Men's Hockey Continues ECAC Play at #15 Harvard Friday; Dartmouth Saturday

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (1-1-0, 1-1-0 ECAC) continue ECAC conference play with a pair of road games this weekend, beginning with a game against the 15th-ranked Harvard Crimson (2-0-0, 2-0-0 ECAC) on Friday before a Saturday clash with the Dartmouth Big Green (0-2-0, 0-1-0 ECAC).

Friday's game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at Bright-Landry Hockey Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts while Saturday's game is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at Thompson Arena in Hanover, New Hampshire. Both games will stream on ESPN+.

SCOUTING THE BEARS

Brown enters the weekend with a 1-1-0 overall record and the same mark in ECAC conference play after splitting the season series with Yale to begin the 2022-23 season.
Brown suffered a 2-0 road loss in the season-opener on Saturday as Mathieu Caron recorded 33 saves. In Sunday's rematch at Meehan Auditorium, Nathan Plessis and Cole Quisenberry scored first period goals and the Bears grinded out a 2-1 win.
Four different Bears picked up assists as six Bears have a point to start the season.
Caron picked up the win on Sunday and needed just 15 saves, the fewest in a victory in the sophomore's career.

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON

Harvard enters the weekend as the 15th-ranked team in the nation per the USCHO.com and the USA Today Polls.
The Crimson opened the season with a 5-2 win over Dartmouth and a 4-2 win over Princeton last weekend at home.
Sophomore Matthew Coronato leads the team with three goals through two games. The Calgary Flames first round pick posted 18 goals and 36 points in 34 games last season.
Alex Laferriere leads the Crimson with four points through two games, split between two goals and two assists. In total, 10 Crimson skaters found the scoresheet last weekend.
Between the pipes, Mitchell Gibson and Derek Mullahy split the opening weekend duties. Both netminders allowed a pair of goals in their respective starts to pick up the win.

THE 2021-22 SEASON SERIES

Harvard took a 5-2 win over Brown in the November meeting last season at Bright-Landry Hockey Center.
Thomas Manty and Jake Harris found the back of the net for the Bears with Luke Kania picking up the loss in net.
In the December rematch at Meehan Auditorium, goaltender Mathieu Caron stopped all 34 shots faced while seniors Tristan Crozier and Michael Maloney scored third period goals to give the Bears a 2-0 win.

INSIDE THE OVERALL SERIES

Friday marks the 181st meeting between Brown and Harvard in a series dating back to 1898.
Harvard owns the series edge, 118-48-14. Under Whittet, the Bears are 8-16-2 against the Crimson.

SCOUTING THE BIG GREEN

Dartmouth enters the weekend looking for their first win of the season after suffering a 5-2 loss at Harvard and a 8-3 loss against Army at home.
Five different Dartmouth skaters scored goals in the opening weekend and nine picked up an assist. Freshman Cooper Flinton leads the team with two points through two games.
After starting 23 games as a sophomore a season ago, Clay Stevenson left Dartmouth for the professional ranks and is currently on the ECHL's South Carolina Stingrays roster.
Between the pipes, freshman Cooper Black has received both starts and holds a 4.11 goals against average and .887 save percentage.
Mikey Roberts played the final 17:42 in the second period against Army, allowing five goals before Black returned for the third period.

THE 2021-22 SEASON SERIES

Brown swept the Big Green in 2021-22, taking a 4-0 home win in December before closing out the season series with a 3-2 road win in February.
Mathieu Caron started both games against Dartmouth and stopped 57-of-59 shots faced over the two games to pick up both wins.
Manty scored both game-winning goals against the Big Green last season.

INSIDE THE OVERALL SERIES

Saturday marks the 165th meeting between Brown and Dartmouth in a series dating back to 1898.
Dartmouth owns the series edge, 85-71-8 with a 47-31-2 home record. Under Whittet, the Bears are 8-18-1 against Dartmouth.

HOW MANY?

Brown allowed just 16 shots on goal in Sunday's 2-1 home win over Yale, marking the lowest shots against in nearly seven years.
The 16 shots against are the lowest total since Brown allowed just 14 Colgate shots in a 5-0 win over the Raiders on November 27, 2015.
Sunday marked the 10th time a Brown team has held opponents under 20 shots since the start of the 2011-12 season.
Brown's two shots against in the second period on Sunday would have been the lowest period total in the 2021-22 season.

GOALIE 1

Sophomore goalie Mathieu Caron was strong in the opening weekend against the Bulldogs, allowing just three goals on 51 shots.
The Abbottsford, British Columbia native ranks in the NCAA top-10 in goals against average and save percentage following the opening weekend.

FIRST SHIFT

Freshman Zackary Tonelli picked up his first collegiate assist in his first collegiate shift Sunday against Yale.
The younger Tonelli picked up a Jordan Tonelli rebound and found Jackson Munro at the top of the zone. Munro's shot deflected off Nathan Plessis in front to give Zackary the secondary helper.

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