Men's Hockey Hosts #19 Quinnipiac, Princeton in Weekend Set

Friday, November 15

Providence, R.I.

7 p.m.

Brown University

Quinnipiac

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Men's Hockey Hosts #19 Quinnipiac, Princeton in Weekend Set

11/14/2024 12:36:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (0-2-0, 0-2-0 ECAC) open the 2024-25 home slate with a weekend series against #19 Quinnipiac (3-5-0, 0-2-0 ECAC) and Princeton (0-2-0, 0-2-0 ECAC) at Meehan Auditorium.

The Bears take on the Bobcats on Friday night before closing the weekend against the Tigers on Saturday. Both games are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will stream on ESPN+ in the United States and on Stretch Internet internationally.

SCOUTING THE BEARS

Brown enters the first home weekend of the season after suffering losses at Colgate and sixth-ranked Cornell last weekend.
Freshman Ivan Zadvernyuk and sophomore Tyler Kopff each tallied two points over the weekend to lead the Brown offense. Seven other Bears recorded a point over the two games.
The Bears came up empty on the power play in the opening weekend, finishing 0-for-5 on man-up opportunities. Brown's penalty kill went 5-for-6 in the first two games of the season.
Between the pipes, sophomore Lawton Zacher got the start in Brown's 5-3 loss at Colgate, finishing with 25 saves. Junior Tyler Shea recorded 28 saves in the loss against the Big Red.

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS

Quinnipiac enters the weekend with a 3-5-0 overall record and 0-2-0 ECAC mark. The Bobcats are 19th in the nation per the USCHO.com poll.
The Bobcats hold wins over Penn State, New Hampshire, and Holy Cross and losses to Maine (2), New Hampshire, Dartmouth, and Harvard.
Quinnipiac's offense averages 3.0 goals per game to rank sixth in the ECAC and 23rd nationally.
Tyler Borgula leads the team with five goals and two Bobcats trail just behind with four goals. Jeremy Wilmer leads the Bobcats with 10 points and is tied with Mason Marcellus for the team lead in assists at six.
Quinnipiac's power play has seven goals in 28 attempts (25%) to rank fifth in the conference and 11th in the NCAA.
Defensively, Quinnipiac allows 2.8 goals per game to rank sixth in the ECAC.
Between the pipes, Dylan Silverstein has made five starts and holds a 2.05 goals against average and .922 save percentage. Matej Marinov has a 3.19 goals against and .889 save percentage in three starts.
The penalty kill has allowed six goals in 26 attempts (76.9%) to rank seventh in the ECAC.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Friday marks the 49th meeting between Brown and Quinnipiac in a series dating back to 2006.
The Bobcats hold the series edge, 31-10-7, along with a seven-game win streak.

SCOUTING THE TIGERS

Princeton enters the weekend after opening the 2024-25 season with a pair of conference losses last weekend.
The Tigers suffered a 4-3 overtime loss to Harvard before falling the following night to Dartmouth, 5-1.
Four players have tallied a goal and five different players have one assist through the pair of opening games.
Princeton's power play struck for one goal in seven attempts (14.3%) in the opening weekend.
Between the pipes, Ethan Pearson took the loss against Harvard and holds a 3.72 goals against average and .879 save percentage. Arthur Smith got the start against Dartmouth and enters the weekend with a 5.00 goals against average and .808 save percentage.
Princeton's penalty kill allowed two goals in seven attempts (71.4%) to start the season.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Saturday marks the 173rd meeting between the Bears and Tigers dating back to 1900.
Brown holds the series edge, 92-78-12, along with a 40-37-4 record at Meehan.

SCOTT DRAWS

Sophomore captain Max Scott won 67.7% (42-62) of his faceoffs taken in the opening weekend.
The captain finished 20-for-29 against the Raiders before going 22-for-33 against Cornell.
As a team, Brown won 55.8% of its faceoffs in the opening weekend and rank fourth in the conference and eighth in the NCAA.

YOUTH MOVEMENT

The Bears had five sophomores, six freshmen, and one transfer in the lineup on opening weekend.
Through two games, the underclassmen have produced over 70% of the team's points.

COLLEGIATE FIRSTS

Zadvernyuk recorded his first collegiate goal, assist, and multi-point game at Colgate (Nov. 8).
Brian Nicholas recorded his first collegiate assist at Colgate (Nov. 8).
Andrew King recorded his first collegiate assist at Colgate (Nov. 8).

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