MEN’S ICE HOCKEY: Bulldogs host Winter Wonderland Weekend

Amelia Lower & Grayson Lambert

11:54 pm, Jan 23, 2023

Staff Reporters

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The Yale men’s ice hockey team (3–12–4, 2–10–2 ECAC) did battle this weekend at the Winter Wonderland Weekend at Ingalls Rink in their first Ivy competition of 2023.

The Elis dropped two games, fighting No. 9 Harvard University (13–5–1, 11–3–0 ECAC) into overtime and then falling to Dartmouth College (4–15–1, 3–9–1 ECAC) the next day.

“The atmosphere at Ingalls was electric on Friday and it certainly gave our guys energy,” head coach Keith Allain ’80 said. “We went toe to toe with one of the top teams in the country in a game that could have easily gone either way.”

The Blue and White were the first to put away the puck in their Friday game against the Crimson. Forward Ian Carpentier ’24 collected the puck when entering the offensive zone and passed it to Teddy Wooding ’24, who shot it past Crimson goalkeeper Mitchell Gibson.

Harvard then responded 44 seconds into the second period. Crimson forward Joe Miller stole the puck off a Yale stick at the blue line and shot to even the score. Less than two minutes later, defenseman Mason Langenbrunner launched the puck through traffic to secure Harvard’s second goal of the night. 

“I think we did a good job of managing the game on Friday against Harvard,” defenseman Kieran O’Hearn ’25 said. “We had a hot start but after they scored two quick ones at the start of the second, we [stayed] in the game mentally and ended up tying the game.”

With less than six minutes left in the second period, forward Reilly Connors ’24 gained possession from a Harvard defender and passed to forward…