UPSET FAVORED YALE SIX
Yale was favored to hand Dartmouth a second defeat on the night of February 1, but Herb Gill's charges put on a driving attack, backed by the brilliant goal-tending of Bob Faegre, to overturn the Elis, 5 to 4, in the second overtime period. The first line of Captain Guibord, Allen, and Costello was well supported by Lewis, Mather and Devlin, scoring honors being evenly divided between Lewis and the Green leader. This pair collaborated for the deciding goal, when Guibord sent Lewis' pass sailing by the Yale goalie at 1:32 of the second overtime.
The Blue six took an early lead on Pillsbury's unassisted goal at 1:25 but the Indians evened the count at 7:55 on Lewis' goal after assists by Devlin and Mather, and less than a minute later Guibord sent them ahead by netting Allen's pass at 8:50. Cooke and Pillsbury evened matters just before the first period ended. Neither team was able to score early in the second session, with the defenses checking closely, but at i3:84 Costello's solo dash once again put Dartmouth ahead, until Cooke and Pillsbury of Yale repeated their scoring act at 18:02 to produce another deadlock. Lewis sent Dartmouth into the lead after 11:50 in the third period, tallying on a pass from Guibord, but this advantage was wiped out when Captain Mills scored for the Elis at 17:45. The contest went into overtime, with both teams shooting the works until Guibord and Lewis settled the issue.
Harvard provided the next league opposition on the Saturday morning of Carnival, and although apparently the smoother team, was turned back, 6 to 4, by Dartmouth's fighting spirit and the sensational work of Goalie Faegre, who could have used several assistant goalies during the last two periods of the game. Dick Lewis again stood out for the Indians, his two goals toward the end of the contest unravelling a 4-4 deadlock. The victory, giving Dartmouth a record of two wins and two defeats in league competition, raised the Indians to second place in the league standings.
The Green six captured a two-goal lead in the first period, on scores by Devlin and Guibord, and increased this to three goals when Fitzpatrick left his defense role to score on a pass from Allen at 3:51 in the second period. The Crimson offense picked up momentum halfway through the second session, Dewey scoring at 8:26. Allen, on a pass from Devlin, nullified this score at 12:09, but the Crimson came back five minutes later to make the count 4-2 at the close of the period. Harvard put on a whirlwind attack at the start of the final session, scoring at 1:03 on a solo dash by Carr and at 6:32 on a play by the same Carr and Mosely. After ten minutes of see-saw play, Dartmouth clicked on a beautiful threeway passing combination, Lewis tallying at 17:15 after assists by Guibord and Fitzpatrick. The Green victory was clinched in the final minute when Lewis again scored, this time on a pass from Riley. The last period was a wide open affair, and the huge Carnival crowd was on its feet during every minute.
Journeying to Boston for a third battle with Harvard three nights later, the Green sextet went to pieces in a rough-and-tumble contest, losing the play-off by a 10-1 score. Forest Mather scored for Dartmouth early in the first period, and thereafter the game was a run-away for the Crimson forces. The peak of rough play was reached late in the second session when Allen of Harvard and Lewis of Dartmouth were both disqualified after a mild pugilistic display. The Harvard attack produced eight goals in the last two periods, and at one point a Green wing was valiantly attempting to guard the goal while Goalie Cash sprawled on the ice.
Back on home ice, the Indians took it out on Middlebury, 13 to 1, and really regained their equilibrium by downing Princeton, 4 to 3, for their third straight league triumph. Victory over the Tigers sent Dartmouth to the top of the Quadrangular League, with the prospect that another win over Princeton on March 7 might return the title to Hanover. With each team defeating every other team at least once, this year's league race is a mad scramble.
In downing the Tigers, the Indians were once more forced to carry their aggressive play into an overtime period. With the score knotted at 3-all and 30 seconds left of the extra period, Vin Fitzpatrick, huge defense man, flashed down the ice, took a pass from Guibord, and netted the puck for the deciding goal. During the regular periods, play was about even, with Dartmouth ahead by one goal in each session and overtaken by Princeton at the beginning of each following stanza. The Tigers opened the scoring at 3:38, and while the visitors were short-handed through penalties the Green skaters rushed in two tallies before the opening period ended. On a pass from Willis, Savage tied it up in the first minute of the second session, but Guibord got away for one of his brilliant solo dashes and netted a rebound shot for the third Green goal. Matters remained thus until the start of the final period, when Savage again tallied an early goal to tie the score. Dartmouth's best offensive efforts were turned back in this third period, and ten extra minutes of play were necessary to produce a Green victory.
