Men’s Hockey Hosts Colgate, No. 2 Cornell in Final Regular Season Home Weekend

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown men's hockey team will play its final home games of the regular season this weekend when the Bears host Colgate (2/21) and No. 2 Cornell (2/22) at Meehan Auditorium. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN+.

Matchup: Colgate (10-14-6, 8-7-3 ECAC) at Brown (6-17-2, 6-10-2 ECAC)
Date: Friday, February 21
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Providence, R.I. (Meehan Auditorium)
Stream: ESPN+

Matchup: Cornell (19-2-4, 14-2-2 ECAC) at Brown (6-17-2, 6-10-2 ECAC)
Date: Saturday, February 22
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Providence, R.I. (Meehan Auditorium)
Stream: ESPN+

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Last Time Out
Brown fell at Dartmouth and then tied No. 18 Harvard last weekend to pick up a point in conference play. Rookies Cole Quisenberry and Bradley Cocca both scored against Dartmouth the pull the Bears within one goal on separate occasions, but the Big Green scored two late goals in the third to seal the win. Gavin Nieto stopped 18 shots in the second period as part of a 30-save effort. Joachim Weberg then scored the team's lone goal in a 1-1 draw against Harvard as he converted a game-tying penalty shot in the middle period. Nieto made 30 saves for the second-straight night, including five in overtime, to reach the 30-save mark for the sixth time this season.

Scouting Colgate
Colgate defeated Union on Saturday to snap a four-game losing skid. Senior Bobby McMann leads the team with nine goals and 17 points, while defenseman Nick Austin has ten assists. Colgate is averaging 2.13 goals per game and is ranked last among all ECAC schools on the power play at 8.1 percent. The Raiders are fourth in the conference in scoring defense, limiting opponents to 2.50 goals per game. Andrew Farrier and Mitch Benson have split time in net with 16 and 14 starts, respectively. Farrier leads the duo with a 2.25 GAA and a .923 save percentage.

Brown vs. Colgate All-Time
Saturday's game will be the 93rd 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, 58-26-8. Brown captured the first meeting of the season back in November. Justin Jallen scored twice in the 4-1 win.

Scouting Cornell
No. 2 Cornell enters the weekend on a five-game winning streak and most recently swept Union and RPI at home. Cornell owns the third-best defense in the country, limiting opponents to 1.76 goals per game, and is averaging 3.48 goals per game for the seventh-ranked offense in the nation. Morgan Barron leads the Big Red with 30 points and 13 goals and is tied with Yanni Kaldis for the team lead in assists (17). Cornell has three players with at least 20 points and 11 players with at least one power-play goal. Goaltender Matthew Galajda has started every game and is ranked second in the ECAC in both GAA (1.77) and save percentage (.923).

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 an 81-43-8 margin. Cornell won the first meeting of the season in Ithaca, 4-1.

Playoff Picture
Brown is currently in ninth place in the ECAC standings with four games left in the regular season. The top four teams earn a bye and the next four secure home ice for the first round in a best-of-three series. Brown has 14 points and sits four points back behind both Yale and Dartmouth for home ice.

Weberg Steps Up
Junior Joachim Weberg converted a game-tying penalty shot at No. 18 Harvard (2/15) to help the Bears earn a 1-1 draw. It was Brown's first made penalty shot since Matt Lorito scored against Princeton during the 2013-14 season, and the first time Harvard allowed a penalty shot since March 21, 2003.

Up Next
Brown will wrap up the regular season and Quinnipiac and Princeton next weekend.

Men’s Hockey Hosts Colgate, No. 2 Cornell in Final Regular Season Home Weekend

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Players Mentioned

Bradley Cocca

Justin Jallen

Gavin Nieto

Cole Quisenberry

Joachim Weberg

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