Dartmouth Big Green at Saint Michael`s Purple Knights
COLCHESTER, Vt. (Interstat) — Dartmouth will visit Saint Michael’s for a women’s NCAA Division I hockey game Saturday at Tarrant Center. The Big Green enter with a 1-0 record, while the Purple Knights are 0-7. Dartmouth is the visiting team and Saint Michael’s is the home team. The game will be played at Tarrant Center in Colchester, Vt.
Dartmouth’s most recent result was a 9-0 win over Saint Michael’s. The Big Green will look to build on that result before returning home for a two-game series against Holy Cross. Dartmouth is then scheduled to host Saint Lawrence and Clarkson before playing at Yale, Brown, Colgate, Cornell and Harvard and hosting Harvard later in the season. Dartmouth’s next 10 games include two against Holy Cross, two against Harvard and one each against Saint Lawrence, Clarkson, Yale, Brown, Colgate and Cornell.
Saint Michael’s has opened with losses to Stonehill (5-0 and 8-0), Franklin Pierce (8-1 and 4-2) and Assumption (6-2 and 2-1). The Purple Knights will play at Harvard and Merrimack next before traveling to Long Island for two games. Saint Michael’s also is scheduled to host Saint Anselm, travel to Post and host Sacred Heart later in the season. The Purple Knights’ next 10 games include two against Long Island, two against Saint Anselm, two against Post and two against Sacred Heart.
Grace Bendickson is a player to watch for Saint Michael’s. In recent games, she scored and recorded one shot on goal in a 2-1 loss at Assumption and added one shot on goal in a 6-2 loss at Assumption. She had an assist and two shots on goal in an 8-1 loss to Franklin Pierce. Bendickson also recorded one shot on goal and two penalty minutes in a 5-0 loss to Stonehill. She recorded one shot on goal in a 6-2 loss at Assumption. Her recent performances include one goal, one assist, five shots on goal and two penalty minutes over four games. Bendickson recorded at least one shot on goal in each of those four games.
The Purple Knights will face a Dartmouth team that won the most recent head-to-head meeting by a 9-0 score. Saint Michael’s will try to generate offense from Bendickson and create scoring chances at Tarrant Center. Dartmouth will aim to remain unbeaten and continue its early-season form. The Big Green will be the visiting team, and the Purple Knights will be the home team.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Saint Michael’s 1, Dartmouth 0. Interstat’s ELO system projects Dartmouth with a 74.9 percent probability to win.