2022–23 Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey season explained

The 2022–23 Dartmouth Big Green Men's ice hockey season was the 116th season of play for the program and the 61st in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Big Green represented Dartmouth College and were coached by Reid Cashman, in his second season as head coach.

Season

After finishing the previous season at the bottom of the conference standings, Dartmouth was hoping to see some improvement in Reid Cashman's second year. Unfortunately, the team had to first contend with replacing its entire stable of goaltenders. Cooper Black eventually won the job and played well in his freshman season. The Big Green allowed roughly the same number of goals per game as they had the year before. While those numbers were nOt necessarily good, they were nOt poor either. The biggest problem for the team was, again, its lack of offense. Over the course of the season, Dartmouth averaged just over two goals per game, which was hardly sufficient for a squad that allowed an average of 3.52 goals against per game.

From the first game it was apparent that the Greens did not have the scoring punch to compete at the same level as most other teams and Dartmouth won just once in its first 13 games. The second half of the season was only marginally better than the first but the offense did not see any improvement. Dartmouth finished the season with just five wins, three coming against Yale, who possessed the worse offense in the ECAC. The Big Green finished dead last in the standing for a second year in a row and were knocked out of the postseason after just one game.

Departures

Tyler Borsch Defenseman Left program (retired)
Justin Ferguson Goaltender Graduation (retired)
Sam Hesler Forward Graduation (retired)
Jeff Losurdo Forward Graduation (retired)
Harrison Markell Defenseman Graduation (signed with Worcester Railers)
Nate Morgan Forward Left program (retired)
Brock Paul Defenseman Left program (retired)
Clay Stevenson Goaltender Signed professional contract (Washington Capitals)
Erik Urbank Forward Graduate transfer to Canisius
Dylan Witzke Defenseman Left program (retired)

Recruiting

Cooper Black Goaltender 21 Alpena, MI
Cooper Flinton Forward 19 Auburn, NH
selected 211th overall in 2021
John Fusco Defenseman 21 Westwood, MA
transfer from Harvard
Luke Haymes Forward 19 Ottawa, ON
Alexander Krause Forward 21 Calabasas, CA
Cameron MacDonald Forward 20 Surrey, BC
Tucker McRae Defenseman 21 Calgary, AB
Mike Roberts Goaltender 19 Wilton, CT

Roster

As of September 20, 2022.[1]

Schedule and results

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Scoring statistics

30 4 18 22 22
30 7 10 17 25
30 11 5 16 34
30 5 11 16 12
27 6 9 15 12
30 7 7 14 22
30 3 9 12 31
22 3 8 11 23
28 4 5 9 4
30 1 7 8 17
25 2 4 6 2
30 1 4 5 16
29 1 3 4 22
30 0 4 4 4
12 3 0 3 17
25 0 3 3 25
21 2 0 2 2
23 2 0 2 4
11 0 2 2 0
27 0 2 2 6
7 1 0 1 0
16 1 0 1 2
30 0 1 1 0
1 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 2
7 0 0 0 4
16 0 0 0 10
Total 64 112 176 318
[2]

Goaltending statistics

1 00:41 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0.00
30 1739:10 5 23 1 89 790 3 .899 3.07
2 37:15 0 1 0 5 16 0 .762 8.05
Empty Net - 42:00 - - - 8 - - - -
Total 30 1819:06 5 24 1 106 806 3 .884 3.52

Rankings

See main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

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Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.[3]

Awards and honors

Tanner PalocsikECAC Hockey Third Team[4]
Cooper BlackECAC Hockey Rookie Team[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022–23 M Hockey Roster . DartmouthSports.com . July 2, 2018.
  2. News: Dartmouth College 2022-2023 Skater Stats . Elite Prospects . March 7, 2020.
  3. Web site: USCHO Division I Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
  4. Web site: ECAC Hockey Announces 2022-23 Men’s All-League Teams . ECAC Hockey . March 16, 2023 . March 19, 2023.
  5. Web site: ECAC Hockey Announces 2022-23 Men’s All-League Teams . ECAC Hockey . March 16, 2023 . March 19, 2023.