock and the sea
of green, red and white sweaters untangled in the crease
above Kruger and an outstretched Charlie Mosey, the Big
Corey Kalk ’18 and Carl
Hesler ’18 celebrate after
Hesler scored the first goal
against Princeton in the
regular-season meeting in
February.
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Green were 2-0 victors, earning their first win over the topranked team in the nation for the first time in 12 years.
It wasn’t without its bumps, though. Despite ‘beating’ No.
11 Denver in a shootout (officially a tie by NCAA standards),
on the first day of the Ledyard Classic, Dartmouth began
a rough seven-game winless (0-4-3) stretch with the draw
against the Pioneers. The final game in that run, however,
was the beginning of another run as it was once again
Schierhorn who played the hero, scoring midway through
the third period to help Dartmouth earn a 2-2 tie with Colgate
in Hamilton.
Entering that Friday night affair with the Raiders, the Big
Green were 3-6-1 in ECAC Hockey contests and sat 10th in
the standings with just seven points. The tie at Starr Rink was
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followed by a 5-2 drubbing of Cornell the next night in Ithaca
in a game in which senior Eric Neiley made a case for Ivy
League Player of the Year honors, scoring twice — including
a penalty shot in the opening minutes — and assisting on
two others for his second four-point game of the season.
Five straight wins by an aggregate score of 21-12
followed, averaging 4.20 goals per game in that time. A
3-0 defeat at home to Colgate on Valentine’s Day was the
last defeat in Thompson Arena during the year and a wild
6-3 game in favor of St. Lawrence in Canton the following
weekend was the final loss of the regular season altogether.
Throw pucks at the net, score three goals, win the game.
That might not have been the motto of the team in the
final month of the season, but it definitely was the truth.
PHOTO OF KRUGER COURTESY OF PHIL INGLIS / SENIOR PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK WASHBURN
James Kruger ’16 had one of
the best statistical seasons
by a goalie in Dartmouth
history. He and the Big Green
had several battles with
Colgate, including an ECAC
Hockey Quarterfinal matchup.
Dartmouth defeated Clarkson in overtime on the road, 3-2,
and returned home for the final weekend of 2014-15 by
beating Princeton, 3-1, and No. 10 Quinnipiac, 3-1.
The Tigers returned to Hanover the following weekend
only to be swept by the Green, 3-2 and 2-0, in the first round
of the league’s postseason tournament after Dartmouth lost
out on the bye week on a tiebreaker with Colgate — a team
it finished tied for fourth with in the league standings as each
had 26 points.
Despite the Big Green’s 12 wins to the Raiders’ 11,
Colgate earned the bye into the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
with a 1-0-1 mark in head-to-head contests. It proved crucial
as the Raiders hosted the Green and White following the
sweep of Princeton, benefiting from the opportunity for last
change and match-up advantages.
In the end, Colgate’s intense, physical style wore
down on Dartmouth — while profiting from timely scoring
and fortuitous bounces — that would earn the Raiders the
two-game series victory and a berth in Lake Placid for the
semifinals.
OR THIS YEAR’S BIG GREEN, THOUGH, IT
was more than just Schierhorn being in the right
place, Kruger making the big save, a win against
the Terriers and battles with Colgate.
Neiley proved to be one of the best players
in a league that has established itself to be one
of, if not the best, conferences in the nation from
top to bottom. The senior led the team in goals
(14), assists (16), points (30), game winners (6)
and penalties (18), the only player in the nation
to accomplish that statistical feat during the year.
The Warminster, Pennsylvania, native was recognized as a
unanimous First-Team All-Ivy selection and earned a spot on
the ECAC Hockey Second Team.
Kruger posted the best single-season save percentage
(.926) and goals against average (1.88) by a Dartmouth
starting goalie in the program’s 109-year history. His numbers
ranked among the most elite goaltenders in Division I, but
was often overlooked for individual accolades due to the
wealth of talent at the position, especially in ECAC Hockey
and the Ivy League during the year.
All eight members of the senior class reached 100-career
games played during the season, the most by any class in
program history. When that many individuals play such a
high number of games, they undoubtedly find ways to make
contributions.
Two-year captain Tyler Sikura played alongside fifthyear senior Eric Robinson and Schierhorn all season on
the top line, producing points at a higher rate than any
other line combination. Brandon McNally and Neiley fed
off one another, while Mosey and Jesse Beamish provided
the depth that all forward groupings needed. On the back
end, Rick Pinkston and Andy Simpson were split up for the
first time in their careers and were able to find new roles
as defensive stalwarts. Simpson proved to be one of the
country’s best shot blockers, leading ECAC Hockey in the
figure and finishing in the top-10 nationally.
Only one senior class produced a higher percentage
of its team’s scoring this season than Dartmouth’s Class
of 2015, something that will be hard to overcome in the
short term. But the Big Green have taken a step in the right
direction to continue to develop and compete in the most
challenging league. New players will come in and try and fill
the roles left by this year’s seniors.
Underclassmen like Grant Opperman, Corey Kalk and
the team’s Rookie of the Year Carl Hesler will be looked to
for more scoring, while Tim Shoup, Josh Hartley and River
Rymsha will be asked to step up in the defensive zone.
Dartmouth scored just seven more goals in 2014-15 than
it did the year before, but where the success really came
from was in allowing 37 fewer tallies than it had in 2013-14.
It is unlikely that the team will see as substantial a drop
in goals allowed next year as it did this past season, but
continued progress in that area would certainly mean good
things.
At this point, you just have to hope they keep throwing
pucks at the net.
And continue to keep pucks out of their own.
All eight members of the Class of 2015 appeared in 100 career games, the most by any senior class in program history.
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THE CLASS OF 2019
Hometown: Nepean, Ontario
Defense / Shoots: Left
6-0 / 170 / DOB: 4-26-95
Last Team: Cornwall Colts (CCHL)
A three-year veteran of the Central Canada Hockey League,
Cam is one of three incoming freshmen from north of the
border. This past year he played for the Cumberland Grads
before being traded to the Cornwall Colts. His season was
interrupted by injury, but Cam returned in January to help the
Colts reach the CCHL Robinson Division Final where they
eventually lost to the league and playoff champion, Carleton
Place Canadians. During his time in the CCHL, Roth played
in over 100 regular season games and registered 42 points.
A defenseman who naturally plays on the left side, the 6-foot
Roth was also selected to play in the 2014 Central Canada
Cup All-Star Challenge, which was a round-robin competition
between the best players from the various junior leagues in
Ontario.
CONNOR YAU
Hometown: Algonquin, Illinois
Defense / Shoots: Left
5-10 / 175 / DOB: 8-9-95
Last Team: Chicago Steel (USHL)
Another of the incoming freshman from the Chicago area,
Yau brings in two seasons of Tier 1 Junior experience having
played a combined 105 games for both the Chicago Steel
and Youngstown Phantoms. This past season his Phantom
team won the Anderson Cup as the USHL Regular Season
Championship and along the way set a league record with 17
consecutive wins. Prior to his two years in the USHL, Connor
played in the Chicago Mission AAA organization where he
was a teammate of fellow freshman, John Ernsting. Connor
also represented the Central District at three different USA
Hockey Select Festivals.
ALEX JASIEK
Hometown: Langley, British Columbia
Forward / Shoots: Left
5-11 / 175 / DOB: 1-19-95
Last Team: Langley Rivermen (BCHL)
Another of the incoming freshmen from Canada, Kilistoff
calls Langley, British Columbia, home. The 5-foot-11 forward
competed for three years in the British Columbia Hockey
League (BCHL) having played one year for the Surrey
Eagles and two seasons for the Langley Rivermen. In 201213 as a member of the Eagles, he competed in the Royal
Bank Cup which is Canada’s National Championship for
Tier II Junior Hockey. This past season, as captain of the
Rivermen, his team-leading 66 points was also amongst the
top-10 in regular season scoring in the BCHL. That point
total was a 37-point increase from his 2013-14 totals and
earned him his team’s Most Valuable Player Award.
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Forward / Shoots: Left
5-8 / 160 / DOB: 1-17-96
Last Team: Austin Bruins (NAHL)
In his only year of junior hockey, Alex played for both the
Cedar Rapids Roughriders and the Austin Bruins. Nine
games into his USHL season, he suffered an injury that kept
him off the ice until after the New Year. Once healthy he was
traded to the NAHL Bruins where he played in 23 regular
season games. He helped his Austin team capture the North
Division Regular Season and Playoff titles and, ultimately,
a berth in the Robertson Cup Finals. Prior to juniors, Jasiek
played for the St. Louis AAA Blues organization for two
years. In 2012-13, his midget team played for a National
Championship in Pittsburgh and in his second year with
the Blues he was the No. 2 leading scorer in the Tier 1
Elite League. In the Summer of 2012, he earned a spot on
USA Hockey’s Select-16 Team which competed in the Five
Nations Tournament in the Czech Republic, winning gold.
JOHN ERNSTING
KARAN TOOR
KEVAN KILISTOFF
Hometown: Naperville, Illinois
Forward / Shoots: Right
5-9 / 165 / DOB: 3-2-95
Last Team: Chicago Steel (USHL)
One of two incoming players from the Land of Lincoln, John
played two seasons for the Chicago Steel in the United
States Hockey League (USHL). In 120 regular season
games, he registered 77 points on 22 goals and 55 assists.
Prior to his USHL career, he played for the Chicago Mission
in the High Performance Hockey League where he was part
of a State Championship team. He has also attended a USA
Hockey Select Festival.
Hometown: Surrey, British Columbia
Defense / Shoots: Right
6-0 / 195 / DOB: 2-11-94
Last Team: Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)
Another of the incoming rookies from Western Canada, Toor
played two full seasons in the BCHL for the Prince George
Spruce Kings. He was named his team’s Rookie of the Year
in 2012-13. His second year with Prince George, he led
his team in plus/minus and blocked shots, tallied 31 points
and shared his team’s Defenseman of the Year honors.
Due to injury, Toor was unable to play the entire 201415 season. Prior to his time in Prince George, he played
Junior B Hockey for the Kamloops Storm in the KIJHL.
- Associate Head Coach Dave Lassonde
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK WASHBURN
CAM ROTH
Jack Barre ’16 scored a diving
backhanded goal at UNH in
January; the goal was named
the NCAA’s No. 4 play of the
year. Tyler Sikura’s baseballstyle goal at Quinnipiac from
November was named the No.
3 play of the year. Dartmouth
was the only team featured on
the end-of-the-year list twice.
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FINAL FOUR REUNION
BRAD SCHIERHORN ’16
EN’S HOCKEY HEAD COACH BOB GAUDET ’81
announced Friday morning (May 29) that Brad
Schierhorn will serve as the team captain for the
2015-16 season.
Schierhorn — a native of Anchorage, Alaska
— will be a senior next season when he will
assume the role as the 117th captain in program
history.
“I am pleased to announce Brad as the
captain for our team next season,” Gaudet said.
“He garnered overwhelming support from his teammates in
earning this honor and will be an outstanding representative
of our team both on and off the ice.”
A veteran of 97 career games in his first three seasons
in Hanover, Schierhorn has amassed 48 points on 23
goals and 25 assists in that time. He is coming off his most
productive season in a Big Green sweater as a junior when
he played on the top line and posted career highs in goals
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(10), assists, (12), points (22) and game-winning goals (4).
“I am extremely honored to be selected captain for next
season by my teammates and the coaches,” Schierhorn
remarked. “I look forward to working with our returning
players as well as my new teammates coming into the
program in next year’s freshman class.”
Perhaps his most memorable contribution in 2014-15
was scoring both of Dartmouth’s goals in a 2-0 win over thenNo. 1 and eventual national runner-up Boston University
on Nov. 30 at Thompson Arena. The shutout win marked
the first time the Green and White had knocked off the topranked team in the nation in 12 years.
Schierhorn assumes the leadership position previously
held by Tyler Sikura ’15 who served as captain in each of the
last two seasons.
Announcements regarding alternate captains will be
made in the fall.
SCHIERHORN AND REUNION PHOTOS COURTESY OF MARK WASHBURN
NAMED 2015-16 TEAM CAPTAIN
Dartmouth honored the four teams in program history
to reach the Final Four with a weekend celebration in
February. An on-ice ceremony during the Big Green’s
game with Colgate recognized members of the 1947-48,
1948-49, 1978-79 and 1979-80 teams who made the trip
back to Hanover. A reception on Sunday morning at the
Hanover Inn allowed for those in attendance to mingle
with families, former teammates and coaches, members
of the current staff and Dartmouth administrators.
SAVE THE DATES
EDDIE JEREMIAH HOCKEY-GOLF CLASSIC & ALUMNI GAME
We are excited to announce the 1st Annual Eddie Jeremiah
Hockey-Golf Classic and Alumni Game Weekend. The Golf
Outing is set for Friday, September 11 at the Hanover
Country Club. The Alumni Game will be on Saturday,
September 12 at Thompson Arena. Look for a mailing this
summer with all of the important registration information.
All proceeds from this year’s events will be put toward the
locker room renovation project at Thompson Arena.
For more information, please contact:
Director of Hockey Operations Brian Corcoran
603-646-9604 or [email protected]
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HE LATEST INCARNATION OF THE DARTMOUTH
men’s hockey team met for the final time mid-May
in a small ceremony to hand out team awards for
the 2014-15 season.
Once again it was Eric Neiley who came
away from the gathering as the big winner, taking
home the Phelan Award as the team MVP as
well as the Friends of Dartmouth Men’s Hockey
Leading Scorer Award for finishing the season
with the most points amongst all Big Green
players.
Neiley became the first player since Lee Stempniak
’05 to be named the solo recipient of the Phelan Award in
consecutive seasons after taking the award last season.
Stempniak claimed the honor in both 2002-03 and 2003-04
before sharing with Mike Ouellette ’06 as a senior in 200405.
The Warminster, Pennsylvania, native was an offensive
force all season and was the lone player in Division I to
lead his team in goals (14), assists (16), points (30), gamewinning goals (6) and penalties (18). The 30 points in 33
games led the team and helped him earn Second-Team
All-ECAC Hockey honors and unanimous First-Team All-Ivy
recognition. His play down the stretch also earned the elder
Neiley brother the ECAC Hockey Player of the Month honor
for February.
The Phelan Award is annually chosen by teammates and
presented to the player who, by demonstrating outstanding
skill at his position, continued aggressiveness and team
spirit, deserves to be named the ‘Most Valuable Player
of The Year’. This award is in honor of ardent Dartmouth
hockey enthusiast, Martha M. Phelan, wife of John Phelan
’28 and mother of John Phelan, Jr. ’63, captain of the 1963
Dartmouth men’s hockey team.
Freshman Carl Hesler was tabbed as the recipient of
the Booma Award as the team’s top rookie. Hesler — a
Boxborough, Massachusetts, native — was the lone firstyear player to appear in all 33 games in 2014-15, finishing
second in rookie scoring with six points on three goals and
three assists. His first goal couldn’t have come at a better
time as he netted the game-winner at home against Union in
the final two minutes of play on Jan. 31.
The Booma Award is presented to the player who through
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determination, desire, dedication, and
ability earns the ‘Rookie of The Year’
award. This award is given in honor of
Roland C. Booma ’30, an all-around
Dartmouth athlete, including football
and baseball in addition to his role
with the hockey program.
You can make a case that the
student-athlete who was named the
winner of the John Manser Award as
the team’s most improved player could
have also been voted the team’s MVP.
In his first season as Dartmouth’s No. 1
netminder, James Kruger put together
one of the best individual seasons by
a Big Green goalie in 109 seasons of
play. His 1.98 goals against average
and .926 save percentage were both
single-season program records and
helped the Minnetonka, Minnesota, native earn two ECAC
Hockey Goaltender of the Week honors.
The Manser Award is named for and given in honor of
George ‘Johnny’ Manser ’26, captain of the 1926 varsity
team and the first president of the Friends of Dartmouth
Men’s Hockey.
Senior Andy Simpson was presented with the Smoyer
Award, given to the player who has made the most unusual
contribution to Dartmouth men’s hockey each year. These
contributions are measured more by intangible factors than
statistical results and is commonly referred to as the team’s
“Unsung Hero”. The award is in honor of Bill Smoyer ’67,
captain of the 1967 team and an outstanding soccer player
who was sadly killed in Vietnam.
Simpson’s play is often overlooked due to his lack of
flash. However, few players made the type of contributions
to his team in 2014-15 that the Chesterfield, Missouri, native
made for the Big Green. A Second-Team All-Ivy League
player in his final season, Simpson led all of ECAC Hockey
in blocked shots (83) and blocks per game (2.52). The
former figure ranked 10th nationally, while the latter was the
third-best mark in all of Division I.
Eric Robinson — another senior — was tabbed as this
year’s honoree of the McInnis Award as the Sportsman of
the Year. The award is chosen by the players to honor the
individual who has best reflected spirit, camaraderie, loyalty
and dedication to Dartmouth men’s hockey and to Dartmouth
College. Those same characteristics were demonstrated
throughout his lifetime by Philip McInnis ’36, president of the
Friends of Men’s Hockey from 1979 through 1984 and in
whose honor this award is given each year.
Robinson overcame a devastating shoulder injury in
2013-14 that cost the Foxborough, Massachusetts, native all
but two games of his true senior year. He returned following
surgery to finish third on the team in scoring with 23 points on
nine goals and 14 assists. His plus-13 rating led all players
in Hanover, while he tied for second on the team in helpers.
In recognition of his dedication to returning to play for
Dartmouth this past winter, Robinson was named the 2015
recipient of the Joe Tomasello Award, which is presented
annually by the New England Hockey Writers Association
to one individual playing college hockey in New England
judged to be the region’s ‘Unsung Hero.’
2015-16 SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
EAD COACH BOB GAUDET
’81 announced the 2015-16
Dartmouth men’s hockey
schedule in early May.
The Big Green will
once again take to the ice
for 29 games with 22 coming
against
ECAC
Hockey
opponents in league games
and seven against teams
from the Big Ten, Atlantic
Hockey and Hockey East.
Dartmouth will celebrate Thompson
Arena’s 40th season with 14 regular
season games in 2015. Included in that
slate will be the 27th Annual Ledyard
Classic on Jan. 2-3 with Robert Morris,
Merrimack and Union making the trip to
Hanover. The Big Green and Colonials
will meet on the first night while taking
on either the Warriors or Dutchmen the
following day*.
The season will begin with a homeand-home series against defending
ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion
Harvard on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. The
Crimson and Big Green open the
season in Hanover on Halloween at
7:30 p.m. before heading to Cambridge
for a Sunday night tilt the following
evening.
After a home weekend with Brown
and Yale (Nov. 6-7), Dartmouth will
head out on the road for seven straight
and will not play another game in its
own rink until January and the Ledyard
Classic.
That seven-game stretch will send
the Green to: Princeton (Nov. 13),
Quinnipiac (Nov. 14), Michigan (Nov.
27-28), Rensselaer (Dec. 4), Union
(Dec. 5) and New Hampshire (Dec.
12).
Dartmouth will also have road
games in the New Year at: Vermont
(Jan. 8), Cornell (Jan. 22), Colgate
(Jan. 23), Brown (Feb. 5), Yale (Feb.
6), St. Lawrence (Feb. 26) and the
regular season finale at Clarkson (Feb.
27).
Fans of the Big Green will also
be able to see Holy Cross (Jan. 10),
Clarkson (Jan. 15), St. Lawrence (Jan.
16), Quinnipiac (Jan. 29) and Princeton
(Jan. 30) in the first month of 2016.
February begins and ends with
road contests, but Dartmouth will
have a four-game homestand against
Union (Feb. 12), Rensselaer (Feb. 13),
Colgate (Feb. 19) and the home finale
against Cornell (Feb. 20).
The ECAC Hockey postseason
tournament begins Mar. 4-6 with the
first round, followed by the quarterfinals
(Mar. 11-13), semifinals (Mar. 18) and
championship (Mar. 19). The first round
and quarterfinals will take place at
campus sites of the higher seed, while
the semis and final game will once
again take place in Lake Placid at the
Olympic Center.
Dartmouth’s preseason exhibition
will come against the U.S. National
Development Team on Oct. 17 at
Thompson Arena. A formal scrimmage
will take place the following weekend
against the University of Prince Edward
Island (Oct. 24).
* - The format of the Ledyard Classic
has yet to be determined which will
dictate whether Dartmouth would play
Union or Merrimack on Jan. 3.
OCTOBER
17 Sat. USNDT (Exhibition) 24 Sat. PEI (Scrimmage) 31 Sat. HARVARD*^
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
NOVEMBER
1 Sun. at Harvard*^ 6 Fri. BROWN*^ 7 Sat. YALE*^
13 Fri. at Princeton*^ 14 Sat. at Quinnipiac* 27 Fri. at Michigan 28 Sat. at Michigan
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
TBA
DECEMBER
4 Fri. at Rensselaer* 5 Sat. at Union* 12 Sat. at New Hampshire 7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
JANUARY
Ledyard National Bank Classic
2 Sat. ROBERT MORRIS 3 Sun. UNION/MERRIMACK 7 PM
TBA
8 Fri. 10 Sun. 15 Fri. 16 Sat. 22 Fri. 23 Sat. 29 Fri. 30 Sat. at Vermont HOLY CROSS CLARKSON* ST. LAWRENCE* at Cornell*^ at Colgate*
QUINNIPIAC* PRINCETON*^ 7 PM
4 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
FEBRUARY
5 Fri. at Brown*^ 6 Sat. at Yale*^ 12 Fri. UNION*
13 Sat. RENSSELAER*
19 Fri.
COLGATE* 20 Sat. CORNELL*^ 26 Fri. at St. Lawrence* 27 Sat. at Clarkson
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
7 PM
MARCH
4-6Fri.-Sun. ECAC Hockey 1st Round
11-13 Fri.-Sun. ECAC Hockey Quarters
18 Fri.
ECAC Hockey Semifinals
19 Sat. ECAC Hockey Championship
* - ECAC Hockey Game
^ - Ivy League Game
HOME Games in Caps
- ECAC Hockey First Round and Quarterfinals at campus sites of higher seeds
- ECAC Hockey Semifinals and Final held at Olympic Center at Lake Placid
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2015-16 PROJECTED ROSTER
No.
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3
4
5
6
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8
9
10
11
12
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18
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35
Name
Pos.
River Rymsha
D
Josh Hartley
D
Geoff Ferguson
D
Timothy Shoup
D
Connor Yau
D
Cameron Roth
D
Tim O’Brien
F
Troy Crema
F
Connor Dempsey
F
Alex Jasiek
F
Jack Barre
F
Brett Patterson
F
Grant Opperman
F
Kevan Kilistoff
F
Corey Kalk
F
John Ernsting
F
Carl Hesler
F
Kevin Neiley
F
Ryan Bullock
D
Nick Bligh
F
Karan Toor
D
Brad Schierhorn (C) F
Brandon Kirk
D
Kyle Nickerson
F
Charles Grant
G
Devin Buffalo
G
James Kruger
G
Yr.
So.
Jr.
Sr.
So.
Fr.
Fr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
Fr.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Fr.
So.
Fr.
So.
So.
Sr.
Sr.
Fr.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr. Sr.
So.
Sr.
Ht.
6-2
6-2
6-2
6-0
5-10
6-0
5-11
5-10
5-9
5-8
6-2
6-1
6-1
5-11
5-11
5-9
5-11
5-11
6-1
6-0
6-0
6-3
6-2
5-9
6-2
6-1
6-3
Wt.
195
190
215
185
185
170
180
175
165
160
215
185
185
175
165
165
185
185
180
185
195
200
200
180
180
185
205
S/C
L
L
L
L
L
L
R
R
L
L
R
L
R
L
R
R
L
R
R
R
R
L
L
R
L
L
L
Previous Team/Hometown
Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) / Huntington Woods, Mich.
Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) / Coquitlam, British Columbia
Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) / Kanata, Ontario
Indiana Ice (USHL) / Upper St. Claire, Pa.
Chicago Steel (USHL) / Algonquin, Ill.
Cornwall Colts (CCHL) / Nepean, Ontario
Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) / Winnetka, Ill.
Hamilton Red Wings (OJHL) / Toronto, Ontario
Westside Warriors (BCHL) / Winthrop, Mass.
Austin Bruins (NAHL) / St. Louis, Mo.
Jersey Hitmen (EJHL) / Fairfield, Conn.
Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) / Eden Prairie, Minn.
Tri-City Storm (USHL) / Wayzata, Minn.
Langley Rivermen (BCHL) / Langley, British Columbia
North York Rangers (OJHL) / Maple, Ontario
Chicago Steel (USHL) / Naperville, Ill.
West Kelowna Warriors (BCHL) / Boxborough, Mass.
Phillips Exeter Academy (HS) / Warminster, Pa.
Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) / Eden Prairie, Minn.
South Shore Kings (EJHL) / Milton, Mass.
Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL) / Surrey, British Columbia
Tri-City Storm (USHL) / Anchorage, Alaska
Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) / La Verne, Calif.
Boston Jr. Bruins (EJHL) / Weston, Mass.
Yarmouth Jr. Mariners (MHL) / Berwick, Nova Scotia
Drumheller Dragons (AJHL) / Wetaskiwin, Alberta
Langley Rivermen (BCHL) / Minnetonka, Minn.
Head Coach of Men’s Hockey: Bob Gaudet (Dartmouth ’81), 19th Season
Associate Head Coach: David Lassonde (Providence ’85), 2nd Season
Assistant Coach: John Rose (New England College ’03), 7th Season
BY CLASS
Freshmen (6): Ernsting, Jasiek, Kilistoff,
Roth, Toor, Yau
Sophomore (6): Buffalo, Hessler, Kalk,
Neiley, Shoup, Rymsha
Juniors (5): Crema, Hartley, Kirk,
Nickerson, Opperman
Seniors (10): Barre, Bligh, Bullock,
Dempsey, Ferguson, Grant, Kruger,
O’Brien, Patterson, Schierhorn
BY POSITION
Defensemen (9): Bullock, Ferguson,
Hartley, Kirk, Roth, Rymsha, Shoup, Toor,
Yau
Forwards (15): Barre, Bligh, Crema,
Dempsey, Ernsting, Hesler, Jasiek, Kalk,
Kilistoff, Neiley, Nickerson, O’Brien,
Opperman, Schierhorn, Patterson
Goaltenders (3): Buffalo, Grant, Kruger
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BY STATE OR PROVINCE
UNITED STATES (18)
Alaska (1): Schierhorn
California (1): Kirk
Connecticut (1): Barre
Illinois (3): Ernsting, O’Brien, Yau
Massachusetts (4): Bligh, Dempsey, Hesler,
Nickerson
Michigan (1): Rymsha
Missouri (1): Jasiek
Minnesota (4): Bullock, Kruger, Opperman,
Patterson
Pennsylvania (2): K. Neiley, Shoup
CANADA (9)
Alberta (1): Buffalo
British Columbia (3): Hartley, Kilistoff, Toor
Nova Scotia (1): Grant
Ontario (4): Crema, Ferguson, Kalk, Roth