J.V. Hockeymen Nip Baby Green In Overtime, 6-5

The J.V. hockey team came from behind to beat the Dartmouth freshman team in a sudden death overtime. 6.5.

Trailing 5-2 late in the second period, Harvard's skaters fought back to tie the score 5-5 on a goal by Andre Lemieux with 1:40 left in the third period. Immediately after the score, Harvard sent two players to the penalty box, finishing the period and starting the the overtime with only three skaters.

The winning goal came at 2:27 into the overtime when both teams were a man short. Dennis Clark stole the puck from a Greenlineman, and Paul Baldassari all alone, picked it up, put a move on the goalie, and slid in the winning tally.

Harvard was forced to play a catch up game all the way as Dartmouth scored early and held the lead until Lemieux's late goal. The Crimson did the only scoring in the third period. Hampered by five penalties in the last five minutes, the undermanned skaters scored twice while Paul Oldfield shut out Dartmouth in the nets.

Near-Fight

Marked by good defense and what Crimson coach James Hutchinson called "disappointing refereeing," the game nearly broke out into a fight in the second period when a Harvard iceman hipchecked a Dartmouth skater.

Baldassari's final goal was his second of the game along with one previous assist. Oldfield ended the game with 24 saves.

The victory was the closet win that the J.V. has had this year and broke the team's four-game losing streak. Its record now stands at 11-4-1 with only Andover and Yale remaining on the schedule.