HANOVER, N.H. (Thompson Arena) -- After assembling a string of six consecutive victories, the Bemidji State University men’s ice hockey team saw its streak come to an end tonight in the championship game of the Ledyard National Bank Classic. Hosting Dartmouth University scored first, piled on a pair of second period goals and held off a third-period barrage by the Beavers to claim the title, 4-2.

Dartmouth was the first to draw blood netting an even-strength goal at the 11:35 mark of the first period. But with 3:46 to play, the teams were sent to the locker rooms early due to poor ice conditions, setting up what would amount to be a 23-minute, 46-second second period.

The Big Green went up by two goals 8:28 into the second period when Peter Bolt found Connor Groggin for a power-play goal.

The Beavers struggled to generate scoring chances early managing just six shots to the Big Green’s 10 during the first period, with three scoring attempts coming on the power play as the teams wrapped up the first period after the intermission. But a tripping penalty called on Scott Fleming midway through the second stanza would give the Beavers the boost they needed. Cody Bostock (Sr., D, Salmon Arm, British Columbia) and Brandon Marino (Sr., F, Riverside, Calif.) connected with Matt Francis (Sr., F, Surrey, British Columbia), who was parked on the left post, for the senior’s fourth goal of the season. The goal reeled the Big Green to within a goal, 2-1.

But the energy would be short lived. Dartmouth swung momentum back in its favor before the period expired corralling a rebound off of BSU goaltender Matt Dalton (So., Clinton, Ontario), sliding the puck into the back of the net with just 38-seconds left in the second.

Dartmouth built a 4-1 lead just 22 seconds into third period setting up over 19 minutes of desperation for the Beavers.

BSU managed 14 shots on net in the final period, with one off of the stick of Brad Hunt (Fr., D, Ridge Meadows, British Columbia) going for the Beavers’ lone power-play goal of the night. Despite pulling Dalton for an extra attacker for the final two minutes of play, the Beavers were unable to gain any ground on the Big Green and fell for the first time since Nov. 21.

The 14-shot third, allowed the Beavers to gain an edge in shots on goal, 27-25.

Bemidji State’s only power-play marker of the evening came on the team’s fifth and final opportunity of the game. Meanwhile, the Big Green scored on one of its three power-play chances.

Dalton turned aside 21 Dartmouth scoring attempts, but saw his winning streak come to an end after six consecutive victories allowing four goals. He falls to 8-5-0 on the season.

Dartmouth’s Jody O’Neill was superb between the pipes single-handedly keeping the Big Green in the game. He made 13 of his 25 saves during the final 20 minutes of play. He allowed two goals but earned the win, bumping his season record to 8-3-0.

With assists in the game, Marino and Bostock each totaled three points for the weekend and were named to the Ledyard National Bank Classic All-Classic Team.

Bemidji State (8-8-0; 4-2-0 CHA) returns home to battle nationally-ranked University of North Dakota Friday at 7:35 p.m. The game comes on the front end of a home-and-home with Saturday’s contest set for 7:37 p.m. at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D.