They weren’t all thinking about it. No one really spoke about it. <\/p>\n
But Quinnipiac goaltender Jamie Holden admitted the thought crossed his mind after his 45-save effort propelled the Bobcats to a 2-1 upset win over No. 11 Dartmouth Saturday night before 3,608 at Thompson Arena. Let’s let the ECAC know what it’s getting in a new member next year. <\/p>\n
“I know it was on my mind coming in,” Holden said. “You want to make a statement: You’re going into the league, you’re the new team, and it definitely looks good to beat one of their top teams.” <\/p>\n
The most important message from the Bobcats (3-2): We can do a lot with a little. In its season opener, Dartmouth (0-1) produced 98 shot attempts to a paltry 17 for the visitors and held a 46-11 edge in shots on goal. <\/p>\n
It was of no matter, not after Tom Watkins and Rob Hammel staked Quinnipiac to a 2-0 lead that only Garret Overlock’s late-game wrister answered. <\/p>\n
“I would say Jamie stole the game for us tonight,” Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold said. “We did a good job limiting their quality scoring chances, but still Jamie made so many saves on those power play chances. It seemed like they had 100 power plays.” <\/p>\n
Dartmouth held a 13-3 edge in shots after one period, buoyed by a 7 1\/2-minute stretch featuring 5 1\/2 minutes of Big Green power-play time. Holden did his best work early in the onslaught, denying Dartmouth freshman David Jones’ slot bid and, later, a soft backhander from Overlock. <\/p>\n
Watkins’ right-point wrister through traffic past Dartmouth goalie Dan Yacey (nine saves) at 11:06 of the second period — on just the fifth shot on goal for Quinnipiac — changed the complexion of the game. <\/p>\n
With each Holden save (he added 11 more in the second period) and each failed Dartmouth attack, the sense of futility grew on the Big Green. <\/p>\n
“There was certainly a level of frustration coming in for the second intermission,” admitted Dartmouth defenseman Ben Lovejoy, who pinged two posts behind Holden in the second. “We thought we were the better team. I still think we’re a better team.” <\/p>\n
Hammel made the point moot at 12:28 of the third. A faceoff win to Yacey’s right by the Bobcats’ Ty Deinema hit teammate Joe Dumais and bounced to an uncovered Hammel in the low slot, and the senior scooped an ice-level shot through Yacey’s legs. <\/p>\n
Overlock threaded a power-play wrister from 40 feet past Holden at 17:20, but that was all Dartmouth would have for its huge positional advantage. <\/p>\n
Holden made two more quality stops in the final minute and change, getting the better of the Big Green’s Mike Ouellette and Lee Stempniak. <\/p>\n
Quinnipiac had its message victory. Dartmouth had its questions to answer. <\/p>\n
“We generated in each phase of the game,” Dartmouth coach Bob Gaudet said. “We killed penalties well. I thought our power play was excellent as far as moving and generating offense. They scored two; we scored one. It’s one of those things.” <\/p>\n
Dartmouth is back in action Sunday night, hosting Connecticut in the first hockey meeting of the two schools. <\/p>\n
— Greg Fennell covers Dartmouth hockey for the Valley News<\/b> of West Lebanon, N.H.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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