Game Time: Dartmouth vs. Union

Tonight's Lines:


Union
15 Matt Hatch - 19 Kelly Zajac (A) - 21 Wayne Simpson
16 Kevin Sullivan - 12 Kyle Bodie - 29 Trevor Mingoia
9 Daniel Carr - 27 Jeremy Welsh (A) - 7 Josh Jooris
23 Cole Ikkala - 10 Mark Bennett - 11 Sam Coatta

28 Shawn Stuart - 14 Shayne Gostisbehere
2 Nolan Julseth-White (C) - 6 Charlie Vasaturo
22 Mat Bodie - 4 Taylor Reid

1 Troy Grosenick
30 Colin Stevens
31 Dillon Pieri

Darmouth
14 Doug Jones (A) - 9 Matt Lindblad - 19 Eric Robinson
18 Brandon McNally - 16 Tyler Sikura - 15 Jason Bourgea
21 Nick Walsh - 17 Jesse Beamish - 11 Eric Neiley
29 Alex Goodship - 25 Paul Lee

3 Connor Goggin (A) - 27 Mike Keenan (C)
4 Jim Gaudet (A) - 5 Taylor Boldt
23 Rick Pinkston - 24 Andy Simpson
7 Dan Nycholat

33 Cab Morris
1 Jody O'Neill
30 James Mello



Loose Change/Stray Observations:

• The personnel remains largely unchanged except for Trevor Mingoia, who takes Max Novak's spot in the forward contigent. Charlie Vasaturo and Taylor Reid take the spots of Greg Coburn and Ryan Forgaard on the blueline. 
• Kevin Sullivan moves up to the new look Kyle Bodie line, who centers him and Trevor Mingoia.
• As such, the regular Carr-Welsh-Jooris line is reunited. They saw time together during the game last night and were instantly visible on the ice.
• Coach Bennett must have liked the way his fourth line played last night: with intensity and grit. Cole Ikkala, Mark Bennett and Sam Coatta stay together.
• Dartmouth dresses seven defenseman, meaning we'll see some doubleshifting here or interesting line combinations.
• Backup Dartmouth goalie Cab Morris has one of the best helmets we've seen: it has a racing stripe down the middle with a picture of a green (the color of Dartmouth) stock car  taxi cab (duh, that's his name) on the side. Also, he has a license plate on the back -- a New Hampshire license plate nonetheless -- that says "Big Green." Cool stuff.
• We've been having fun with names lately on the blog: don't confuse The Big Green's captain with the Stanley-Cup winning coach of the same name. 

Follow Along:

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Tweet of the Night:

Mike Ingoldsby wins tonight's Tweet of the Night. He's right, you know. Tonight is Whiteout Night at Messa Rink. Fans will receive free whiteout t-shirts.