Bears’ Offense Breaks out in Big 6-1 Win at Union

Friday, February 4

Schenectady, N.Y.

6:00 PM

Brown University

5-17-2, 5-11-1

Union

4-23-1, 1-15-0

Brown

Union (NY)

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

Bears’ Offense Breaks out in Big 6-1 Win at Union

2/4/2022 9:14:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Brown women's hockey team posted its best offensive output of the season on Friday night, scoring two goals in each period in a big 6-1 win at Union.

The six goals scored by Brown are the most in a single game since Oct. 22, 2016 when they hung seven in a shutout win over Sacred Heart.

The win helps Brown (5-17-2, 5-11-1) gain ground on both RPI and Princeton in the ECAC standings, both of whom lost on Friday night. Brown has 16.5 points, sitting 1.5 points behind ninth-place RPI and 6.5 points behind eighth-place Princeton for the final spot in the upcoming ECAC Tournament with five regular season games remaining.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Ten different Bears scored points in the win, led by sophomore forward Anna Hurd who posted her second two-goal game of the season.
Senior forwards Shay Maloney and Megan Forrest each had a goal and an assist, and sophomore Anna Gallagher also had a two-point night after assisting on each of Brown's first two goals.
Sophomore Madie Stockfish got the Bears rolling in the first period with her sixth goal of the season.
Senior Tina Paolillo added her fourth goal of the season late in the third period.
Anna Shelden, Paige Gross, Maya Mangiafico and Cameron Sikich all tallied one assist apiece.
Each team went 1-for-2 on the power play.
Brown outshot the Dutchwomen 24-16 in the game. Sophomore Kaley Doyle made 15 saves in goal to earn the win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After both teams traded opportunities early on, Brown broke through on the power play at 15:02 when Forrest sent a pass towards the slot for Gallagher who put it on goal, where Stockfish was waiting in the crease and knocked it into the net to give the Bears the lead.
The Bears added to the lead just over two minutes later at 17:35 when Maloney called for the puck at center ice, skated it in and beat the goaltender on a breakaway to spot Brown a 2-0 lead the carried into the first period. Gallagher and Sikich earned assist on the goal.
Brown added to the lead and went up 3-0 at 5:45 of the middle period when Hurd grabbed her own rebound, skated around the right wing circle and roofed one under the bar from the slot.
Union got on the board with a power play goal at 13:48 of the second period.
The Bears answered right back before the end of the period when Maloney hustled down the loose puck directly off a faceoff, and fed it in front to Forrest who shot it into the bottom left corner to pad the Bears lead at 4-1 through two periods.
Paolillo helped put the game away with a goal off of her own rebound in front at 16:24 of the third period.
Exactly 59 seconds later, Hurd tallied her second of the night by sniping one from the left wing circle at 17:23.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH: MELANIE RUZZI

"It was a consistent effort tall the way through. We went in with a good game plan and since we just played them last week, we knew what we needed to do better. We grinded and our goals were pretty goals, which is exciting. We finally had a chance to use our speed and let our skill show off a little bit."
On looking ahead to Sunday: "I think Dartmouth is an unbelievable team. Their record is not indicative what kind of team they are. We will need to refine some stuff defensively and be more lock down on the defensive end."

UP NEXT
Brown will look to complete the season sweep of Dartmouth on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.