LIVE from Appleton: Dartmouth 3, SLU 2

Third period notes

Goal SLU Caister on a beautiful pass from McKenzie

Goal Dartmouth Fleming's second.

St. Lawrence is starting to skate with more anxiousness. They need to get the equalizer however.

NO GOAL

The officials have to go and review a possible SLU goal here. The play will be reviewed. The first time ever in Appleton.

Saints seem to be just biding their time. Hopefully it pays off.

Dartmouth has come out looking a bit fresher. You can really tell that McKenzie wants this one, however.

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Second period impressions

Aside from the one that got by on Tisi's mistake, St. Lawrence played a pretty solid second period. McKenzie's goal was sensational, stealing it away from Mello, who clearly didn't see him from behind the net. Mello was looking up the left side of the boards and McKenzie came in behind him. Just an excellent goal from one of St. Lawrence's 100-point scorers.

As for the power play this game... well, St. Lawrence has not been very good. The Saints were 0-for-2 in the frame, the first of which was an abysmal display. The Saints took only one shot on net. Overall, though, St. Lawrence controlled the puck and possession. This game should be tied, but a minor mistake that led to a huge goal has Dartmouth up by one.

Second period notes

Mello was hit in the mask AGAIN... third time tonight.

McKenzie stole it away from Mello behind the net and wrapped it around and in. What a goal for McKenzie GOAL SLU

Tisi redirects a shot right into his own net. Terrible goal there. GOAL Dartmouth - Paul Lee.

SLU again can't score on the power play. This one didn't look nearly as bad as the last, but it wasn't good either.

Drewiske and Stephens starting to get into it a little bit, and Adam Estoclet heads to the penalty box for interference.

St. Lawrence with a terrible second power-play chance. The Saints took one shot and barely got any zone time. The Saints have to be disappointed with that.

St. Lawrence was in the offensive zone for a good minute and now Dartmouth takes a penalty.

Mello makes his second save of the game using his mask. A bit unfortunate for the Saints on yet another nice try.

St. Lawrence is playing much more patiently here in the second period. They're really taking their time, setting up plays and taking smarter shots.

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First period impressions

St. Lawrence came out with a lot of fire, but couldnt' get on the board first. Instead, Scott Fleming netted the game's first score, coming on a power play. He took a shot from a sharp angle just to the right of Tisi. The puck deflected off Tisi's stick and somehow trickled backward and in. A bit of an unlucky goal, but nonetheless, the Saints have 40 minutes to come back from one down.

James Mello in net for Dartmouth has been great. He stopped two shots that against most goalies would have been in without a doubt. The first was a shot in front from Vermeulen, which he calmly kicked away. The second, with SLU on a power play, Bogosian fed Bollig, who then rocketed a shot right into Mello's chest. Any other spot but there, and I think it would have been a goal.

St. Lawrence started to run out of steam, emotionally, it seemed in the latter part of the period. They started avoiding making hits and the defense was often trying to recover as Dartmouth has little issue moving the puck in the Saints zone.

First period notes

Power play over. No score for the Saints.

St. Lawrence with another great chance, but Mello comes up with a big stop. Bogosian streaked through the zone and fed Bollig, who missed his one-timer.

Penalty Dartmouth.

Dartmouth is really controlling the flow of this game late in the first period. St. Lawrence isn't getting a lot of time in Dartmouth's zone.

Neither team is really gaining much of an advantage in transition. When the Saints have it they aren't able to control it for long.

Saints miss a good chance as Curran tried to find Vermeulen in front. Verm couldn't get his stick on it.

Goal Dartmouth - Flemming

Bollig picks up a penalty

Saints are playing with a lot more energy than we've seen here at Appleton in weeks. Vermeulen is playing sensationally.

Tisi makes a nice save after the Saints fall asleep for a moment on defense.

St. Lawrence did an excellent job on the penalty kill. Dartmouth didn't have a shot on goal and didn't spend a ton of time in the offensive zone. Nice little boost for SLU after Child's penalty in the opening minute.

Child picks up a tripping penalty only 43 seconds into the game.

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Here are the starters for tonight's must-win game for the Saints:

SLU

Forwards: Mike McKenzie, Travis Vermeulen, Alex Curran

Defense: Jeff Caister, Derek Keller

Goalie: Kain Tisi

Dartmouth

Forwards: Adam Estoclet, Scott Fleming, Matt Reber

Defense: Evan Stephens, Joe Stejskal

Goalie: Jody O'Neill