Men’s Hockey Heads to Colgate for ECAC First Round Series

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown men's hockey team will open up the ECAC playoffs with a best-of-three first round matchup at eighth-seeded Colgate on March 6-8 at the Class of 1965 Arena in Hamilton, New York.

Matchup: No. 9 Brown (8-19-2, 8-12-2 ECAC) at No. 8 Colgate (10-16-8, 8-9-5 ECAC)
Date: March 6-8 (Best-of-Three Series)
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Class of 1965 Arena (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Stream: ESPN+

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Last Time Out
Brown closed out the regular season with a lone-goal loss at No. 17 Quinnipiac and a 2-0 shutout win at Princeton. Defensemen James Crossman and Zach Giuttari provided the scoring in the win over Princeton, while Gavin Nieto stopped all 32 shots he faced, earning his second shutout of the season. He made 17 saves in the third period and reached the 30-save mark for the eighth time this season. Joachim Weberg scored the lone goal against Quinnipiac. Brown went 9-for-9 on the penalty kill during the two-game span.

About the ECAC Tournament
The 12-team ECAC postseason features a best-of-three series format in the first round and quarterfinals, played at campus sites, before single elimination in the semifinal and championship games at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid. Teams will be re-seeded after each round so that the highest seed plays the lowest seed.

Scouting Colgate
Colgate tied both Clarkson and St. Lawrence this past weekend and is 1-6-2 since the start of February, including a loss at Brown. Bobby McMann leads the team with 19 points and is one of three players with a team-high nine goals. Jared Cockrell leads the way with 15 points against conference opponents. Andrew Farrier and Mitch Benson have shared time in net this season with 18 and 16 starts, respectively. Benson started both game over the weekend and leads the duo with a 2.25 GAA and a .921 save percentage. Colgate is averaging 2.06 goals per game and is ranked last in the league on the power play at 9.7 percent.

Brown vs. Colgate All-Time
Colgate leads the all-time series, 58-27-8. Brown is 2-0-2 against Colgate over the past two seasons, including a season sweep this season.

Brown vs. Colgate in the Playoffs
This weekend's series between Brown and Colgate will be just the second-ever playoff matchup in the history of the two programs. The first and only meeting came during the 2005 ECAC Quarterfinals, when Colgate swept the Bears, 4-1 and 3-0, in Hamilton.

All-Time in the ECAC First Round
Since the first season that the ECAC hosted a First Round of the playoffs (1989-90), Brown has played in the First Round 22 times. The Bears were 2-1 in single-elimination games between 1989-90 and 1996-97, while opening in the Quarterfinal Round in four of the five other seasons. The ECAC began a best-of-three format for the First Round beginning with the 1997-98 season. The Bears are 16-27-0 all-time in those games, winning the series five times (in 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2019). Brown swept Princeton at home in the first-round series last season.

Giuttari, Nieto Named All-Ivy
Seniors Zach Giuttari and Gavin Nieto both earned Second Team All-Ivy honors at the end of the regular season. Giuttari, a team captain, led the team in scoring and assists as a defenseman. Nieto owns a 2.44 GAA and a .917 save percentage over 25 starts this season, including a pair of shutouts.

Bears on the PK
Brown is 26-of-27 on the penalty kill over its last seven games, including 9-for-9 at Quinnipiac and Princeton last weekend. The Bears rank third in the ECAC on the PK at 83.9 percent.

Rookie Scoring
The rookie class has led the Bears in scoring this season, accounting for 34 percent of the goals and 32 percent of the points.

Men’s Hockey Heads to Colgate for ECAC First Round Series

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Players Mentioned

James Crossman

Zach Giuttari

Gavin Nieto

Joachim Weberg

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