Caron Records Second Straight Shutout as Men's Hockey Beats Dartmouth for Weekend Sweep

Saturday, December 4

Providence, R.I.

7 p.m.

Brown University

3-7-0, 3-5-0

Dartmouth

2-8-0, 2-5-0

Dartmouth

Brown

Photo by: Team Shred Photography

Caron Records Second Straight Shutout as Men's Hockey Beats Dartmouth for Weekend Sweep

12/4/2021 11:27:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Mathieu Caron posted his second consecutive shutout as the Brown Bears (3-7-0, 3-5-0 ECAC) took a 4-0 win over the Dartmouth Big Green (2-8-0, 2-5-0 ECAC) to complete the weekend sweep Saturday night at Meehan Auditorium.

"I thought we played very good hockey and had a good jump from the get-go," said head coach Brendan Whittet '94. "I thought we were unbelievable through the neutral zone; I don't think Dartmouth had a lot of grade 'A' looks on the goaltender until we put them on the 5-on-3 late in the game. The guys came to play, that was a really important game, we wanted to move up in the standings. Sweeping at home is a good thing for a young team. We learned a lot of things this weekend and a lot of it is positive."

Thomas Manty put the Bears ahead at 6:46 of the opening frame, burying a centering pass from Jake Harris past Dartmouth goaltender Clay Stevenson (26 saves). Lynden Grandberg picked the secondary assist for his first collegiate point.

Caron (28 saves) made a fantastic save moving to his right in the final second of the opening period, turning aside a shot from Braiden Dorfman to preserve the one-goal lead.

Tristan Crozier scored his second goal in as many games 48 seconds into the second, picking up a neutral zone pass from Justin Jallen for a short-handed breakaway. Crozier fired a shot that snuck through Stevenson's five-hole and trickled over the goal line.

Jackson Munro got on the board with his first career goal 2:28 into the second to make it 3-0 Brown. The freshman skated down the left boards and moved the puck to Nathan Plessis at the top of the left circle. Plessis fired a shot off Stevenson's left pad, and Munro was there for the rebound after wheeling around the net.

Maloney added an empty-net goal with 3:18 remaining in the third to make it 4-0 Bears. Jallen picked up his second assist on the goal.

Brown finished the night 6-for-6 on the penalty kill with Caron turning aside seven Big Green shots. That included an extended 5-on-3 situation for Dartmouth late in the third period.

GAME NOTES

Caron posted back-to-back shutouts, marking the first time a Brown netminder has accomplished the feat since Mike Clemente '12 posted consecutive shutouts on March 6 and 7, 2009 at Harvard in the ECAC First Round Series.
Brown's weekend sweep marked the first time the Bears have beaten Harvard and Dartmouth on consecutive nights since February 23 and 24, 2018 at Meehan Auditorium.
The weekend sweep marked Brown's first at Meehan since collecting consecutive wins over Princeton in the 2019 ECAC First Round Series. That team went on to sweep fifth-ranked Quinnipiac on the road the following weekend.
Crozier's short-handed goal was Brown's first since Trey Dodd '20 scored a man-down goal against Colgate on February 21, 2020, a 3-1 Brown win.
Jallen connected with Crozier to assist on the captain's goal for the second straight night.
Maloney scored his second empty-net goal in as many nights against the Big Green. He now has each of the last three empty-net goals scored by the Bears.
Luke Albert finished the game with a career-high five shots on goal.

Brown hits the road to take on the 20th-ranked Boston College Eagles (7-5-2, 5-3-1 HEA) at 7 p.m. on Tuesday (Dec. 7) at Conte Forum.