HANOVER, N.H. (November 3, 2024) – On Sunday afternoon, the Stonehill College men's hockey team dropped a 5-2 decision inside Thompson Arena against Dartmouth College. With the loss, the Skyhawks fell to 3-6 overall, while the Big Green improved to 2-0 to start the season.

Highlights

• Junior Evan Orr and sophomore Brady Hunter each lit the lamp on their second goal of the season for the Skyhawks.
• Hunter and the sophomore trio of Hunter Hastings, Anthony Galante, and Dominick Campione each registered assists on the day for Stonehill.
• Hastings' assist marked the first of his collegiate career, while Hunter posted his second two-point game.
• Freshman defender Justin Gibson blocked a team-high three shots against the Big Green.
• Graduate student Connor Androlewicz and freshman Linards Lipskis split time inside the crease for Stonehill and posted 25 saves on the day.
• Sophomore Nikita Nikora paved the way for the Dartmouth offense, tallying three points on the day with a goal and two assists.
• Senior John Fusco and sophomore Eric Charpentier recorded two-point outings for the Big Green.
• Sophomore Emmett Croteau picked up his first win of the season after tallying 23 saves between the pipes for Dartmouth.

How It Happened
After a back-and-forth start to the non-conference matchup, Dartmouth would eventually open the scoring midway through the opening frame at the 9:17 mark of the first period. With the Big Green on a five-on-three skater advantage, senior Sean Chisholm would light the lamp on his first goal of the season, whistling a shot off the boards underneath the blocker of Lipskis and into the back of the net.
 
Coming out of the break into the second period, Dartmouth would open the floodgates, tallying four goals in the middle frame to jump out to a commanding 5-0 lead over the Skyhawks. In the second, netting goals for the Big Green were freshman Hayden Stavroff, junior Cam MacDonald, Fusco, and Nikora.
 
The Skyhawks came out of the gates strong in the third and final frame of regulation, peppering the Big Green defense and Croteau with ten shot attempts over the opening six minutes. At the 6:16 mark of the third, Stonehill would break through and score its first goal when Hunter capitalized on an in-close rebound off a shot from Hastings just outside the crease on a delayed penalty.
 
Three minutes after Hunter lit the lamp on his second goal of the year, Orr would one-time past Croteau on the power-play, cutting the Skyhawks' deficit to three with just over 10 minutes left in regulation. However, despite the two early goals in the third, Dartmouth's advantage proved too much for Stonehill to overcome, as the Skyhawks fell to the Big Green by a final score of 5-2.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (3-6-0) returns to action on Saturday, November 9, traveling to Potsdam, New York to take on Clarkson University. Puck drop between the Skyhawks and Golden Knights is set for 7 PM inside Cheel Arena.  
 
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