Brown Stuns No. 9 Quinnipiac 1-0 to Cap 2021-22 Season

Saturday, February 19

Hamden, Conn.

3:00 PM

Brown University

6-18-5, 6-12-4

Quinnipiac

23-8-3, 15-7-0

Brown

Quinnipiac

Brown Stuns No. 9 Quinnipiac 1-0 to Cap 2021-22 Season

2/19/2022 7:08:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Brown women's hockey team capped its 2021-22 season with a huge 1-0 upset of No. 9 Quinnipiac on Saturday afternoon.

Brown finishes the season at 6-18-5 overall and 6-12-4 in ECAC play, their most wins overall since 2016-17 (7) and their most ECAC wins since winning six during the 2008-09 campaign. It is also the Bears first win over Quinnipiac since sweeping the season series from QU in 2008-09.

Quinnipiac (23-8-3, 15-7 ECAC) will be the No. 4 seed in the ECAC Tournament, and entered Saturday's senior day with a chance to clinch the ECAC regular season title with a win and outside help from Yale and Harvard.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Sophomore Maya Mangiafico scored her fifth goal of the season on the power play early in the second period.
Anna Hurd and Cassidy Piersiak each assisted on the goal. It was Hurd's sixth assist of the year, and Piersiak's seventh.
Sophomore Kaley Doyle stopped all 36 shots she faced, tied for her third-most in a game this season. It was her second 1-0 shutout win of the year.

HOW IT HAPPENED

QU outshot Brown 11-5 though a quick-moving opening first period.
Brown jumped in front on the man advantage at 4:54 of the second period. Hurd put a shot on goal that was stopped, and Mangiafico knocked home the loose puck by the right post to give Brown a power play tally for the second straight game.
Brown killed off a penalty late in the second period and Doyle made three saves over the final two minutes of the period to keep it a one-goal lead headed into the intermission.
Doyle made 15 more saves over the final 20 minutes, and the Bears held QU to zero shots on goal over the final two-plus minutes, including the final 1:27 with the extra attacker.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH: MELANIE RUZZI

"They've just gotten better and better every game. All we asked of them for this weekend was to have fun and play for each other. Doyle stepped up once again and made some fantastic saves. The power play stepped up and made some things happen. But ultimately, it's our seniors. Our seniors are magical. You may not see them on the scoresheet today, but they were all over that game and played their very best game."
"Our seniors have been our leaders, without needing any coaching of it. They love this program and they love each other. They taught the younger kids about care and details. I think they led the way in terms of our values of trust, gratitude and grit."
"We missed the playoffs which is really unfortunate, but I look at the first half of the season and where our team was then compared to now, for a young team that is expected to grow, and if we had the opportunity to make it, you never know. We had a signature win against Yale and another one against Quinnipiac. I'm not saying it would have happened, but we have the ability. I'm proud the seniors had this game to end the season for them."

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