Men’s hockey

MAINE vs. DARTMOUTH Time, site: Saturday, 7 p.m., Thompson Arena, Hanover, N.H. Records: Maine 5-3-3; Dartmouth 1-5

Series, last meeting: Dartmouth leads 5-4; Maine 7-1 on Dec. 14, 1998

Key players: Maine – C Chris Heisten (1 goal, 10 assists), C Lucas Lawson (4 & 5), C Martin Kariya (3 & 4), RW Matthias Trattnig (3 & 4), LW Dan Kerluke (2 & 3), `D Doug Janik (1 & 5), G Mike Morrison (1-1-2, 0.78 goals-against average, .962 save percentage); Dartmouth – C Kent Gillings (3 & 3), LW Mike Maturo (3 & 3), RW Mike Murray (2 & 2), D Trevor Byrne (0 & 4), D Peter Summerfelt (0 & 3), LW Chris Taliercio (2 & 0), G Nick Boucher (1-3, 4.79, .847)

Outlook: Maine will be playing its third game in five days while the Big Green haven’t played since dropping a 6-0 decision to Princeton on Nov. 18. Dartmouth is 0-2 at home while Maine is 2-1-2 on the road after Friday night’s 6-2 win over Brown. Dartmouth has only three seniors on its roster and four of its top five scorers are sophomores. Bob Gaudet’s club has lost three straight while Maine is 3-0-2 in its last five games..The Bears will try to capitalize on their speed on the big ice sheet at Thompson Arena (200-by-90). Maine will have to keep an eye on the line of Maturo-Gillings-Murray if Gaudet keeps them together. Maine has allowed only six goals in its last five games. Junior RW Niko Dimitrakos has scored three of Maine’s eight goals in his first two games back after missing the first eight with a broken wrist. He missed Tuesday’s 1-1 overtime tie at Cornell after being assessed a fighting major, game disqualification and mandatory one-game suspension in the 2-0 win at UMass-Lowell last Friday.