Men's Hockey Caps Season Sweep Over RPI with 3-2 Road Win

Friday, February 10

Troy, N.Y.

7 p.m.

Brown University

9-13-2, 5-10-2

Rensselaer

11-17-1, 6-11-0

Brown

Rensselaer

Men's Hockey Caps Season Sweep Over RPI with 3-2 Road Win

2/10/2023 10:30:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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TROY, N.Y. – Freshman goaltender Jacob Zacharewicz recorded a career-high 34 saves to pick up his first collegiate win as the Brown Bears (9-13-2, 5-10-2 ECAC) took a 3-2 road win over the Rensselaer Engineers (11-17-1, 6-11-0 ECAC) Friday night at Houston Field House.

"It was a great response after last weekend and specifically for Zacharewicz; I thought he played very confidently and played very good hockey," said head coach Brendan Whittet '94. "I thought the team in general did a lot of good things tonight in terms of systems and how hard we battled for pucks. Again, I thought it was a good hockey game and we're happy to come out on top. Growth is being able to respond to bumps in the road and be able to stop that snowball from continuing to go downhill and our guys found a way tonight. They're a very resilient group, they don't let a lot of things bother them and they seem to respond very well to adversity."

"We'll turn it around quick with a 4 p.m. start tomorrow in another big game," Whittet added.

Jordan Tonelli gave the Bears the early lead on the night's first power play 9:45 into the first period. Tonelli collected a pass from Ryan Bottrill, who drew the penalty, at the top of the slot and wired a wrist shot past RPI goaltender Jack Watson (22 saves) for his third goal of the season. Cole Quisenberry picked up the secondary assist on the goal.

Jacob Lee evened the score at 17:05 of the first with a shot through traffic from the blue line to beat Zacharewicz. Kyle Hallbauer and Dylan Davies picked up the assists on the goal.

RPI seemingly took a 2-1 lead 3:41 into the second period, but a Brown challenge for goaltender interference determined that Henri Schreifels prevented Zacharewicz from making a play on the puck and the goal on the ice was overturned.

Ryan Shostak potted his fifth goal of the season at 14:27 of the second period to put the Bears ahead, 2-1. Tony Andreozzi rifled a backdoor pass towards Shostak and the puck deflected off the freshman and into the net as he was taken down by RPI defenseman Nick Strom. Brendan Clark picked up the secondary assist.

Less than a minute later, the Engineers tied the game at 2-2 as Ryan Mahshie cleaned up a rebound in the slot after Zacharewicz made the initial save on TJ Walsh following a defensive zone turnover.

Jordan Tonelli scored his second of the night with 13:43 remaining in the third. The junior redirected a centering pass from Samuli Niinisaari as he collided with the far post. The play was reviewed for goaltender interference but the call on the ice was confirmed.

From there, the Bears locked down defensively to limit RPI's scoring chances and Zacharewicz recorded 12 third period saves to preserve the one-goal victory. The Riverhead, New York native made a huge save on an Austin Heidemann shot with 19 seconds left on the clock.

GAME NOTES

Tonelli's first period marker pushed his goal streak to two games. Bottrill pushed his assist streak to two games with the helper on the goal.
Tonelli's third period goal marked the first career two-goal game for the Armonk, New York native. It marks the fifth multi-point game of his career.
Rensselaer finished the night with a 36-25 edge in shots on goal.
Both teams had one power play chance in the game with Brown finding the back of the net and Rensselaer coming out empty.
The Bears also held the edge at the faceoff dot, winning 35-of-56 draws. Quisenberry finished 19-for-23 to lead the Bears.
With the win, Brown caps the season sweep of the Engineers after taking a 3-0 home win in January. It also marks the second straight season the Bears have taken a 3-2 road victory over the Engineers.

Brown closes the road weekend tomorrow afternoon against the Union Dutchmen (12-15-2, 6-10-1 ECAC) at Messa Rink. Saturday's game is slated to begin at 4 p.m. and will stream on ESPN+ in the United States and on Stretch Internet internationally.

Gallery: (2-10-2023) MHockey at Rensselaer (2/10/23)

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