Saturday, March 21, 2026

Big Day On Ice

A little football to come, but we start today with hockey.

From a story in the Manchester Union Leader:

For the second time in its hockey history, Dartmouth will play for the ECAC tournament title.

The Big Green, known for their scoring all season, tallied two goals in the first period and junior goalie Emmett Croteau stood tall, backstopping a 4-0 victory over Clarkson in the league semifinals on Friday at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.

Dartmouth's only other trip to the ECAC championship came in 1980, a 5-1 loss to Cornell. On Saturday (5 p.m.), the Big Green will face Princeton, a 3-2 winner over Cornell in the other semifinal.

Find the full story HERE.

Dartmouth, which set a school record for wins in a season, is 22-7-4. Princeton is 18-12-3.

The teams met twice this year with the Tigers winning in Princeton on Jan. 2 by a 5-4 score, and the Feb. 28 game at Thompson Arena finishing 2-2. After a scoreless overtime, Princeton registered the only goal in the shootout to earn the extra ECAC point.

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EXTRA POINT
I suppose I could understand if the temperature was 10 below zero, but it was about 30 degrees yesterday when I stopped at our little post office and noticed two fellows had left their pickup trucks running while they were inside. The trucks were still idling – and the drivers were still inside the post office chewing the fat – when I left.

Good thing they live where they do because if they left their trucks unlocked and running like that in much of the country they'd be walking home.
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