Hockey

Although Dartmouth's overall hockey record of 13 wins and 11 defeats is not impressive, Coach Eddie Jeremiah and his 1957 team rate a hearty "well done" for their accomplishments. The Indians won five Ivy games and lost three to tie for second place, the highest place for some years. Furthermore, this was done with a team composed of a handful of veterans, a large group of untested sophomores and some reserves who had more fight than ability.

Since last report the Dartmouth skaters lost to Harvard 8-3 and to Boston College 8-7. Then they defeated Middlebury 11-2, edged Brown 7-5, lost to Harvard 4-0, stopped Princeton 5-4 and wound up the season by losing to a strong Alumni AllStar team 9-7.

The 5-4 win over Princeton, which put Dartmouth in a second-place tie in the league, was perhaps the most satisfying game of the past month. The Big Green got away to a shaky start and was trailing 3-1 in the second period. They tied the game at 3-all, then collected another goal to go in front early in the third period. The Tigers came back to tie the game at 4-all, and then late in the third stanza wing Rod Anderson went in to score unassisted to settle the issue.

Dartmouth's first-line trio of Rod Anderson, John Wadman and John Lanigan dominated the team scoring. Anderson collected 20 goals and 18 assists, while Wadman had 13 goals and 20 assists, and Lanigan 16 goals and 12 assists. Defenseman Dan Goggin had five goals and 22 assists, while Dave Chapin, second-line standout, posted 11 goals and 14 assists, with senior wing John Strong accounting for 10 goals and 13 assists. Charlie Sprott, a wing, and Tony Gittes, the other regular defenseman, had 18 and 15 points respectively.

With a strong freshman team coming up, it may be that 1957 was a turning point in Dartmouth hockey.