Men’s Hockey Set to Host Dartmouth (11/9), Harvard (11/10)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown men's ice hockey team will play host to a pair of Ivy League foes this weekend when the Bears entertain Dartmouth (11/9) and Harvard (11/10) at Meehan Auditorium. Both games will be available on ESPN+.

Matchup: Dartmouth (2-1-0, 2-1-0 ECAC) at Brown (0-3-1, 0-2-1 ECAC)
Date: Friday, November 9
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Meehan Auditorium (Providence, R.I.)
Stream: ESPN+

Matchup: Harvard (1-2-0, 1-2-0 ECAC) at Brown
Date: Saturday, November 10
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Meehan Auditorium (Providence, R.I.)
Stream: ESPN+

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Last Time Out
Brown picked up a conference point on the road last weekend as the Bears tied Colgate, 2-2, and lost to No. 18 Cornell, 3-2. Rookie Tristan Crozier and Justin Jallen scored the goals for Brown, while Jallen's goal marked the team's first shorthanded tally of the season. Gavin Nieto made a season high 33 saves. Jake Harris and Brent Beaudoin both scored the following night in a one-goal loss to the Big Red. Harris scored the team's first power-play goal of the season and Nieto secured another 30-plus effort with 31 stops.

Scouting Dartmouth
Dartmouth (2-1-0, 2-1-0) split a pair of games last weekend with a loss to Princeton and a win over Quinnipiac. Will Graber leads the Big Green with five points in three games, including four assists, while three different players have two goals apiece. Adrian Clark (2-0-0) has started two of the three games in net and enters Friday with a 3.49 goals-against average and a .899 save percentage. Dartmouth is tied for the top scoring offense in the ECAC, checking in at 4.33 goals per game, and is 41.7 percent on the power play. Dartmouth has played all three of its games at home.

Brown vs. Dartmouth All-Time
When Brown plays Dartmouth on Friday, it will mark the 159th meeting in the rivalry between the two teams, dating back to 1927-28. Dartmouth leads the all-time series by an 83-67-8 margin. The two teams split the series last season. Brown beat Dartmouth at home, 3-0, in the regular season finale.

Scouting Harvard
Harvard (0-2-1, 0-2-1) fell to Quinnipiac and tied Princeton last weekend. Defenseman Adam Fox is the team leader in assists (7) and points (8) after three games. Rookie Jack Rathbone and defenseman Reilly Walsh have two goals apiece. Rathbone is the reigning ECAC Rookie of the Week after totaling five points (2g, 3a) over the weekend. As a team, Harvard is tied for the top offense in the league at 4.33 goals per game, but is ranked last in the ECAC in defense (5.33 g/gm). Harvard has six power-play goals this season, clocking in at 42.9 percent.

Brown vs. Harvard All-Time
Brown and Harvard have met 174 times, with the Crimson leading the all-time series, 114-47-13. Brown won the very first meeting between the two schools in the oldest active collegiate hockey rivalry, winning 6-0, in 1898 on a flooded baseball field in Dorchester, Mass. Brown and Harvard split the season series last winter as each team won at home. Brown topped the Crimson, 6-4, at Meehan.

Strong Start on PK
Brown currently owns the top penalty kill unit the ECAC, allowing two power-play goals (16/18) at 88.9 percent, to go along with one shorthanded goal. Brown most recently went 6-for-6 on the penalty kill at Cornell.

Rookie Scoring
The Brown freshman class has scored all but two goals for the Bears through four games and has accounted for 57.8 percent of the team's point total. Justin Jallen and Tristan Crozier lead the way with two goals apiece.

Nieto in Net
Junior Gavin Nieto is ranked second in the ECAC in save percentage (.929) and fourth in goals-against average (2.30) after starting the last three games. He made back-to-back 30-plus saves in a pair of games at Colgate and Cornell last weekend.

Up Next
After this weekend, Brown will visit UConn in non-conference action on Tuesday (11/13) at 7 PM.

Tickets for all Brown men's hockey games can be purchased online, by calling the Brown Athletics Ticket Office at (401) 863-2773, or by walking up to the box office located in the Pizzitola Sports Center, open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Men’s Hockey Set to Host Dartmouth (11/9), Harvard (11/10)

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Players Mentioned

Brent Beaudoin

Tristan Crozier

Jake Harris

Justin Jallen

Gavin Nieto

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