Next Game: at Quinnipiac University 2/16/2018 | 7PM

The Union College men's hockey team secured a top-four finish within ECAC Hockey with a 2-1 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday night at Messa Rink.With the win, the Dutchmen improve to 18-13-1 overall with a 13-5-0 mark in league play and are currently tied with Clarkson for second place in the standings with 26 points. Union is now guaranteed a top-four finish and a first-round bye in the ECAC Hockey postseason.It was a defensive battle between the Dutchmen and the Big Green. Dartmouth outshot Union, 36-20, in the contest, but timely goals fromandand solid goaltending fromput the Dutchmen on top.Kupsky made 35 saves in the outing to earn his fourth-consecutive win and eighth of the season. He also helped Union go a perfect 4-for-4 on the penalty kill, and came up big in the second period, stopping all 17 shots he faced in the 20-minute span.Scarfo scored his 17th goal of the season just four seconds into a power play in the opening minutes of the second period. Union won the draw and moved the puck up to the defensemen at the point.took a shot that Scarfo deflected to put the Dutchmen on the board first. The goal also marks the eighth power-play goal of the season for Scarfo, which is tied for the lead in ECAC Hockey.The Big Green would then go on to outshoot Union 17-5 in the middle period, but Kupsky and the Union defense would hold onto the 1-0 lead to start the third period.Unfortunately, Dartmouth would tie the game up quickly in the third period. Seconds after Union killed off a penalty, Dartmouth's Tim Shoup got a shot through traffic that found the back of the net at the 1:16 mark.The Dutchmen got the lead back at the 12:26 mark thanks to the hottest stick on the ice this weekend. On an offensive-zone face off,won the draw back to Morgan who then fired a quick shot into the top shelf for his third goal, and second game-winner, of the weekend.Union hits the road for its final road games of the regular season, taking on Quinnipiac and Princeton next weekend, Feb. 16-17. Both games are slated for 7 p.m. (ET) starts.