BURLINGTON, Vt. - Freshman forward Max Strand scored a goal but Vermont was defeated by Dartmouth, 3-1, on Sunday afternoon at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
The Big Green opened the scoring at the 4:34 mark of the first period. Oskari Vuorio took a breakout pass from CJ Foley and skated through the neutral zone. Vuorio gained the Vermont blueline and fired a shot towards the net. The puck tricked through the goalie and Vuorio followed his shot and tapped the loose puck into the open net. It was the first collegiate goal for Vuorio while Foley picked up his seventh assist of the season. The
Dartmouth led after the first period despite tallying just three shots on goal. Emmett Croteau made nine saves in the opening 20 minutes.
Just under six minutes into the second period the Big Green added to their lead as John Fusco got on the scoresheet. Dartmouth had control of the puck in the Vermont zone and cycled the pucked around. Jack Silverberg passed the puck to Eric Charpentier who was on the left point. Charpentier found his defense partner in J. Fusco on the right point. Fusco made a quick move and ripped a wrister into the top corner for his third goal of the season.
The Catamounts got on the board 40 seconds into the third period when Strand scored on the power play to cut the Dartmouth lead in half.
A second before the midway mark of the third period, the Big Green took the two-goal lead back. The Big Green gained the zone while on the power play, Foley made a pass to Nikita Nikora as he sprinted through the neutral zone. Nikora gained the line and passed the puck to Cooper Flinton on the right boards. Flinton passed the puck back to Nikora who passed the puck to Foley with a between the legs pass. Foley skated into the high slot and wristed home his second goal of the season.
The Big Green held off the late Vermont push which included 3:44 of six attackers for Vermont.
Croteau finished the game with 21 saves as he picked up his third win of the season. Axel Mangbo stopped 12 shots for the Catamounts.
