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Brown University
0-2-1, 0-1-0
Quinnipiac
7-0-2, 1-0-0
Brown Battles, Falls to No. 7/8 Quinnipiac
10/29/2021 9:42:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's hockey team dropped its ECAC opener on Friday evening in a 5-3 loss to No. 7/8 Quinnipiac at Meehan Auditorium. After falling behind 4-0 and allowing 21 shots in the first period, Brown responded and held QU to just 20 shots on goal and outscored the Bobcats 3-1 over the final 40 minutes. Brown falls to 0-2-1 (0-1-0 ECAC) on the season while Quinnipiac remains unbeaten at 7-0-2 (1-0-0 ECAC).
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- Sophomore Madie Stockfish picked up her first two points of the year with a goal and an assist.
- Freshman Anna Hurd continued her hot start, scoring her third goal in as many games to begin her collegiate career. She now has four points through her first three games.
- Freshman Anna Shelden also scored her first collegiate goal for the Bears.
- Senior Shay Maloney and sophomore Cassidy Piersiak each tallied assists for Brown.
- Sophomore Kaley Doyle made her collegiate debut in relief and stopped 19 of the 20 shots she faced.
- QU held a 41-28 advantage in shots on goal and a 34-30 edge on faceoffs.
- Brown was 1-for-3 on the power play while the Bobcats were 1-for-4 with the man-advantage.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Quinnipiac spotted a four-goal lead in the first period, including two goals in the final minute of the frame.
- QU struck first at the 7:17 mark of the period when Lexie Adzija put a quick wrister just under the bar into the top right corner to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead.
- QU struck again just over five minutes later at 12:40, when Jess Schryver one-timed a long rebound into the net from the right wing circle.
- After going up 3-0 on a power play goal with 51 seconds left in the period, QU struck again right before the horn on a one-timer from the edge of the left wing circle off a centering pass with 8.7 seconds remaining to carry a four goal advantage into the intermission.
- Coming off the bench to start the period, Doyle made a big stop on a breakaway attempt just over five minutes into the second period to keep QU off the scoreboard.
- Brown battled back and scored twice to open the second period, beginning with a special teams tally. Hurd found the back of the net with a wrist shot from the top of the left wing circle that snuck just inside the left post for a power play goal. Maloney picked up the assist.
- Brown struck again just over four minutes later at 15:37 when Stockfish fed a pass across to the left for Piersiak, who let go of a shot that deflected off Shelden in front of the net and past the goaltender for her first career goal that pulled the Bears within 4-2.
- Once again, Quinnipiac had an answer late in the period, scoring with 3:27 remaining to get the lead back to three.
- Stockfish rallied the Bears within two once again early in the third, skating around a defender at the blue line, and after getting her initial shot saved, chipped the rebound up over the goaltender in to the net for her first goal of the year.
QUOTES FROM THE COACH: MELANIE RUZZI
"We have a no quit attitude and a tremendous amount of grit. I think they need to convince themselves that we can win, and I think there is that belief in the locker room. We gave ourselves a chance to come back and win tonight, but when you're down by four, it's hard to win at that point."
"I think we made some backdoor mistakes in the first period that left our goaltenders in a tough position. Kaley (Doyle) came in and locked it down. The team played hard in front of her and she made a couple big saves and gave us a chance at the end there."
The Bears will return to the ice on Saturday afternoon to conclude a four-game homestand to open the season with a matchup against Princeton. The puck drops at 3 pm. on ESPN+.
