HOCKEY

Under the guidance of Coach Ab Oakes '56 the 1963-64 hockey team jumped all the way from last place in the Ivy League to first place in one season, a record unequaled in modern times and achieved only by Yale 25 years ago under Quadrangular League conditions. Just as Ab Oakes was the youngest collegiate hockey coach in the nation, so was the Green one of the youngest teams in the league. Only two seniors were on the squad, Captain John Carpenter and wing John Fiske.

The team was dominated by sophomores, a happy situation that should give the Green a firm foundation for another great season next winter. The Indians completed the current season with a 14-7 record, the best performance by a Dartmouth hockey team since 1960.

Dartmouth's seven-game winning streak was ended by Northeastern 8-3, but the Indians rebounded to topple Princeton 9-4. This Ivy League win put the Green within one game of clinching the title. Brown scored three first-period goals, however, to beat the Indians 3-2 on Hanover ice, thus forcing the showdown battle in the final game at Ithaca, N.Y.

The final two games of the year were back-to-back road encounters with Colgate and Cornell. On the first night the Red Raiders defeated the Green 5-2 and undoubtedly killed any ECAC playoff hopes. The next night, however the Green was not to be denied. With the knowledge that Brown had already beaten Princeton earlier that same day and that they must win to capture the title, the Indians went all out. At the end of regulation play the score was 2-2. In the sudden death overtime that followed Captain John Carpenter put an Ivy-title green frame about a great collegiate career as he scored the winning goal.

High scorer for the Green during the 1963-64 season was junior Chip Hayes of Ann Arbor, Mich., who notched 12 goals and 23 assists. With one year remaining, Hayes already has 65 points en route to membership in Dartmouth's coveted Century Club. The second high scorer this winter was Dean Mathews, a sophomore, with 32 points.

Goalie Budge Gere completed an outstanding season and must be considered one of the most improved players in the East. He rose from a substitute status as a freshman last year to a starting berth in Dartmouth's third varsity game this year. In nineteen games he allowed only an average of 3.1 goals a game and made 584 saves.

Ivy Champion Coach Ab Oakes '56 andCaptain John Carpenter '64 gave BigGreen hockey fans smiling faces too.