The 2024–25 Dartmouth Big Green Men's ice hockey season was the 118th season of play for the program and the 63rd in ECAC Hockey. The Big Green represented Dartmouth College, played their home games at the Thompson Arena and were coached by Reid Cashman in his 4th season.
Season Coming into the season with high expectations, Dartmouth began the season already dealing with injuries with their reigning top scorer, Luke Haymes, on the shelf with a broken hand. Despite his absence, the Big Green seemed to have no trouble finding the back of the net, averaging 4 goals per game through the first three weeks of the season. On top of that, solid goaltending from both Roan Clarke and Emmett Croteau had the team undefeated through 6 games with wins over nationally-ranked Quinnipiac and Cornell. After suffering their first loss to championship-favorite Boston College, Dartmouth had risen up to the top 15 in the polls and sat 4th in the PairWise rankings, leaving the program with a tremendous opportunity to end its 45-year NCAA tournament drought.
After dropping three very close games (one in a shootout) to finish off the first half of its schedule, Dartmouth's ranking slipped but the team was still well positioned to reach the tournament. With Haymes returning after Christmas, the Big Green were looking to make a splash at the Ledyard Bank Classic but they were let down by their goaltenders. Clarke and Croteau combined to allow 8 goals on 51 shots and Dartmouth was unable to take advantage of leads early in the two games. As the second half of their season progressed, the Big Green continued to find themselves in close games but the offense was too inconsistent to keep their playoff hopes alive. Over a 14-game stretch Dartmouth played ten 1-goal matches (excluding empty-net goals), going 3–7 in those contests. During their terrible run, Croteau ended up becoming the primary starter but it was the lack of scoring that was chiefly to blame for the losses. By late February the team had fallen down to .500 and had virtually no chance to make the tournament short of a conference championship.
The team recovered a bit at the very end of the season, with Croteau backstopping them to a 3-game winning streak as the conference tournament began. After a relatively easy victory over St. Lawrence in the first round, the defense came up big in the first game with Union. After twice getting behind by a goal, the Big Green raised their level of play, holding the Chargers to just 10 shots over the final 40 minutes. The offense was the story in the rematch with Dartmouth exploding for 7 goals with contributions from up and down the lineup. The minor upset sent the team to the semifinals where Clarke was getting his first start in over a month. Perhaps due to inaction, the netminder was not up to the task and allowed 3 goals on just 14 shots. Dartmouth's offense did him no favors, scoring their only goal with less than 5 minutes left in regulation and the Big Green's season was over. Even with the mildly disappointing finish, Dartmouth still was able to produce its best season in over a decade and made consecutive semifinal appearances for the first time since 1980.
Departures Cooper Black Goaltender Signed professional contract (Florida Panthers) Brady MacDonald Defenseman Left program (retired) Joey Musa Forward Transferred to Massachusetts Ryan Sorkin Forward Left program (retired) Josh Waters Forward Graduation (retired)
Recruiting Tim Busconi Defenseman 20 Milton, MA Hank Cleaves Forward 20 Riverside, CT Emmett Croteau Goaltender 20 Bonnyville, AB; transfer from Clarkson; selected 162nd overall in 2022 Colin Grable Defenseman 21 Spring Lake, NJ Austin Salani Forward 21 Hancock, MI Joshua Schenk Forward 20 Whitehorse, YT Jack Silverberg Forward 19 Sherwood Park, AB Hayden Stavroff Forward 20 Dublin, OH
Roster As of August 18, 2024.
Standings
Schedule and results
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Scoring statistics D 33 11 19 30 10 C/W 33 4 26 30 4 C/LW 33 15 12 27 12 LW 32 11 13 24 8 F 31 10 12 22 43 D 32 11 10 21 39 F 32 5 16 21 10 C 22 12 6 18 14 F 31 7 9 16 22 F 33 6 10 16 10 F 31 4 8 12 0 D 33 3 8 11 26 D 24 1 8 9 13 F 33 4 4 8 2 D 32 1 6 7 4 F 29 0 5 5 15 F 17 4 0 4 0 C 22 0 3 3 6 F 19 0 2 2 2 C 4 1 0 1 0 D 19 0 1 1 8 D 26 0 1 1 6 F 1 0 0 0 2 G 17 0 0 0 0 G 18 0 0 0 9 D 21 0 0 0 4 Bench – – – – – 6 Total 110 179 289 295 Source:
Goaltending statistics 18 1029:13 13 4 0 36 336 1 .903 2.10 17 934:22 5 9 2 42 358 0 .895 2.70 Empty Net - 30:17 - - - 6 - - - - Total 33 1993:52 18 13 2 84 694 1 .892 2.53
Rankings
PollWeekPre 1 23456789101112131415161718192021222324252627 (Final) USCHO.comRVNRNRNRNRNR171615131717–17RVRVRVRVRVRVNRNRRVRVRVRV–RV USA HockeyRVNRNRNRNRNR171514141716–18RVRVRV19RVRVNRNRRVRVRVRVRVRV Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 12 or 26.Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.
Awards and honors CJ Foley All-ECAC Hockey First Team
2025 NHL entry draft
7 204 † Detroit Red Wings † incoming freshman
References