HANOVER, N.H. – First-year forward Matthew Coronato had a four-point night (two goals, two assists) to lead a pack of eight different goal-scorers as No. 14/15 Harvard men's ice hockey (1-0-0, 1-0-0 ECAC Hockey) earned a 9-3 win at Dartmouth (0-1-0, 0-1-0 ECAC Hockey) in its season opener.
 
Junior defenseman Henry Thrun had a goal and two assists, and four more players added multiple point nights – Sean Farrell (goal, assist), Baker Shore (goal, assist), Casey Dornbach (two assists) and Wyllum Deveaux (goal, assist).
 
Junior goaltender Mitchell Gibson made eight saves in 40 minutes, while Derek Mullahy (collegiate debut) and Derek Schaedig split time in the third period. Harvard outshot Dartmouth 37-19 for the game.
 
Playing for the first time in 601 days, the Crimson got off to a flying start despite taking a penalty in the opening seconds.
 
Coronato poke checked the puck away from Dartmouth's Tanner Polocsik and skated in alone from the red line, finishing the play with a shot over the shoulder of Justin Ferguson to make it 1-0 Harvard at the 1:10 mark.
 
On Harvard's first power play of the night, the Crimson converted with a beautiful series of passes. Thrun fed down low to Dornbach. Dornbach's cross-ice feed found the tape of junior forward Nick Abruzzese, who finished with a low one-timer into the back of the net to make it 2-0 at 4:23.
 
The Crimson exploded for six goals in the second period, starting with a two-on-one feed from Coronato to Deveaux for his first goal of the year at 2:09 of the second period to make it 3-0.
 
Dartmouth cut the lead to 3-1 at 2:43 of the second period but Farrell answered with a power play goal for Harvard, batting a rebound out of the air at 7:56. Shore made a great play at the Dartmouth blueline to force a turnover and finished the play with his first goal of the year at 9:44.
 
After Harvard killed off a penalty moments later, senior defenseman Marshall Rifai found Thrun coming out of the penalty box for a breakaway and he beat Dartmouth goaltender Justin Ferguson (28 saves) over the shoulder at 12:40 to make it 6-1.
 
First-year defenseman John Fusco scored his first collegiate goal on a power-play one timer at 18:10. Then senior forward Jack Donato closed out the scoring for Harvard on another 2-on-1, taking a pass from Shore and beating Ferguson right out in front of the net at 19:22 to make it 8-1.
 
Coronato closed out the scoring for Harvard at 6:47 of the third period, redirecting a shot-pass from Sean Farrell into the net.
 
Harvard Highlights

• First-year Matthew Coronato scored his first collegiate goal, a shorthanded goal at 1:10 of the first period. The goal was Harvard's first shorthanded goal since Ryan Siedem scored shorthanded on Feb. 22, 2020 at St. Lawrence.
• Junior defenseman Henry Thrun (goal, two assists) matched his career high with three points on the night.
• Senior forward Baker Shore (goal, assist) recorded his second multiple point game of his career.

Game Notes

• Harvard scored 9 or more goals in a game for the first time since March 14, 2008 (an 11-0 win over Quinnipiac).
• Harvard has won six straight games in the series against Dartmouth.
• In its last six season openers Harvard has scored 41 goals (6.83 goals/game).

Up Next
Harvard will be back on the ice tomorrow night (Oct. 30, 8 p.m.) for its home opener against Bentley at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center. The game will air on ESPN+.