HOCKEY

The varsity skaters have been working hard to gain some wins this winter, but have found opponents stingy. Following losses to Boston University, Northeastern, and Princeton, the Green lost a stiff battle with Pennsylvania, on the road, 4-3 in overtime. The next week at home, Coach Oakes' squad was host to defending NCAA hockey champions Cornell. The Big Red easily proved their superior depth and strength, but a hustling Dart- mouth effort held the visitors to eight points. For All-American Cornell goalie Ken Dryden, it was his sixth shutout of the season.

Following this, Dartmouth traveled to West Point to meet a favored Army team. The Cadets' rink has a much larger ice surface than the Indians' Davis Rink, and Coach Oakes expected his squad to find this a big obstacle. Things clicked, however, and Dartmouth outskated, outshot, and out-defended their hosts, winning 5-4. Down 4-3 with 1:45 to go, Oakes pulled his goalie for an extra forward, and the Green scored seconds later to tie the score. With Cruickshank back in the net, senior Russ Martin swept in front of the Cadet goal and fired in a powerful backhand for the winning score with 18 seconds remaining.

Against Yale, Saturday morning of Carnival, the Indian skaters could not get their offense under way, and the Eli goal keeper had one of his best games, Dartmouth losing 5-1. At mid-week the Green was at home to Brown, and played nearly a perfect game. Leading 2-1 at the end of the opening period, Dartmouth was guilty of a momentary defensive lapse in the second, allowing the Bruins to score twice within 12 seconds. Eventually the Indians lost 5-2, as the momentum of the two quick, go-ahead scores carried the visitors to victory.

At weekend, the Big Green traveled to Cornell for a return game. This time the Big Red seemed prepared to take the Indians lightly. Dartmouth wasted no time in taking advantage of this situation, and slipped two goals by goalie Dryden, to lead 2-1 at the end of the first period. Behind for the first time all season, except for their single loss, Cornell came back and really poured it on in the remaining two periods. Only an outstanding effort by goalie Jim Cruickshank prevented additional Big Red scores, as Dartmouth lost 13-2. Four games remain on the Indian schedule, all of them against strong opponents. It will require extraordinary efforts by all members of the squad to add some more wins to their summary.

Sophomore diver Mike Brown, supremein the three-meter event, was a doublewinner against Army and Harvard. Especially noteworthy was his win overHarvard's Bob Murphy, Eastern champ.