The 2021–22 Dartmouth Big Green Men's ice hockey season was the 115th season of play for the program and the 60th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Big Green represented the Dartmouth College and were coached by Reid Cashman, in his 1st season as head coach.
Season Dartmouth returned to the ice after their previous season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Big Green began the year with a decent stretch, opening 2–3 with two of their losses coming against ranked teams. After a serviceable start, went winless in 6 consecutive games and ended the first half of their season near the bottom of the conference standings.
After Christmas, Dartmouth opened their annual in-season tournament with a win over in-state rival New Hampshire. Unfortunately for the Big Green, the team would not record another victory for a month and a half. The biggest problem for Dartmouth was a lack of offense that continued for most of the season. The goaltending they received during the stretch gave Dartmouth several chances to win but the team's scoring rarely made an appearance.
Near the end of the season, Dartmouth put together a few wins that just put them above Yale and prevented the Greens from finishing last in ECAC Hockey. That set them up for a showdown with Rensselaer in the conference tournament. When the team won its first match, it appeared that they may have accidentally found a way to extend their season. However, Dartmouth got into penalty trouble in the next two games, surrendering five power play goals, and lost both matches to end their year.
Departures Matt Baker Forward Graduate transfer to Massachusetts Brendan Demler Defenseman Graduation (retired) Quin Foreman Forward Graduation (signed with Indy Fuel) Brendan Less Defenseman Graduate transfer to Quinnipiac Christian LeSueur Forward Left program (retired) Joey Matthews Defenseman Graduate transfer to Canisius Collin Rutherford Forward Graduate transfer to Bentley
Recruiting Sean Chisholm Forward 20 Caledonia, ON Braiden Dorfman Forward 21 Nashville, TN Matt Hubbarde Forward 21 Pickering, ON Trym Løkkeberg Forward 20 Fredrikstad, NOR Brady MacDonald Defenseman 21 Dorchester, ON Nate Morgan Forward 19 Calgary, AB Ian Pierce Defenseman 20 New York, NY Steven Townley Forward 21 Quechee, VT Dylan Witzke Defenseman 19 Calgary, AB
Roster As of August 19, 2021.
Standings
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular season
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Dartmouth Won Series 1–2
Scoring statistics C/LW 31 9 14 23 27 D 32 4 16 20 10 F 28 11 7 18 20 F 31 8 10 18 34 D 31 4 10 14 25 C 22 6 6 12 4 F 31 3 9 12 12 F 31 6 5 11 16 D 32 2 8 10 8 D 32 3 5 8 31 F 26 1 7 8 14 F 24 4 2 6 4 F 28 3 3 6 6 F 27 1 5 6 4 D 15 0 3 3 2 F 12 2 0 2 4 RW 23 1 1 2 6 C 23 0 2 2 6 C 22 1 0 1 4 F 29 0 1 1 6 D 30 0 1 1 8 D 30 0 1 1 22 F 6 0 0 0 4 D 7 0 0 0 15 G 12 0 0 0 0 G 23 0 0 0 2 Bench - - - - - 6 Total 69 116 185 300
Goaltending statistics 23 1333 6 14 2 60 709 2 .922 2.70 12 573 1 8 1 38 258 0 .872 3.98 Empty Net - 13 - - - 12 - - - - Total 32 1920 7 22 3 110 967 2 .903 3.25
Rankings
PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
Awards and honors Clay Stevenson ECAC Hockey Third Team Clay Stevenson ECAC Hockey Rookie Team
References