Men’s Hockey Heads to No. 17 Harvard, Dartmouth

Friday, February 22

Cambridge, MA

7:00 PM

Brown University

Harvard

Men’s Hockey Heads to No. 17 Harvard, Dartmouth

2/20/2019 3:27:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Game Notes

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown men's hockey team will hit the road for its final road trip of the regular season as the Bears take on No. 17 Harvard (2/22) and Dartmouth (2/23) this weekend. The games will be broadcast on ESPN+.

Matchup: Brown (10-10-5, 7-6-5 ECAC) at No. 17 Harvard (14-8-3, 10-6-2 ECAC)
Date: Friday, February 22
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Bright Hockey Center (Cambridge, Mass.)
Stream: ESPN+

Matchup: Brown at Dartmouth (9-12-4, 8-7-3 ECAC)
Date: Saturday, February 23
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Thompson Arena (Hanover, N.H.)
Stream: ESPN+

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Quick Points
- Brown is unbeaten over its last four games with a record of 2-0-2.
- Seven different Bears have at least five goals this season and nine players have double figures in points.
- Brown is 9-4-4 over the last 17 games after starting the season 1-6-1.

Last Time Out
Brown secured back-to-back 3-3 ties against No. 8 Cornell and Colgate at home this past weekend with a pair of come-from-behind efforts in the third period. Facing a three-goal deficit at the start of the third period against Cornell, the Bears scored three goals in a 53-second span to earn a tie, receiving goals from Chris Berger, Colin Burston and Tommy Marchin. Berger and Marchin also added one assist apiece and Tristan Crozier had two helpers. Brown earned a tie the following night against Colgate when Brent Beaudoin scored an extra-attacker goal at 18:09. Berger and Anea Ferrario added goals and Zach Giuttari had two assists.

Scouting Harvard
No. 17 Harvard is 9-4-1 in the second half of the season and split a pair of games last weekend with a win at St. Lawrence and a loss at Clarkson. Adam Fox leads the team in scoring and ranks second among all ECAC defensemen with 34 points on eight goals and 26 assists. Lewis Zerter-Gossage leads the team with 14 goals. Harvard owns the top power play in the nation at 31.8 percent, led by defenseman Reilly Walsh, who has six power-play goals. Michael Lackey is 14-6-3 on the season with a 2.23 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage. As a team, Harvard is averaging 3.32 goals per game.

Brown vs. Harvard All-Time
Brown and Harvard have met 175 times, with the Crimson leading the all-time series, 115-47-13. 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. Harvard captured the first meeting of the season with a 5-2 win in Providence. Tristan Crozier and Tommy Marchin scored in the loss.

Scouting Dartmouth
Dartmouth earned three points over the weekend, including a win against Clarkson, to snap a four-game winless stretch and move to a tie with the Bears at sixth in the league standings. Rookie Drew O'Connor leads the team in both goals (10) and points (17). Adrian Clark was named the ECAC Goalie of the Week after he posted a .963 save percentage and one shutout in a pair of games. Clark is 9-10-4 on the season with a 2.42 GAA and a .905 save percentage. Dartmouth is averaging 2.40 goals per game and enters the weekend at 12.7 percent on the power play.

Brown vs. Dartmouth All-Time
When Brown plays Dartmouth on Saturday, it will mark the 160th meeting in the rivalry between the two teams, dating back to 1927-28. Dartmouth leads the all-time series by an 83-68-8 margin. Brown won the first meeting of the season at home, 4-2, as four different players scored for the Bears.

Better Late Than Never
Brown has scored nine third-period goals since the start of February, making up 64 percent of the team's goal scoring in the four-game span. The Bears are a +7 in the third period as a team this season.

Berger's Goal Streak
Sophomore Chris Berger enters the weekend on a four-game goal streak and has posted 4-1-5 over the last four games, helping the Bears to a 2-0-2 unbeaten record. This marks the second time a Brown skater scored in four straight games this season along with Joachim Weberg from Dec. 8 to Jan. 4.

Gottlieb Approaching 50 Assists
Senior Max Gottlieb has 49 career assists heading into the final four games of the regular season. The defenseman has ten assists this season.

Shooting Gallery
Tommy Marchin is ranked third in the ECAC with 4.12 shots per game and leads the Bears with 103 shots in 25 games. He has posted at least five shots in ten games this season.

Up Next
Brown will wrap up the regular season at home next weekend when the Bears host Quinnipiac (3/1) and Princeton (3/2).

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.