# 2019–20 Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey season

The 2019–20 Dartmouth Big Green Men's ice hockey season was the 114th season of play for the program and the 59th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Big Green represented the Dartmouth College and were coached by Bob Gaudet, in his 23rd season as their head coach. After the season Gaudet announced his retirement.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| John Ernsting | Forward | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Carl Hesler | Forward | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Alex Jasiek | Forward | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Kevan Kilistoff | Forward | Canada | Graduation (Retired) |
| Charlie Michalowski | Forward | United States | Signed Professional Contract (Worcester Railers) |
| Cam Roth | Defenseman | Canada | Graduation (Retired) |
| Shane Sellar | Forward | United States | Transfer (Rensselaer) |
| Connor Yau | Forward/Defenseman | United States | Graduation (signed with Utah Grizzlies) |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Jack Cameron | Defenseman | Canada | 20 | Halifax, NS |
| Tyler Campbell | Forward | Canada | 20 | Winnipeg, MB |
| Mark Gallant | Forward | United States | 19 | Concord, MA |
| Sean Keohan | Defenseman | United States | 20 | Milton, MA |
| Tanner Palocsik | Defenseman | United States | 20 | Aliquippa, PA |
| Brock Paul | Defenseman | United States | 19 | Carmel, IN |
| Erik Urbank | Forward | United States | 20 | Orchard Park, NY |

## Roster

As of November 26, 2019.

## Standings

2019–20 ECAC Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #1 Cornell † | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 81 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 104 | 45 |
| #7 Clarkson | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 63 | 38 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 96 | 63 |
| #14 Quinnipiac | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 64 | 45 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 94 | 78 |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 63 | 41 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 95 | 87 |
| Harvard | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 82 | 59 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 116 | 87 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 60 | 73 | 31 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 93 | 106 |
| Yale | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 57 | 64 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 77 | 97 |
| Colgate | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 50 | 54 | 36 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 76 | 87 |
| Brown | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 41 | 54 | 31 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 52 | 84 |
| Union | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 46 | 71 | 37 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 67 | 112 |
| Princeton | 22 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 71 | 31 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 66 | 100 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 81 | 36 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 64 | 130 |
| Championship: March 21, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2020 |||||||||||||||

## Schedule and Results

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Rank$^#$ | Site | TV | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Exhibition ||||||||||
| October 19 | | vs. #19 Harvard* | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire (Exhibition) | | | L 2–4 | | |
| Regular Season ||||||||||
| November 1 | 7:30 PM | at #19 Harvard | | Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts | | Ferguson | L 3–7 | 1,500 | 0–1–0 (0–1–0) |
| November 2 | 7:05 PM | vs. New Hampshire* | | Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire | | Clark | L 4–5 $^{OT}$ | 4,012 | 0–2–0 (0–1–0) |
| November 8 | 7:02 PM | vs. #15 Quinnipiac | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Clark | T 2–2 $^{OT}$ | 1,589 | 0–2–1 (0–1–1) |
| November 9 | 7:02 PM | vs. Princeton | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Clark | W 3–1 | 2,837 | 1–2–1 (1–1–1) |
| November 15 | 7:00 PM | at Yale | | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | | Clark | W 4–3 | 1,842 | 2–2–1 (2–1–1) |
| November 16 | 7:00 PM | at Brown | | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island | | Clark | W 4–1 | 489 | 3–2–1 (3–1–1) |
| December 6 | 7:02 PM | vs. Colgate | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Clark | L 1–5 | 1,303 | 3–3–1 (3–2–1) |
| December 7 | 7:00 PM | vs. #2 Cornell | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Clark | W 2–1 | 2,267 | 4–3–1 (4–2–1) |
| December 12 | 7:00 PM | vs. Bentley* | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | NESN+ | Clark | T 2–2 $^{OT}$ | 1,175 | 4–3–2 (4–2–1) |
| December 14 | 4:00 PM | vs. #12 Northeastern* | | Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | NESN | Clark | L 4–6 | 1,175 | 4–4–2 (4–2–1) |
| Ledyard Bank Classic ||||||||||
| December 28 | 7:00 PM | vs. Colorado College* | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire (Ledyard Bank Classic) | NESN | Clark | W 5–2 | 3,003 | 5–4–2 (4–2–1) |
| December 29 | 7:00 PM | vs. Connecticut* | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire (Ledyard Bank Classic) | | Clark | W 4–3 | 2,312 | 6–4–2 (4–2–1) |
| January 3 | 7:00 PM | at Princeton | | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Clark | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 1,807 | 7–4–2 (5–2–1) |
| January 4 | 7:00 PM | at Quinnipiac | | People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut | | Clark | L 1–5 | 2,757 | 7–5–2 (5–3–1) |
| January 10 | 7:05 PM | vs. Vermont* | | Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont | | Clark | T 2–2 $^{OT}$ | 3,127 | 7–5–3 (5–3–1) |
| January 11 | 7:00 PM | vs. Boston University* | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Clark | W 5–4 | 2,511 | 8–5–3 (5–3–1) |
| January 17 | 7:00 PM | vs. #7 Clarkson | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | NESN+ | Clark | W 3–2 | 2,021 | 9–5–3 (6–3–1) |
| January 18 | 7:00 PM | vs. St. Lawrence | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Clark | W 3–1 | 2,369 | 10–5–3 (7–3–1) |
| January 24 | 7:00 PM | at #1 Cornell | #20 | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York | | Clark | L 2–3 | 4,267 | 10–6–3 (7–4–1) |
| January 25 | 7:00 PM | at Colgate | #20 | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | | Clark | T 3–3 $^{OT}$ | 1,093 | 10–6–4 (7–4–2) |
| January 31 | 7:00 PM | at Rensselaer | | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Clark | L 1–7 | 2,351 | 10–7–4 (7–5–2) |
| February 1 | 7:00 PM | Union | | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | | Clark | L 3–4 | 1,791 | 10–8–4 (7–6–2) |
| February 7 | 7:00 PM | vs. Harvard | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Clark | L 2–6 | 1,991 | 10–9–4 (7–7–2) |
| February 14 | 7:02 PM | vs. Brown | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Clark | W 5–2 | 1,492 | 11–9–4 (8–7–2) |
| February 15 | 7:02 PM | vs. Yale | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Clark | L 3–4 | 2,469 | 11–10–4 (8–8–2) |
| February 21 | 7:00 PM | at St. Lawrence | | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | | Clark | W 5–2 | 1,121 | 12–10–4 (9–8–2) |
| February 22 | 7:00 PM | at #5 Clarkson | | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | | Clark | L 0–4 | 2,946 | 12–11–4 (9–9–2) |
| February 28 | 7:02 PM | vs. Union | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Clark | W 5–3 | 1,581 | 13–11–4 (10–9–2) |
| February 29 | 7:02 PM | vs. Rensselaer | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Clark | L 1–4 | 2,157 | 13–12–4 (10–10–2) |
| ECAC Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| March 6 | 7:02 PM | vs. Princeton* | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire (First Round Game 1) | | Clark | L 3–4 $^{OT}$ | 865 | 13–13–4 (10–10–2) |
| March 7 | 7:02 PM | vs. Princeton* | | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire (First Round Game 2) | | Clark | L 4–5 $^{OT}$ | 1,221 | 13–14–4 (10–10–2) |
| Dartmouth Lost Series 0–2 ||||||||||
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||||||

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Drew O'Connor | F | 31 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 42 |
| Will Graber | C | 31 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 30 |
| Quin Foreman | RW | 31 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 16 |
| Matt Baker | C | 31 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 32 |
| Tanner Palocsik | D | 31 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 12 |
| Jeffrey Losurdo | F | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| Daniel Warpecha | LW | 31 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 |
| Sam Hesler | F | 31 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| Collin Rutherford | C | 30 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| Brendan Demler | D | 31 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 17 |
| Mark Gallant | F | 26 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| Brendan Less | D | 31 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Cam Strong | LW | 31 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| Joey Matthews | D | 29 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| Tyler Campbell | C | 29 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Erik Urbank | RW | 30 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Brock Paul | D | 24 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| Harrison Markell | D | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Ryan Blankemeier | C | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clay Han | D | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Christian Lesueur | RW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Ben DiMaio | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Shatzer | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Keohan | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Justin Ferguson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Cameron | F | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Clark | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | - | 31 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Total | | | | | | |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Dean Shatzer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.00 |
| Adrian Clark | 30 | 1811 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 94 | 817 | 0 | .897 | 3.11 |
| Justin Ferguson | 2 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 0 | .814 | 6.71 |
| Empty Net | - | 14 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 31 | 1900 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 106 | 852 | 0 | .889 | 3.35 |

## Rankings

| Poll | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 (Final) |
| USCHO.com | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| USA Today | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |