HANOVER, NH No. 10/13 Dartmouth men's hockey extended its winning streak to seven games with a 7-2 victory over Vermont on Friday night. The Big Green are off to a 7-0-0 start for the first time since the 1947-48 season.
The Big Green opened the scoring 5:49 into the game as a trio of , And started working on the preliminary check. H. Cleaves pulled the puck out of the corner and the teams fought for it until MacDonald pulled it toward the net. The puck bounced around and H. Cleaves pushed it toward the net. He went through the goalkeeper to give Dartmouth a 1-0 lead. It was H. Cleaves' third goal of the year, while MacDonald scored his fifth assist, Stavroff picked up his third assist.
Vermont tied the game at 12:28 of the period. It was the first time this season that Dartmouth allowed a goal in the first period.
Dartmouth responded just over a minute later at 1:46 into the frame as scored his first career goal. forced a turnover along the half wall and forced a mini two on one with Stefanek. Nikora made a perfect saucer pass to Stefanek, who scored his first collegiate goal. Nikora recorded his team's seventh assist. It was Stefanek's fourth point in his first season in Hannover.
The Catamounts evened the score at 15:27 of the frame to make it 2-2.
At 5:35 of the opening frame, the Big Green took the lead and never looked back. The trio of , And broke into the Vermont zone. Vuorio shot the puck to the right circle to Schelling, who shot the puck to the net. Morin drove to the net and knocked home a rebound for his fifth goal of the year. He has scored five goals in the last three games. Schelling and Vuorio each picked up their first assists of the season.
With 39.5 seconds left in the first period, the Big Green doubled their lead. grabbed a loose puck below the goal line and threw a backhand pass to on the point. Grable picked up the pass and waited to place a screen in front of the net. Grable fired a low shot that beat the goalie by five holes for his second goal of the year. A. Clarke recorded his fourth assist of the season picked up a secondary assist for his third assist.
The Big Green outscored Vermont 12-10 in the first period and went to the locker room up 4-2. It is the third time this season that Dartmouth has scored four goals in one period.
At the 5:03 mark of the third period, the Big Green opened up a three-goal lead. Morin collected a pass from MacDonald and curled towards the outside wall. He found entered the play and led him with a backhand saucer pass. Charpentier skated in and scored his third goal of the season. Morin picked up his second assist of the year, while it was MacDonald's sixth.
After a six-goal first period, the teams combined for just one goal as the Big Green defeated UVM 10-6.
At 11:19 of the third, the Big Green scored their sixth goal of the night. When another freshman scored his first career goal. During the power play, Stefanek knocked back a loose puck from a face-off on the point. C. Cleaves advanced the puck to Schelling, who fired it back to C. Cleaves at the top of the point. C. Cleave hesitated and froze the Vermont defenders before ripping a wrister into the top corner of the net. Schelling picked up his second assist of the game and the season; while it was Stefanek's fourth assist of the season and his second point of the game.
With 95 seconds left in the third period, the Big Green's No. 95 scored his second goal of the year. put the puck behind the net who grabbed the puck and gained speed during the power play breakout. He pucked Krause at the red line and Krause did the rest. Using a mix of speed and size, he drove around defenders to the net and found the back of the net for his second goal of the year. Foley picked up his fifth assist while R. Clarke scored his first collegiate point.
R. Clarke made 22 saves in net for the Big Green, improving to 4-0-0 this season with a .921 save percentage and a 1.51 goals average.
Morin, MacDonald, Schelling, Krause and Stefanek each had two points in the win, while Dartmouth had seven different scorers and 15 different point getters.
With both Cleaves brothers scoring, it marks the first time since January 17, 2025 that two brothers have scored in the same game for Dartmouth.
The matchups were nearly even, as Dartmouth recorded 33 wins. H. Cleaves had a team-best 14 wins, while A. Clarke had seven wins.
The Big Green were 2-5 on the power play with seven shots, while UVM was held to four shots after two failed power plays.
Nearly 3,800 fans packed Thompson Arena on Friday evening as Dartmouth announced its first sellout of the 2025-2026 season.
The Big Green close out the non-conference weekend against Merrimack on Saturday, November 29 at 4:00 PM at Thompson Arena.