The Dartmouth 2/13/17

02.13.17

Men’s hockey goalie masks share personal stories p. 8 Giegerich brothers: men’s squash players p. 7 Tearing Up the Playbook with Sam Stockton ’19 p. 6 The Weekend Roundup p. 2-3

Winter Carnival Past and Present A look at the ski teams’ performance this year and past skiing traditions p. 4-5

By Evan Morgan

EVAN MORGAN/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS WEEKLY

SW 2

The weekend Roundup

Compiled by Nathan Albrinck, Mark Cui and JONATHAN KATZMAN

SQUASH

Photo by SAPHFIRE BROWN/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF The women’s squash team lost 9-0 to Yale University and Stanford University.

On Wednesday, No. 8 Dartmouth shutout No. 17 Williams College at home. Carson Spahr ’19, Brandon De Otaduy ’20, Sam Epley ’19, Glen Brickman ’17, Jack Harvey ’18, Brian Giegerich ’18 and Drew Monroe ’20 all cruised to decisive three-game victories.

On Friday, Dartmouth was unable to replicate its dominant performance from earlier in the week, falling to the away team No. 9 Yale University 7-2.

The Big Green got off to a brilliant start, with both De Otaduy and Epley securing wins with respective final scores of 11-8, 11-8, 12-10 and 11-13, 12-10, 12-10, 6-11, 11-7.

However, the team then lost the next seven matches. Nick Harrington ’17 and Brickman were both defeated in close five-game matches. After a 9-0 win against No.20 Brown University on Sunday, the Big Green is now 7-7.

The women’s squash team had

a busy week with four matches. On Wednesday, the team dominated No. 10 Williams 8-1 at home. The sole loss was by Janel Gaube ’18 by a score of 11-5, 11-6, 11-4. Annie Blasberg ’20, Zainab Molani ’18, Junnat Anwar ’20 and Emma Roberts ’19 all defeated their opponents 3-0.

On Friday and Saturday, the Big Green was shut out by No. 5 Yale and No. 6 Stanford University 9-0 in both games. After a lackluster start, the team was unable to gain momentum in either of the two games. Against the Cardinal, Blasberg, Gaube and Roberts went to four games but could not finish with a win. Against Yale, Gaube and Roberts managed to take their matches to four games but could not secure a victory. In both the matches, no one on the Big Green was able to stretch her opponent to five games. After topping Brown 8-1 on Sunday, the Big Green is now 5-8.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Men’s HOCKEY Josh Hartley ’17’s two goals lifted Dartmouth over visiting Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2-1 on Friday in a physical contest at Thompson Arena. With the victory, the Big Green improved to 9-12-3 overall, 6-9-2 ECAC. “I thought we held the fort at the end,” head coach Bob Gaudet ’81 said. “[Goaltender Devin] Buffalo [’18] made some key saves and did a great job staying square and covering up the puck. We knew RPI was going to put a lot of pressure on us, and we defended very well as a group.”

After a scoreless first during which Cam Strong ’20’s apparent eighth goal of the season was called off due to goalie interference, Hartley put the Green and White on the board with a power play goal 15:10 into the second. The Coquitlam, British Columbia native collected a Grant Opperman ’17 pass and fired a wrister past Engineers goaltender Chase Perry to record his second goal of the season.

Hartley’s second of the evening came with just 1:08 left in the third on the penalty kill, while the Big Green faced an additional extra skater after RPI pulled Perry. The marker was the Big Green’s first shorthanded goal of the season and of Hartley’s career since March 6, 2016.

“It was great for us to grind it out and get a ‘W,’” Hartley said after the game. “When we got the second goal, we were in a tough spot with RPI having a 6-on-4 advantage, so it was nice to see it go in.”

Buffalo was cool and in control down the stretch in goal, turning away 29 RPI shots to earn the win. Buffalo recorded 10 stops in the third period alone, many of them coming as the Big Green defensive unit fell under heavy pressure. Though RPI managed to get within one on a power play goal with 18.6 seconds left, Kevan Kilistoff ’19’s faceoff win in the Dartmouth zone as the clock wound down thwarted RPI’s last opportunity to score the equalizer.

On Saturday evening, Dartmouth faced a Union College team that was on the wrong side of a 6-2 beat down at Harvard University the previous evening. The No. 6 Dutchmen regrouped and turned their anger into an 8-3 victory over the Green and White at Thompson

Arena. With the loss, Dartmouth falls to 9-13-3, 6-10-2 ECAC and has just four regular season games remaining.

“Union played very well, so hats off to them,” captain Carl Hesler ’18 said. “We did not bring our ‘A’ game and it showed. There was definitely some frustration after we got down, and after they capitalized on a few power plays we just could not come back.”

Union got on the board early in the first when Cole Maier capitalized on an unfortunate Dartmouth turnover after Will Graber ’20, trying to carry the puck out of his own zone, collided with linesman Glen Cooke. The Dutchmen would add two more goals in the first, followed by four in the second and one in the third. Forward Spencer Foo was the highlight player of the evening for the visitors.

Foo recorded a hat trick on two second-period goals and a power play goal in the third, becoming the fourth player in Union’s program history to reach 100 career points.

Foo’s first goal of the second period chased goalie Buffalo from the contest after he surrendered five goals in just 26 minutes of action. Buffalo made 19 saves before giving way to Adrian Clark ’20, who registered 12 stops in the remaining 34 minutes of play. On the other end, Union’s Jake Kuspky, playing just his second game in 95 days, made 45 saves to earn the victory.

Dartmouth found light midway through the second period when Strong scored his eighth of the season. The Big Green played the final 10 minutes of the third stanza with noticeably more energy, finally winning possession battles in the corners and creating more quality scoring opportunities. The hustle down the stretch showed, as Troy Crema scored twice in the final eight minutes, and the Green and White outshot Union 20-5 in the final period.

Despite the final score, the Big Green outshot the Dutchmen 48-39. Union’s power play unit was outstanding, finishing 4-for5, while Dartmouth’s man-up unit finished 0-for-3 in a chippy game that featured 12 total penalties.

Dartmouth returns to action this Friday evening on the road at Brown University, before facing off at Yale University on Saturday evening.

CORRECTIONS Correction Appended (February 10, 2017): Information has been added to a quote by Paul Vickers ’19 to clarify comments about gender-inclusive fraternity Tabard’s percentage of minority and low-income members in the article, “The Strengths and Imperfections of the Greek System.” The updated version clarifies that Vickers’ quote refers to fraternities with College-recognized houses.

Ray Lu ’18 Editor-in-Chief

Rachel DeChiara ’17 Publisher

Kourtney Kawano ’18 Executive Editor

02.13.17 Vol. CLXXIV No. 28

Mark Cui ’19 Evan Morgan ’19 Sports Editors

Nathan Albrinck ’20 Assistant Sports Editor Saphfire Brown ’18 Paula Mendoza ’19 Photography Editors Jaclyn Eagle ’19 Templating Editor

Correction Appended (February 10, 2017): A previous version of the article, “The Town and the College: an interdependent relationship” published Feb. 10 in the Winter Carnival special issue misspelled town manager Julia Griffin’s last name on one instance. The article has been updated to reflect this change.

Correction Appended (February 9, 2017): The previous version of the article, “Winter Carnival introduces new events” stated that the sculpture height was limited to four feet due to town permit restrictions, when in fact this height limit was suggested by the College’s Office of Risk and Internal Controls Services.

Correction Appended (February 9, 2017): A previous version of the article published Feb. 9 titled, “Town to vote on ‘student residence’ zoning status” incorrectly stated that the zoning board will vote on March 7, when in fact they will discuss the proposal again on March 7, which could lead to a vote at a later date. A previous version of this article also misquoted Joseph Asch ’79 as saying Dartmouth “covets properties on frat row.” The quote should have read that Dartmouth “covets a number of properties on frat row.”

Correction Appended (February 7, 2017): A previous version of the headline for the article published Feb. 7 titled “Harry Enten ’11 reflects on election predictions” misspelled Enten’s first name. The article has been updated to reflect this change.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS WEEKLY

Track & Field

SW 3

BASKETBAll

Photo by LAURA LEWIN/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF The men’s basketball team lost to Yale University but beat Brown University this past weekend.

Photo by SAPHFIRE BROWN/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF The men’s and women’s indoor track and field team competed at Boston University’s Valentine Invitational.

On Saturday, the Dartmouth men’s indoor track and field team competed Saturday at Boston University’s Valentine Invitational. In the 500-meter dash, Amos Cariati ’18 secured third for the Big Green with a time of 1:03.70. Zachary Plante ’18 finished second and 15th overall. In the 60-meter hurdles, Alex Frye ’17 led the Big Green by finishing in sixth with a time of 8.27 seconds.

In the same event, Alec Eschholz ’19 and Parker Johnson ’19 tied for 10th, while Nico Robinson ’17 finished in 20th place. In the 1-mile run, Pat Gregory ’18 led the way with a sixth place finish and a time of 4.02.20. It was his personal best and the 10th best time in Dartmouth history.

The Big Green also had solid performances across the board in field events. In the long jump, Hendric Tronsson ’20 placed seventh with a 22-8.5 feet/6.92 meter jump.

In the weight throw, Timothy Breenan ’17 took third with a toss of 59-10.5 feet/18.25 meter. In the pole vault, Benjamin Ose ’19 and Samuel Siegel ’19 finished in ninth and 10th, respectively.

The women’s indoor track and field team also competed at BU’s Valentine Invitational. Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20 had an outstanding day, securing second place for the Big Green in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.49s and third in the 60-meter dash in 7.62s. Bridget Flynn ’18 finished with a time of 2.09.42, placing her in fifth in the 800-meter run. Abby Livingston ’18, Aliyah Gallup ’17 and Alexa Jennings ’19 followed up by finishing in 10th, 11th and 15th out of 143 total participants, respectively.

In the 500-meter dash, Claire Dougherty ’20 secured second in an impressive 1:14.58. Nicole Deblasio ’19 was the top finisher for the Big Green in the 200-meter dash, finishing in 25.07s for a 16th place overall finish. Helen Schlachtenhaufen ’17 finished with a time of 4.40.79, placing her in 11th in the 1-mile run.

On the field side, the highlight of the day came from Julia Valenti ’20 in the pole vault. Valenti finished in second by jumping 12-5.50 feet/3.80 meters. Shanthi Hiremath ’20 followed up with a solid 11-11.75 feet/3.65-meter jump, placing her in fourth place.

On Friday night, the men’s basketball team fell to Yale University 73-64 on the road.

Dartmouth cut Yale’s lead to five points early in the second half, but Yale rallied to a game-high 19-point lead with 11 minutes left in the game. Evan Boudreaux ’19, the only Dartmouth player to score in double figures, led the Big Green with 15 points. Dartmouth fell to 4-16 overall and 1-6 in the Ivy League, while the Bulldogs improved to 14-6 overall and 6-1 in the league.

The men returned to action Saturday night against Brown University, winning 77-74 to earn its second conference win of the season. Mike Fleming ’17 tallied a career-high 17 points, including a game-winning 3-pointer with just under a minute left to seal the win for the Big Green. Boudreaux scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, while playing a teamhigh 37 minutes. Dartmouth

plays Cornell University and Columbia University this Friday and Saturday in Hanover.

The women’s basketball team dropped its third straight game Saturday night against Yale.

The women led by one point at the end of the third quarter, but managed only eight points in the fourth quarter, en route to a 57-50 loss. Olivia Smith ’18 led the Big Green with 16 points and nine rebounds. Fanni Szabo ’17 and Isalys Quiñones ’19 scored 12 and 10 points, respectively, in support.

Yale improved to 11-9 overall and 2-5 in the conference. The team returns to action this Friday against Cornell University and Saturday against Columbia University, both on the road. On Sunday, the women dropped their second match of the weekend, losing to Brown 65-62 at Leede Arena.

Now, the women’s basketball team is 6-15 overall and 1-7 in the league.

SEE ROUNDUP PAGE 7

SW 4

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS WEEKLY

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Winter Carnival

After three carnivals, the Dartmouth ski team’s season looked eerily familiar to 2007, when the Big Green won e curse and took second place for the seventh year in a row. This week, The Dartmouth looks at the team’s per

Carnival Weekend Recap One slalom run encapsulated the Big Green’s outing at Dartmouth’s 111th Winter Carnival. In his second descent on a brisk Saturday afternoon, Brian McLaughlin ’18 came charging down Winslow Ledge.

He looked to be headed for a fast time when he stumbled on a section of the course which announcers Brian Francis ’18 and Nolan Kasper ’14 called “Hangman’s Corner.” McLaughlin hiked back to the gate and made it to the bottom, but he had lost seven seconds over his first run and finished in 35th place.

The Dartmouth ski team had a carnival run that mirrored McLaughlin’s. Despite a strong start, which saw Dartmouth ride out to a 40-point lead on the first day, the Big Green stumbled near the end. On Saturday, the University of Vermont overtook Dartmouth in dramatic fashion. The final margin was just 15 points — 884 points for the Catamounts to 869 for the Big Green.

The pivotal moment came during the final men’s slalom run of the weekend. Thomas Woolson ’17 reached the bottom of Thomas Trail in a blistering 48.12 seconds and was declared the unofficial winner. But video replay showed Woolson straddling a gate near the bottom of the course. He was disqualified, and the Big Green’s potential overall men’s slalom score dropped from 108 to 68.

“I thought I just kind of hooked the gate a bit, and so I definitely felt a little twist, but I thought it was alright,” Woolson said. “Some of the coaches protested, so we had to go back to our video, and the video showed I had straddled.”

Woolson was not the only Dartmouth man who had a difficult outing on Saturday.

“There was one gate on the men’s slalom second run that was our nemesis,” Ed Hauck, men’s alpine assistant coach and the Carnival’s chief of course, said. UVM “capitalized on seeing our top three men [Tanguy Nef ’20, McLaughlin and Woolson] drop like flies on the second run.”

To their credit, the Catamounts were strong opponents on Saturday, scoring the most team points in both alpine events. UVM’s Paula Moltzan and Laurence St-Germain finished 1-2 in the women’s slalom, ahead of Dartmouth’s Alexa Dlouhy ’19 in fourth, Foreste Peterson ’18 in fifth and Kelly Moore ’18 in seventh. UVM skiers also took first and third in the men’s slalom, the event where Dartmouth ceded the most points. The Big Green’s scorers were David Domonoske

EVAN MORGAN/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF

Thomas Woolson ’17 was on his way to a slalom win before being disqualified.

’20 and Nef, in 13th and 15th place. McLaughlin, after his struggles on the second run, also scored in 35th.

At the Craftsbury Outdoor Center, UVM did not outshine Dartmouth but scored well enough to take the overall crown. The Big Green’s Fabian Stocek ’17 continued his sensational senior season by winning the men’s 10-kilometer classic, his fifth win of 2017, with teammate Callan DeLine ’18 in seventh position and Gavin McEwen ’19 finishing 12th. The Big Green was also represented on the podium in the women’s 5-kilometer classic, where Abby Drach ’20 finished second.

In both events, Dartmouth took second overall and UVM took third.

Saturday’s drama overshadowed a very good first day for Dartmouth.

Strong performances in the cross-country relays pushed the host team out to the overall lead. The depth of the Big Green Nordic team was on display in the men’s 3x5-kilometer freestyle, where Dartmouth took first and second positions. McEwen — part of the winning team, along with Stocek and DeLine — posted the fastest lap of the day at 11:57.0 seconds. On the women’s side, Dartmouth’s Drach, Taryn Hunt-Smith ’19 and Lauren Jortberg ’20 settled for second, just over 13 seconds back of the top spot, won by the University of New Hampshire.

The Big Green and the Catamounts dueled to a draw in Friday’s giant slalom, each team racking up 234 points. Peterson, after skipping last weekend’s race to compete on the NorAm circuit, won her second giant slalom of the season, beating UVM’s Moltzan by 0.61 seconds. Steph Currie ’20 was just off the podium in fourth. On the men’s side, McLaughlin finished ahead of a trio of UVM skiers, putting the Green and White on the podium in second position.

Dartmouth rode an avalanche of success into this weekend’s carnival, looking for its fourth-straight overall win. Instead, it was UVM that came away with the victory over the Big Green.

“Our coach [Cami Thompson] said that this weekend was a good thing,” Hunt-Smith said. “It keeps us in check. It keeps us honest.”

The weekend’s finish order — UVM first, Dartmouth second — has repeated itself every year since 2010, the last time Dartmouth won its home carnival.

“It’s important to know that we have to work really hard to get those wins,” Hunt-Smith said. “The team is pretty mad we didn’t win this weekend, so hopefully we can translate that anger into momentum to ski faster next weekend.”

EVAN MORGAN/THE DARTMOUTH SENIOR STAFF

Foreste Peterson ’18, here on her second slalom run, won the giant slalom on Friday.

By Evan

Rememb

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS WEEKLY

SW 5

Past and Present

every carnival en route to the NCAA championship. But this weekend, the team fell prey to the Winter Carnival erformance, the unfortunate slalom runs that sealed its fate and a tradition of Winter Carnivals in times past.

Morgan

bering the Dartmouth ski jump: 1929- 1993

For 64 years, two towers stood tall to distinguish Dartmouth from the New Hampshire countryside.

Of course, the first was Baker Tower, erected in 1928 — Baker stood for the academic side of Dartmouth. The second was the ski jump, an 85-foot steel-and-snow behemoth whose silhouette looked over the golf course. For generations of college students, the jump — sometimes referred to by its location, the Vale of Tempe — symbolized the outdoor side of Dartmouth.

“Impossible not to love the old hill,” wrote David Bradley ’38, English professor and former Nordic combined champion, in a lyrical 1993 piece for the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. “It waited with a special solicitude for the beginning skiers who, on a fraternity dare or determined to force a personal rite of passage, slid out on a Sunday when no one was around.”

The enormous trestle, which abutted the Hanover Country Club’s 13th green, was constructed in 1929. It succeeded a line of cruder jumps which had sprung up after the first Winter Carnival in 1911. In these early days, ski jumping was the centerpiece of the carnival. The jumping events customarily concluded the weekend, and Dartmouth men and their dates flocked by the hundreds to the golf course to watch.

Ski jumpers, the extreme athletes of their day, could put on a compelling show. “Among the most interesting events to the visitors were the somersaults turned in mid-air by C.G. Paulson, the New Hampshire State College expert, who has thrilled the carnival crowds for three consecutive years,” the New York Times reported on the 1916 carnival.

“The jumpers were a different breed,” said John Morton, an Olympic biathlete and former head coach of Dartmouth skiing. “It took tremendous leg strength, explosive power and just guts to go that fast straight down the in-run and just launch yourself into the air.”

Over the years, the focus of American competitive skiing shifted. The Nordic style, with its emphasis on cross-country skiing and jumping, became less popular. Alpine, the downhill style including slalom and giant slalom, took its place. But jumping continued to draw crowds. Ticket sale records show that the jumping events at Winter Carnival consistently brought thousands of people out to the Vale of Tempe.

In 1980, however, competitive ski jumping in the United States took a serious blow. The NCAA Skiing Rules Committee voted to eliminate the sport from collegiate competition. The move was partly a result of the sport’s waning popularity in the United States, but other factors were at play as well. Not every school had the luxury of a nearby jump, and those who did struggled to maintain their facilities and cope with liability. Moreover, to gain a competitive edge, skiing coaches had resorted to an expensive tactic: recruiting from Europe. By dropping jumping, Morton said, the dominant public schools of the day, like the University of Vermont and the University of Utah, could reduce costs and maintain relative parity.

Dartmouth ­— and Morton, the head ski coach at the time — fought hard to keep the old traditions in place. Though jumping had been eliminated as an official carnival event, the College continued to maintain the facility and host events off the college circuit. Eventually, though, the maintenance costs piled up. In 1993, the jump was torn down.

Today, the sport has had a rebirth of sorts in America, particularly among female skiers, who have recently become internationally competitive in a new Olympic sport: women’s ski jumping (men’s ski jumping has been included in every Winter Olympics). But at Dartmouth, jumping remains a relic of past winters. The only remnant of the old ski jump? A stone monument near the Vale of Tempe location — and the memories of the jumpers of yesteryear, who soared beneath steely New Hampshire skies.

COURTESY OF RAUNER SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY

Dartmouth’s ski jump featured an intimidating steel trestle and a landing hill that was part of the natural terrain.

SW 6

Tearing Up the Playbook with Sam Stockton ’19 Super Bowl Recap Edition There are two obvious narratives when you watch a game with a big comeback: the comeback and the choke. The New England Patriots’ 31 unanswered points to defeat the Atlanta Falcons and win Super Bowl LI without having led the game for a single second certainly plays into both of these narratives. Epic drive after epic drive to tie the game by New England. Chance after futile chance for Atlanta to put the game away.

When looking at Atlanta, it is easy to decry its play calling, particularly its continual refusal to run the ball and bleed the clock late, as outrageous.

It’s also worth noting that the reason this strategy is ultimately scrutable is that it simply didn’t work. If Matt Ryan hit a deep pass on third-andone deep in his own territory instead of getting sacked and fumbling, and if he threw while in field goal range and scored a touchdown rather than getting sacked, leading to an Atlanta penalty that pushed the Falcons out of field goal range, Kyle Shanahan would be lauded for a bold finish to a game in which he called a near perfect first half. These are “what if ” scenarios, but they are hypotheticals that easily could have happened.

The tendency in evaluating a coach’s decisions, particularly in the playoffs, is to judge the call’s merit based on whether or not the play actually worked. This is an obvious and, in many ways, fair way to judge a coach’s decisions. We often hear that the National Football League is a “results league,” though I’m not really sure in what professional sports league results don’t matter. That being said, it seems unfair to ignore completely the possibility that a call could have worked even though it didn’t.

On New England’s side, it is impossible to ignore that the Patriots put themselves in a position where they effectively couldn’t make a mistake.

And they didn’t. Tom Brady was absolutely magnificent, carving up the Falcons defense with such ease that he never even seemed to be in a rush. Sometimes, it’s easy to slip into thinking of Brady as a guy to dink and dunk his way to victory week after week. After all, he doesn’t make the same highlight reel throws as Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson, but on almost every pass in the second half, Brady put the ball exactly where it needed to go.

I wrote last week about how the

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS WEEKLY

Patriots and the Falcons played in a way that exemplifies football in 2017.

What the Patriots did to the Falcons represents a new version of wearing down an opponent.

Football has long been a sport that prized winning a war of attrition. For a long time, this meant taking the air out of the ball, playing in a phone booth and gaining three yards and a cloud of dust. The Patriots gave oldschool attrition a modern twist. They controlled the clock and ran nearly double the plays that Atlanta did, yet they did it without relying on the run.

New England’s quick receiving corps, led by Julian Edelman and James White, was able to get enough separation for Brady to find them with the ball. Even when Atlanta was winning big, the team owed its success to quick strike drives as well as a pick-six. Eventually, the Falcons just started to wear out; they couldn’t keep fighting back against the Patriots’ aerial onslaught.

By the time the Falcons needed to make stops, they didn’t have anything left in the tank. Meanwhile, New England continued to make plays easy with the exception of Edelman’s ridiculous circus catch. The Patriots gained chunks through the air with ease when it mattered most. Throw in a couple of admittedly questionable Atlanta play calls, an excellent performance by their defense down the stretch and a favorable coin flip, and you’ve got the best comeback in NFL history to yield the best Super Bowl in NFL history.

Musings of the Week: 1. Say what you will about the Brady/Bill Belichick-era Patriots, but when they’re in a Super Bowl, it’s a great game. All seven of Brady and Belichick’s Super Bowls have been can’t misses. For the second time in the last three years, the Patriots won the Super Bowl, and it was the best game played to date. In Super Bowl XLIX, Malcolm Butler’s incredible read and interception stole away the NFL crown from Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks, sealing a dramatic fourth quarter comeback. Flash forward two seasons to Super Bowl LI in Houston, Texas. Brady and the Pats faced a seemingly insurmountable 25-point deficit yet roared back, and once again pull off a miraculous victory.

2. I almost don’t even think it’s necessary to say this, since it’s impossible to have a different opinion at this point, but Brady and Belichick are both clearly the greatest to ever do it. I was of the opinion that both had earned this status prior to this game, no matter what happened. After this game, I also claim that Brady is the clutchest athlete of all time. Brady is so good that in the fourth quarter, when he got the ball down two touchdowns and two two-point conversions, it felt like the game was already over, and that the Pats, trailing by 16, would win. Brady is just that good. With the game on the line, there is absolutely no one better than Brady.

Bygone sports of Winter Carnival Ski-joring Skijoring, spelled in the 1930s with a hyphen, is a Norwegian word which means “ski driving.” Imagine skijoring as a cross between horse racing and cross-country skiing.

Each racer is towed by a horse, hanging on for dear life to a length of rope attached to the harness.

The sport was a scored event in the intercollegiate winter sports meets of the early Winter Carnivals. But after a short time as an Olympic demonstration sport, skijoring fell out of the public eye, and by the 1930s, it was out of the Carnival as well.

COURTESY OF RAUNER SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY

Speed skating By the 1930s, skating had emerged as a feature sport of the Winter Carnival.

In 1935, the DOC’s “Clerk of the Course” had detailed instructions to lay out the course on Occom Pond by boring holes in the ice and outlining the track with rubber hose. Large crowds were expected, forcing the clerk to coordinate with the Director of Police. But skating’s popularity had waned by the late 1940s. The 1947 Clerk of the Course told his successor, “if you can get a couple of teams together to compete here you’re a better man than I am and I take my hat off to you.” The event was eliminated from the Carnival in the 1950s.

COURTESY OF RAUNER SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY

Snowshoeing Snowshoe races were an integral part of Winter Carnival at its inception. A 1916 article in The Crimson declares “the chief events of the carnival will be the intercollegiate ski and snowshoe races,” placing the event on even ground with skiing. In 1916, the event included a 1-mile crosscountry snowshoe race and culminated with an obstacle race at the foot of the ski jump. But skiing soon overtook snowshoeing as the winter sport of choice, and the event last appeared in the Carnival in 1925.

COURTESY OF RAUNER SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS WEEKLY

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017

SW 7

Giegerich brothers redefine sibling duos on the squash courts

By DANIELLE OKONTA The Dartmouth Staff

Many students on Dartmouth’s campus have been fortunate enough to have younger siblings follow in their footsteps to take advantage of what the Big Green offers. If they are lucky enough to attend Dartmouth at the same time, they can share in the opportunities open to students while creating their own individual identities. This is true of the Giegerich brothers. Brian Giegerich ’18 and Matt Giegerich ’19 are not only among the community of siblings on campus but are also two talented athletes on the men’s squash team.

The Giegerich Brothers grew up in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, a suburban town located right outside Philadelphia. Both Brian and Matt attended and graduated from Springside Chestnut Hill Academy.

While there, they played a variety of sports, including soccer, baseball and wrestling, until squash became the focus.

“I was 7 years old when I started playing,” Brian said. “My brother and I kind of played it on and off before we became serious about it.”

Their parents reacted to the brothers’ passion in squash very

differently.

“My dad was quite unfamiliar with the sport,” Brian said. “He wanted us to participate in a sport that was more common and masculine in the sense that it had the same level of intensity as football or wrestling. He was a football player and wrestler at [the University of Pennsylvania], so he had originally wanted us to follow in those footsteps.”

Upon discovering that their interests lay in squash, their mother, unlike their father, was eager to get them started.

“My mom signed us up for a clinic, without my dad knowing, and we started playing,” Matt said. “We participated in a few tournaments and casual competitions. We participated in wrestling for two years in middle school and then later transitioned into pursuing squash completely.”

Despite his initial opposition to the brothers joining the sport, their father grew to be more familiar with squash, eventually becoming his sons’ biggest fan. He drove them to compete in tournaments across the Northeast. With their father’s support, the Giegerich brothers became more serious about pursuing the sport at the collegiate level.

They led Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s squash team to third

FROM ROUNDUP PAGE 3

TENNIS

The men’s tennis team was scheduled to host Texas Christian University on Friday and Southern Methodist University on Saturday, but both matches were cancelled due to snow. On Friday, the men will travel to Princeton, New Jersey to compete in the ECAC Winter Championship.

The women’s tennis team beat Brown University 4-1 and Columbia University 4-0 over the weekend to win the Eastern College Athletic Conference Indoor Championships. On Saturday against Brown, Dartmouth lost the doubles point but bounced back to win its first four singles matches

and clinch the win. Taylor Ng ’17, Racquel Lyn ’20 and Allison McCann ’20 won in straight sets for the Big Green. Julia Schroeder ’18 and Lyn defeated the Bears’ Maddie Stearns and Mariska Chamdani 6-2.

Sunday versus Columbia, Dartmouth earned a 4-0 shutout victory to improve to 7-0 on the season. After winning the doubles point, Ng, Lyn and Chuyang Guan ’20 won in straight sets to win the championship. The team plays the College of William and Mary this Saturday and Virginia Commonwealth University on Sunday.

SKIING Over the weekend, Dartmouth hosted 14 other teams in the annual Dartmouth Winter Carnival over the weekend but finished second to rival University of Vermont. The Catamounts won the carnival with 884 points, besting Dartmouth’s 869 by a mere 15 points. Alpine skier Thomas Woolson ’17 was in position to finish first in the men’s slalom, but a video review disqualified him for brushing one of the gates. This was the Big Green’s first second place

finish in a carnival this season, having won all of its previous carnivals.

The Big Green finished first in the women’s giant slalom and men’s 3x5-kilometer freestyle relay.

Individually, Fabian Stocek ’17 won the men’s 10-kilometer freestyle with a time of 27:25.3, and Abby Drach ’20 finished second in the women’s 5-kilometer freestyle in 15:38.4. The Dartmouth ski teams will compete in the Middlebury Carnival next weekend.

place in the 2014 U.S. High School Team Squash Championship. By the end of his senior year, Brian had finished in the top 16 at the U.S. Nationals and had been named to the All Inter Academic First Team and All Mid Atlantic Squash Association team. Likewise, Matt finished third in the U.S. Nationals in the BU19 age division and was honored with the DeRoy Sportsmanship Award.

When asked how Dartmouth came to be the next stepping stone for their academic and athletic careers, they expressed similar sentiments as to why Dartmouth was the right fit.

“Dartmouth was my favorite school from the beginning,” Brian said. “I had visited seven to 10 schools in the Northeast but was more drawn to Dartmouth. I really like that Dartmouth is in this rural environment with a nice, quaint little town next to its beautiful campus. I went to a much smaller high school than most people, so I was happy to join Dartmouth’s close community.”

Matt added that he loves the inclusive academic environment that Dartmouth promotes.

“Dartmouth has a top-notch academic program,” Matt said. “I really like that most of the classes are smaller and that students can get a lot

of interaction with professors. There is a strong emphasis and focus on undergraduate learning.”

After playing on the same high school team growing up, the Giegerich brothers noted that playing on the same college team has been a privilege.

“I was a little nervous about Matt joining the team,” Brian said. “I had a year at Dartmouth and with the squash team and had found my place.

I wasn’t sure how Matt coming in would impact my experience, but so far it has been incredibly positive. He’s been well-received by everyone on the team, has been a great player, and our relationship has benefited from it.”

Both Giegerich brothers discussed how despite being brothers, they are also individual athletes with different strengths and weaknesses. Hansi Wiens, head coach of Dartmouth men’s and women’s squash, noted some of the different contributions the two have made to the team.

“Brian has shown that he is very passionate about the sport,” Wiens said. “He trains quite well and certainly leads by example. Matt is a very special athlete on the team and is known for scoring big points at important competitions.”

Wiens can also see the similarities and differences in their personalities

as well.

“Brian is a little more reserved than Matt,” Wiens said. “Matt is pretty outspoken and quite outgoing.”

The Giegerich brothers can attest to that opinion.

“In some situations, I can be more outgoing than Brian,” Matt said. “In other situations, Brian might be more outgoing. I tend to joke around a lot and I would say that Brian can be more serious.”

Brian echoed a similar sentiment.

“Matt is pretty good at making people laugh,” Brian said. “I would say that while I am still outgoing, I can be a little more reserved in some situations. We are both very serious when it comes to squash but off the courts, Matt is lively and quite the comedian whereas I stay calm and collected.”

Brian and Matt’s similar yet different personalities rarely clash.

Matt’s gregariousness and Brian’s easygoing personality only make them complement each other as siblings and teammates.

Yesterday, the men’s squash team hosted and competed against Brown University. This upcoming weekend, the team will travel to Cambridge, Massachusetts for the Men’s Championship.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY Eleni Tebano ’17’s first game helped the Big Green to a 4-0 win at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Friday, Dartmouth’s first victory since mid-January. The senior assistant captain from Glastonbury, Connecticut recorded Dartmouth’s first and third goals of the evening and assisted on Christina Rombaut ’20’s tally to record three points in the contest, a career best.

Dartmouth improved to 6-19 overall, 4-15 ECAC with the victory. Tebano got Dartmouth on the board at the 18:28 marker in the first period, beating Engineers’ goalie Lovisa Selander, with the assists going to Cecilia Lopez ’20 and Emma Korbs ’17.

Despite being tasked with holding off an RPI 5-on-3 for almost over two minutes deep in the second period, the Dartmouth penalty kill unit held strong and kept the Engineers off the scoresheet. Rombaut then made the Engineers pay by scoring her fourth goal of the season to put the Big Green up by two heading into the final period.

Dartmouth went up by three on Tebano’s second of the evening 5:32 into the final stanza.

Captain Mackenzie St. Onge ’17 added the icing to the cake with an empty netter at the 16:09 marker. Overall, nine different Big Green players recorded points on the evening. Dartmouth was outshot 32-23 but managed to kill off all five RPI power plays. The Big Green finished 0-for-3 on its man advantage opportunities.

On Saturday afternoon at Union College, the Big Green lacked the stellar performance it needed to carry themselves to a second road win of the weekend. Just as it seemed that the game was headed to overtime, Union’s Alli Devins put

the Big Green away with just 1:06 remaining in the third period, breaking a 1-1 tie and lifting the Duutchwomen to a 2-1 victory at Messa Rink.

Devins’ winner dropped the Big Green to 6-20 overall, 4-16 ECAC. Union got on the board just 52 seconds into the game when Cheyenne Harris knocked in her own rebound past Dartmouth netminder Robyn Chemago ’17.

Dartmouth got the equalizer in the power play later in the period on Hailey Noronha ’18’s of her career, with St. Onge and Korbs recording the assists. Noronha’s goal marked the first power play goal for the Big Green in over a month.

Dartmouth nearly got ahead 13:35 into the final stanza on Devon Moir ’17’s apparent tally, but her goal was waved off, and the game remained scoreless until Devins’ game winner as the clock wound down.

Chemago did her best to keep Dartmouth in the game throughout the evening, making 21 saves in the loss. The Big Green finished with a 39-23 advantage in shots, and finished 1-for-4 on the power play. Dartmouth returns to Thompson Arena next weekend for its final home series of the season.

The Big Green will host Brown University on Friday evening, before squaring up against Yale University on Saturday afternoon.

Currently, the Big Green is in 10th place in the conference with eight points. Clarkson University is currently in first with 36 points and is followed

by St. Lawrence University, who has 32 points.

The only Ivy League foe Dartmouth is currently ahead of is Brown, who is in 11th place with six points. Cornell is in third place with 30 points while Princeton is in fifth place with 26 points.

THE DARTMOUTH SPORTS WEEKLY

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017

SW 8

SPORTS

Men’s hockey goalie masks tell personal stories

By JONATHAN KATZMAN The Dartmouth Staff

There is a certain excitement that comes with watching a hockey team take the ice before a game. The lights in the arena are often dimmed, strobe lights are turned on, music plays upbeat tunes and the crowd rises to its feet.

Teams are typically led onto the ice by their starting goalie, the last line of defense, who typically sports a set of pads with customized color patterns to represent his institution. One may also notice the goaltender’s glistening chrome cage reflecting the spotlight as the team skates around. Look a little closer, however, and you will catch a glimpse of what a goalie would refer to as the most significant piece of his gear: the mask. Yes, the mask protects the one who wears it from the damage of 90+ mile per hour slap shots, but the reason why a goaltender’s mask is so special often has nothing to do with being on the ice. A thorough analysis of a goalie mask, therefore, requires not just insight into the design itself but also familiarity with the man who wears it.

“There are so many different things you can have on a mask,” Devin Buffalo ’18 said. “Some choose to have the design represent their institution, personal hobbies and interests and even personal background.”

When Dartmouth goaltenders are given the opportunity to design their mask every two years, it is an opportunity to not just add flair and color but also document one’s personal story. Here is a look at this year’s goaltenders on the men’s hockey team and the stories that their masks represent.

Devin Buffalo ’18, Wetaskiwin, Alberta Buffalo recently had the chance to design his second mask since he’s been at Dartmouth. His first mask was selfdescribed as “Dartmouth themed,” featuring the Dartmouth crest and a green “D” on both sides of the cage with a small “Lone Pine” and the silhouette of a buffalo. The only noticeable reference to Buffalo’s personal life on the front and sides of the mask was his last name painted in bubble letters across the chin. The image of a dreamcatcher and the word “Napekasowino” on the back plate commemorated his native heritage.

Buffalo’s new helmet, first worn for the Big Green’s game at Yale University on Jan. 20, is more representative of his personal background.

“The difference between my new

mask and the old one is that I wanted to make more of a tribute to my native background,” Buffalo said. “The inspiration was that I want to wear a helmet that truly shows who I am. I am Cree from Alberta, and I am very proud to be native. This is a great opportunity to show others who I am and where I am from.”

On Buffalo’s new mask, one will notice patterns frequently used in native artwork near the forehead and chin, in addition to three green eagle feathers, considered sacred in native culture, on both the right and left sides of the chin which continues to don his last name.

While the sides still feature a green “D,” the logos are overshadowed by portraits representative of Buffalo’s name. The upper left side of Buffalo’s helmet features the image of a fierce, gray buffalo that appears ready to go into battle. The upper right side of Buffalo’s helmet features a portrait of buffalo grazing on the plains.

“Growing up with a name like Buffalo,” the Alberta native added.

“I have a lot of friends who have encouraged me to have buffaloes on my mask.”

Though the front and sides of a mask feature the aforementioned designs and color, the art on the back of Buffalo’s mask may speak loudest about who he is and what he strives to represent. The back sports the initials of his parents, which he has had on the back of his helmet since junior hockey, as a tribute to them for the support they have provided throughout his life. Also on the back is a famous native painting called “The End of the Trail,” which depicts a native warrior on a horse. Buffalo referred to the sentimental value of the image, noting that it reminds him of the “resiliency that my people have shown throughout history.” The most important part of the mask is reflected by the same word that could be found on the old one: “Napekasowino,” a Cree word representing courage and bravery.

“Having ‘Napekasowino’ on my helmet is my way of telling myself that I am going to be brave when I put this helmet on,” Buffalo reflected. “For me, there is a reason why everything is here.”

Adrian Clark ’20, Toronto, Ontario For Clark, having the opportunity to design a Dartmouth-themed mask was nearly the fulfillment of a childhood dream.

“I was actually a big fan of Dr. Seuss growing up, and after I committed to play at Dartmouth, I was looking at

some notable alums and noticed that Dr. Seuss went here,” Clark said. “It was cool to notice that he is an alum and that I have the chance to walk through the same halls and buildings as he did. The mask is a reminder of my childhood and what I enjoyed as a kid.”

Unlike that of Buffalo’s mask, Clark’s paintjob is symmetrical. It features a dark green base with a gray stripe down the center, with two white Dartmouth “Ds” on the sides and “Dartmouth” transcribed in script font on the top right and left sides. What stands out most is the tribute to Dr. Seuss, featuring three of Clark’s favorite references to the famed author. Above the top right and left sides of the chrome cage is “The Lorax,” while “The Cat in the Hat” makes an appearance on the “D” on the sides of the mask. Both sides of the chin also feature “Green Eggs and Ham,” and the red and white striped hat from the Dr. Seuss classic rests atop the “A” in “Clark,” transcribed in gray bubble letters across the chin. When asked about whether or not he will be inclined to alter the design over time, the Toronto native noted that while he likes the design the artist put together, he will look for a way to add “The Grinch,” which is fittingly green.

The back of Clark’s mask is also a tribute to his background. Like Buffalo, he was sure to include his parents’ initials and also added a Canadian flag. The phrase, “Shut the Door,” spans the bottom of the plate, indicating Clark’s goal every time he hits the ice. The tribute, however, stretches beyond his family and his homeland. Like his old mask, Clark’s new design features a sticker honoring one of his close friends who was paralyzed in a freak accident on the ice. Not only does the mask honor Clark’s roots, family and friends but it uniquely uses the Dartmouth theme to represent an additional chapter of his story.

Dean Shatzer ’20, Castle Rock, Colorado Shatzer’s mask tells the story of where he is from and where he is today, while featuring a tremendous amount of Dartmouth pride. On one side, the mask features Colorado’s Rocky Mountains to represent his home state, while the other side features the Appalachians to symbolize the environment around Dartmouth. The chin is adorned with a Dartmouth “D,” with small “Lone Pines” spanning the bottom portion of the helmet. “Dartmouth” is inscribed above the cage, with a large, green “Lone

COURTESY OF ADRIAN CLARK

Adrian Clark ’20’s mask serves as a tribute to Dr. Seuss, a Dartmouth alumnus.

Pine” above to represent the College on the Hill.

The back features tributes to all of the stops that the freshman goaltender has made on his way to Hanover. Most noticeable is an emblem featuring Culver Military Academy, where Shatzer attended high school before moving on to play juniors in Odessa, Texas for the Odessa Jackalopes of the North American Hockey League.

Shatzer had the artist pay tribute to the West Texas oil country with a silhouette of an oil rig, as well as his birthplace of Hershey, Pennsylvania, which also features the phrase “EST 1996” to represent the year in of his birth.

“It was important for me to honor where I come from because everywhere

I have been and the people there are the reason why I am here today,” Shatzer said. “It is a good reminder of what I am thankful for and remembering my roots.”

As for whether or not spectators should expect his design to change over the next few years, Shatzer seemed content with the mountain theme but hinted at the possibility of adding additional features. Perhaps the next few years will be full of experiences that give him plenty of options.

“I have not thought about my next design,” Shatzer said. “We get a new paint job every two years, so I have not thought about my next one. I like the mountains so far, and would like to keep the back plate personalized.”

COURTESY OF DEAN SHATZER

Dean Shatzer ’20’s mask features an emblem of his high school.