Bears Remain Unbeaten; Top Dartmouth in ECAC Opener

Friday, October 28

Hanover, N.H.

5:00 p.m.

Brown University

2-0-1, 1-0-0

Dartmouth

0-2-0, 0-2-0

Brown

Dartmouth

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

Bears Remain Unbeaten; Top Dartmouth in ECAC Opener

10/28/2022 8:15:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

HANOVER, N.H. – A first period goal from sophomore Anna Hurd and the first career goal from freshman Maddie Morgan late in the second period helped lift the Brown women's hockey team to a 2-1 road win at Dartmouth on Friday night in the team's ECAC opener.

Brown is now unbeaten in four straight games against Dartmouth (2-0-2) and remains unbeaten on the season at 2-0-1 (1-0-0 ECAC).

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Hurd's goal was her second of the season.
Junior Jess Ciarrocchi picked up her team-leading third assist in as many games to start the season.
Junior Sonja Bjornson picked up her second assist of the season on Brown's first goal of the game.
Dartmouth outshot Brown 31-22 in the game, with 15 of Dartmouth's shots coming in the first period, and 15 of Brown's coming in the second and third.
Junior Kaley Doyle made 30 saves on the night, setting the tone with 15 saves on as many shots the opening period.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Brown struck first at 9:38 of the first period when Hurd skated it in from the neutral zone, cut across the front of the net and backhanded it past the goaltender for the 1-0 lead.
The Big Green tied things up with a nifty goal by CC Bowlby at the 17:30 mark of the second period.
The game did not remain tied for long as Brown answered back just 56 seconds later when Morgan intercepted a pass in the slot and quickly shot it past the goaltender for her first career goal to put Brown up 2-1 heading into the second intermission.
Both teams put seven shots on goal in a scoreless third period.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH: MELANIE RUZZI

"I think it's an eye-opener for our first-years. I believe the ECAC is the strongest conference in country and they saw that with the pace of this game. It was a step forward from last weekend and demanded more out of them with attention to detail and taking care of the puck. It was a good learning environment and I thought we got better as the game went along."
"On our first goal of the game, we were stuck in our defensive zone for a while, clamoring to clear the zone and Anna Hurd finally cleared the zone and beat her defenseman at the end of her shift. There is another level of confidence coming out of these women. To see her come through once again by turning blocked shots into goals is huge for us."
"(Kaley Doyle) was really challenged by their offense. She continues to make it look easy, but it's because she plays big and stays calm. She takes care of the front of the net and communicates, and starts our breakouts. She is a great leader for this team from the back end."
"Across the board, our wings were playing lockdown defense. Players were buying in. Anna Shelden played really important roles that we need in order to have success this year. Our lineup needs to step up and do their job. You have to applaud the effort on the road. It's little plays that don't appear on the scoresheet that make a big difference for this team."

UP NEXT
Brown will return to action tomorrow afternoon, Oct. 29 with a trip to Harvard. Puck drop is set for 4 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+ and televised locally in New England on NESN.

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