Men's Hockey Hosts Air Force in Weekend Series

Friday, November 29

Providence, R.I.

7 p.m.

Brown University

Air Force

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Men's Hockey Hosts Air Force in Weekend Series

11/27/2024 10:10:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (2-3-1, 2-3-1 ECAC) return to Meehan Auditorium for the first non-conference games of the season against the Air Force Falcons (8-8-0, 5-3-0 AHA). The Bears and Falcons square off on Friday at 7 p.m. before closing the weekend with the Teddy Bear Toss game at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

SCOUTING THE BEARS

Brown enters the weekend following consecutive wins in the North Country behind 1-0 and 2-1 final scores.
Max Scott and Charlie Gollob lead the Bears with two goals apiece with Tyler Kopff, Brian Nicholas, and Ivan Zadvernyuk leading the team with four points.
Defensively, Brown allows just 2.2 goals per game to rank third in the ECAC and 14th in the NCAA.
Goaltender Lawton Zacher holds a 1.73 goals against average and .940 save percentage in four starts.
Bruno's penalty kill ranks third in the ECAC and 19th nationally at 85.0% (17-for-20).

SCOUTING THE FALCONS

Air Force enters the Thanksgiving weekend with an 8-8-0 overall record and 5-3-0 Atlantic Hockey mark. The Falcons most recently fell in consecutive conference games at Bentley last weekend after sweeping Canisius and Mercyhurst in consecutive weekends in Colorado Springs.
Air Force also split a weekend series with Arizona State and AIC, a sweep over Lindenwood, two losses to Colorado College, and losses to Minnesota and UMass.
Brendan Gibbons, a native of Wakefield, Rhode Island, leads the team with six goals and ranks second with 11 points. Nick Remissong leads with nine assists and is third with 10 points.
Clayton Cosentino leads the Falcons with 13 points and ranks second in goals (5) and assists (8).
The Air Force power play clicks at 17% (9-53) to rank 40th in the NCAA. The penalty kills ranks also ranks 40th at 78.1% (25-32).
The defense ranks 32nd nationally, allowing 2.9 goals per game. Goaltender Guy Blessing has started all 16 games and holds a 2.70 goals against average and .904 save percentage.

INSIDE THE SERIES

The weekend marks the 11th and 12th meeting in series history with Air Force Academy and the first meetings since the 1996-97 campaign.
The Bears hold a 5-2-2 series record and 3-0-1 home record against the Falcons.

NORTH COUNTRY SWEEP

The Bears picked up the program's first road sweep over Clarkson and St. Lawrence for the first time since November 2004 and third time ever last weekend, joining a February 2002 sweep.
Brown took a 1-0 victory over Clarkson on Friday before following with a 2-1 overtime win against St. Lawrence on Saturday.
It's just the sixth time the Bears have swept the Golden Knights and Saints, with consecutive home wins in November 2005, November 2003, and February 1980.

ZACHER STANDS TALL

Sophomore goaltender Lawton Zacher recorded his first career shutout with a 29-save performance in Friday's 1-0 win over 19th-ranked Clarkson.
He followed with a 30-save effort in a 2-1 overtime win over St. Lawrence on Saturday to complete the weekend sweep.
On Monday, the ECAC announced Zacher as the Goalie of the Week. Overall, he compiled a 0.49 goals against average and .983 save percentage in the two games.

GOOSE EGGS

Over the last three games, Zacher posted a scoreless streak of 157:04, the second-longest dating back to the 1999-2000 season.
Zacher held Princeton (11/15) scoreless in the final 50:32 of gameplay before Friday's 60-minute shutout at Clarkson.
He then went 46:42 into the St. Lawrence game before allowing a goal.
During the stretch, he stopped 71 shots.
The third-longest streak, 152:54 by Yann Danis in February 2002, also included a North Country sweep.

Longest Scoreless Streaks - Program History
1. Yann Danis '04 -- 161:30 (11/8 - 11/15/03)
2. Lawton Zacher '27 -- 157:04 (11/15 - 11/23/24
3. Yann Danis '04 -- 152:54 (2/9 - 2/23/02)
4. Mike Clemente '12 -- 151:27 (3/6 - 3/13/09)
5. Robert Hutton '32 -- 148:04 (12/17/30 - 1/17/1931)
6. Adam D'Alba '08 -- 147:50 (12/3 - 12/30/04)
7. Yann Danis '04 -- 142:36 (2/15 - 2/22/03)
8. Donald Hunt '30 -- 140:48 (12/20/29 - 1/25/1930)
9. Tyler Steel '16 -- 134:44 (2/14 - 2/28/14)
10. Robert Van Wickle '29 -- 134:24 (1/25 - 2/23/1929)
11. Yann Danis '04 -- 129:56 (12/28/03 - 1/3/04)
12. Yann Danis '04 -- 129:54 (2/27 - 3/12/04)

ZACHER IN THE NCAA

Zacher's .940 save percentage leads the ECAC and ranks seventh nationally.
His 1.73 goals against average ranks second in the conference and 12th nationally.

GOLLOB TABBED ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Toronto native Charlie Gollob picked up ECAC Rookie of the Week honors following his two-goal weekend in the North Country.
He tallied the lone goal with half a second remaining in the game on Friday against Clarkson before tallying the opening goal 1:29 into the second period at St. Lawrence on Saturday.

LAST SECOND MAGIC

Gollob's game-winner with 0.5 seconds remaining at Clarkson marked the sixth time since the start of the 1999-2000 season the Bears have struck in the final minute to win.
Gollob joins Jeff Prough (2), Tim Lappin, Sam Lafferty, and Harry Zolnierczyk with final minute goals. The full list of last minute goals is listed below.
Prough's winner at Minnesota-Duluth is the latest of the bunch, coming with 0.1 seconds remaining.

Final Minute Game-Winners (Since 1999-2000)
Prough at 19:59.9 -- 11/20/04 at Minnesota-Duluth (W, 2-1)
Gollob at 19:59.5 -- 11/22/24 at Clarkson (W, 1-0)
Lappin at 19:57 -- 1/19/18 vs. Rensselaer (W, 2-1)
Prough at 19:22 -- 11/11/05 vs. Clarkson (W, 4-3)
Zolnierczyk at 19:14 -- 1/16/11 vs. Yale (W, 3-2)
Lafferty at 19:13 -- 12/29/15 vs. Colgate (W, 7-5)

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