Men’s Hockey Hosts No. 8 Cornell, Colgate in Key ECAC Weekend

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – After a pair of road wins, the Brown men's hockey team will look to keep it going at home this weekend when the Bears host No. 8 Cornell (2/15) and Colgate (2/16) at Meehan Auditorium. The games will be broadcast on ESPN+.

Matchup: Cornell (15-6-2, 11-3-2 ECAC) at Brown (10-10-3, 7-6-3 ECAC)
Date: Friday, February 15
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Meehan Auditorium (Providence, R.I.)
Stream: ESPN+

Matchup: Colgate (8-18-2, 5-9-2 ECAC) at Brown
Date: Saturday, February 16
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Meehan Auditorium (Providence, R.I.)
Stream: ESPN+

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Quick Hits
- Brown went 4-1 over a five-game road swing with a pair of weekend sweeps and two wins over ranked opponents.
- The Bears enter the weekend in sixth place in the ECAC standings with 17 points.
- Brown has won eight of its last 11 games after starting the season 1-6-1.
- The Bears received two votes in the latest USCHO national poll.

Last Time Out
Brown swept a pair of road games at Princeton and No. 4 Quinnipiac last weekend to improve to 4-1 over the last five games. Colin Burston and Chris Berger both scored in the third period to lift the Bears over the Tigers, 4-2, while Luke Kania made 32 stops in the win. Ben Taylor had two assists to join Gottlieb (1-1-2) and Burston (1-1-2) with multiple-point efforts. The Bears then scored three goals in the first 3:07 of the third period in an upset win at Quinnipiac the following night. Kania made a career-high 47 saves, including 24 in the third period, while four different players scored for the Bears.

Kania named ECAC Goalie of the Week
Sophomore Luke Kania was named the ECAC Goalie of the Week (2/11) for the first time this season. Kania led the Bears to a pair of ECAC road wins, including one over No. 4 Quinnipiac on Saturday, and finished with a .963 save percentage over the two-game span. The sophomore allowed just three goals over the weekend, stopping 79 of the 82 shots that came his way. In the win over the Bobcats, he stopped a career-high 47 of the 48 shots he faced, allowing his team to come away with a 4-1 win. This is the second Goalie of the Week honor for Brown this season after Gavin Nieto took home the weekly award on January 28.

Scouting Cornell
No. 8 Cornell is unbeaten over its last four games, including a home sweep against Clarkson and St. Lawrence last weekend, and heads into the weekend in first place in the ECAC standings. Morgan Barron is ranked ninth in the ECAC in scoring at 12-15-27 and also leads the team in assists, while Cam Donaldson has 11 goals. Yanni Kaldis is the team's top-scoring defenseman with 18 points. Matthew Galajda (11-5-1) enters Friday with a .918 save percentage and a 1.78 goals-against average, good for second best in the league. Cornell is averaging 3.00 goals per game and is second in the league in scoring defense, limiting opponents to 1.91 goals per contest. Cornell is 24.7 percent on the power play.

Brown vs. Cornell All-Time
Cornell leads the all-time series with Brown, which began with an 8-2 Brown win on February 21, 1959, by a 79-43-7 margin. Cornell captured the first meeting of the season, winning 3-2 in Ithaca, while Jake Harris and Brent Beaudoin scored for Brown.

Scouting Colgate
Colgate has dropped eight of its last 10 games and will play Yale on Friday before making the trip to Providence on Saturday. Bobby McMann leads Colgate with six goals, 12 assists and 15 points, while Trevor Cosgrove has four goals on the power play. Mitch Benson has made 25 starts in net for a 7-16-2 record and enters the weekend with a .910 save percentage and a 2.75 GAA. The Raiders are averaging 1.43 goals per game with a 14-6 power-play percentage.

Brown vs. Colgate All-Time
Saturday's game will be the 91st meeting between the two teams in a series that began on March 8, 1935, a 1-0 Brown victory. Colgate leads the all-time series, 58-25-7. The two teams tied, 2-2, in the first meeting of the season as rookies Justin Jallen and Tristan Crozier score for the Bears.

Better Late Than Never
Brown scored five of its eight goals in the third period this past weekend, while defensively, the Bears allowed just one-third period goal on the road trip.

Road Warriors
Brown went 4-1 on a five-game road trip, highlighted by a pair of weekend sweeps, including two wins over ranked opponents. The Bears averaged 3.40 goals per game during the stint with just 1.80 goals against per game and received goals from 12 different players.

Lead Late
Brown is 6-0-1 on the season when the Bears enter the third period with a lead.

Up Next
After this weekend, Brown will head out for the final road trip of the regular season with a pair of games at Harvard (2/22) and Dartmouth (2/23).

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 Hosts No. 8 Cornell, Colgate in Key ECAC Weekend

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Players Mentioned

Brent Beaudoin

Chris Berger

Colin Burston

Tristan Crozier

Jake Harris

Justin Jallen

Luke Kania

Gavin Nieto

Ben Taylor

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