MEN'S HOCKEY ENDS SEASON WITH A  4-1 LOSS TO DARTMOUTH IN FIRST ROUND OF ECAC PLAYOFFS 

Senior captain Etienne Morin tied the games played record with 138 career games.

(Scoring Summary)

March 9, 2002

HANOVER, N.H. -- Frank Nardella's goal with 5:13 gone in the third period broke a 1-1 tie and propelled Dartmouth to a 4-1 victory over Colgate in ECAC first round hockey action.

Combined with Friday night's 5-4, double overtime win over the Raiders, Dartmouth (14-12-5) won the best two-of-three series and advances to the ECAC Championship for the second straight year.

 The Big Green needed only 51 seconds for a 1-0 lead as Lee Stempniak fired a blast past Colgate goalie David Cann. At the 11:15 mark, P.J. Yedon scored a power play goal for a 1-1 tie.

The game remained tied through the second period, and Nardella scored what proved to be the gamewinner. After a flurry of action in the crease, Nardella slipped the puck nearside past Cann.

Dartmouth's Kent Gillings added an insurance goal with 7:02 left in regulation. When Colgate pulled Cann in favor of the extra skater, Chris Taliercio wrapped it up for Dartmouth with an empty-net goal with 15 seconds to go.

For Colgate (13-19-2), Cann made 33 saves, while Dartmouth's Darren Gastrock stopped 37 shots.

NOTES:  Colgate's four seniors Bob Vandersluis, Etienne Morin, Ben Bryce and Jason Lefevre were on the ice for the final seconds of the game.