Men's Hockey Falls to Clarkson in ECAC First Round Game

Saturday, March 4

Potsdam, N.Y.

4 p.m.

Brown University

9-18-3

Clarkson

16-15-4

Brown

Clarkson

Photo by: C.A. Hill Photo

Men's Hockey Falls to Clarkson in ECAC First Round Game

3/4/2023 7:13:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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POTSDAM, N.Y. – The Brown Bears fell in the ECAC First Round to the Clarkson Golden Knights to close out the 2022-23 season Saturday evening at Cheel Arena.

"It's obviously not the ending to the year that we wanted but I do think, definitively, we took a step forward this year, said head coach Brendan Whittet '94. "Again, we're not where we want to be in terms of overall record but we took some steps. It was a better team game; we had a little bit more offense.

"We went through a lot of injuries and injuries to key players – including our goaltender – and it wasn't easy after that but the positive is that I think we got better and like anything – losing stinks, it absolutely stinks, it's like a stake through the heart. It stinks when you get eliminated, there's nothing worse.

"I'm proud of the seniors, they faced a lot of adversity in missing a whole year to the pandemic and it hasn't been easy to come back from that. They left it on the ice, it was not our night and that's athletics. We will learn from it and be better. We are going a Championship and my hope is that it's next year.

"We have high expectations for the guys coming back and they're going to work, and work, and work. And they're going to fulfill their potential and their expectations."

Clarkson took the lead 6:51 into the first as Noah Beck found the back of the net with assists from Alex Campbell and Jordan Power.

Mathieu Caron (29 saves) was stellar from the start and finished the opening period with 14 saves.

Anthony Romano doubled Clarkson's lead 5:31 into the second frame with assists from Anthony Callin and Dustyn McFaul.

Brown got its first power play chance with 1:54 remaining in the second, but the Clarkson defense and goaltender Ethan Haider (26 saves) kept the offense at bay.

Jordan Tonelli made it a one-goal game just 22 seconds into the third period with assists from Gavin Puskar and Ryan Bottrill. Quick puck movement from below the goal line got the puck to Puskar, who found Tonelli on the far post with a pass across the top of the crease.

Romano scored his second of the game 4:34 into the third to give the Golden Knights a two-goal lead.

Brown pulled Caron with 3:03 remaining in search of a pair of goals to force overtime. With 38.6 seconds remaining, Brian Richardson found the empty net to make it a 4-1 game.

Clarkson added a power play goal at 19:48 of the third to make it 5-1.

GAME NOTES

Clarkson finished the game with a 34-27 edge in shots on goal. Brown finished with 14 blocked shots compared to 12 for Clarkson.
The Golden Knights went 1-for-2 on the power play with Brown finishing 0-for-1.

SEASON NOTES

Captain Luke Krys did not miss a game in his Brown career, playing in all 92 games.
Krys led the Bears in blocked shots for the second straight season with 73. He tallied 173 blocked shots over the last two seasons.
Mathieu Caron finished his stellar sophomore season with a .921 save percentage and 2.49 goals against average. Caron's save percentage and goals against rank as the eighth-best in program history.
Freshman Ryan Bottrill was the first Bruno rookie to record 20 points in a season since Tommy Marchin '19 recorded 27 points as a freshman in 2015-16. Bottrill finished the campaign with 21 points. Bottrill's 15 assists are tied for the ninth-most by a rookie in program history.
James Crossman finished his senior season with six power play goals, marking the most since Matt Lorito '15 tallied eight man-up goals as a sophomore in 2012-13.
Brown recorded three wins over top-10 teams including a pair against Hockey East foes. The Bears posted a 4-3-0 non-conference record for the first winning record outside the ECAC since a 3-2-2 mark in 2013-14.
The Bears took a 3-2 road win over eighth-ranked Providence in November for the first Mayor's Cup victory since 2016.
The Bears finished the season with 65 goals scored, marking the most since the 2018-19 season.
Brown's 17 power play goals are the most by the team since scoring 20 PPGs in 2017-18. Brown's 18.7% power play percentage is the highest since finishing the 2015-16 season at 20.3% (14-for-69).

Gallery: (3-5-2023) MHockey at Clarkson (3/4/23)

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