Men's Hockey Heads to #12 Cornell, Colgate for Weekend Series

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (8-13-2, 6-9-1 ECAC) hit the road to take on the 12th-ranked Cornell Big Red (15-4-4, 10-4-2 ECAC) on Friday before closing the weekend against the Colgate Raiders (11-13-4, 8-6-2 ECAC) on Saturday.

Both games are set 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 weekend with an 8-13-2 overall record and 6-9-1 conference mark. The Bears are tied for eighth in the ECAC standings with 20 points alongside Dartmouth.
Offensively, Brown averages 2.3 goals per game and is led by Ryan St. Louis, a Hobey Baker Memorial Award nominee. St. Louis has 10 goals and 21 points this season.
Sophomore Ryan Bottrill leads the team with 14 assists.
Brown's power play has 13 goals in 80 attempts (16.3%) to rank tenth in the ECAC.
Defensively, Brown allows 3.0 goals per game to rank fourth in the conference and 30th in the NCAA.
Freshman Lawton Zacher holds a 2.53 goals against average and .916 save percentage in 19 starts.
Brown's penalty kill ranks fifth in the conference and 29th in the NCAA at 81.9% (59-72).

SCOUTING THE BIG RED

Cornell enters Friday with a 15-4-4 overall record and 10-4-2 conference mark. The Big Red rank 12th in the NCAA per the USCHO.com poll.
Cornell has won four straight and is unbeaten since early December with a 9-0-3 record in the last 12 games.
Offensively, Cornell ranks second in the ECAC and 10th in the NCAA with 3.5 goals per game.
Gabriel Seger leads the team offensively with 11 goals and 18 assists for 29 points. Kyle Penney (6-14-20) and Dalton Bancroft (8-11-20) rank second on the team in points.
Ten Cornell skaters have recorded double-digit points this season.
Cornell's power play clicks at 17.8% (16-90) to rank seventh in the conference.
Defensively, Cornell leads the nation with 1.9 goals against per game. Cornell has allowed just 18 goals in the last 12 games.
Goaltender Ian Shane holds a 1.62 goals against average and .922 save percentage in 22 starts. His goals against average leads the country and his save percentage ranks ninth.
Cornell's penalty kill ranks seventh in the ECAC at 80% (64-80).

INSIDE THE SERIES

Friday marks the 139th meeting between Brown and Cornell in a series dating back to 1959.
Brown holds a 44-86-8 all-time series record along with a 15-46-4 road record.

SCOUTING THE RAIDERS

Colgate enters the weekend with an 11-13-4 overall record and 8-6-2 conference mark. Colgate is third in the ECAC standings with 28 points.
Offensively, Colgate ranks fourth in the conference and 17th nationally with 3.2 goals per game.
Ryan McGuire leads the team with 13 goals and is tied for the team lead with 24 points. Ross Mitton (9-15-24) is tied for the point lead and ranks third in assists.
Simon Labelle and Tommy Bergsland lead the Raiders with 16 assists.
Colgate's power play ranks second in the ECAC and 11th in the NCAA at 24.7% (21-85). The Raiders have four PPGs in the last four games.
Defensively, Colgate allows 3.2 goals per game to rank eighth in the conference.
Goaltender Carter Gylander holds a .903 save percentage and 3.01 goals against average in 25 starts.
Colgate's PK clicks at 74.7% (74-99) to rank ninth in the conference.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Saturday's game against the Raiders marks the 101st in a series dating back to 1935.
Brown holds a 28-62-10 all-time series record along with an 8-38-3 road record. Brown is 3-4-3 against the Raiders in the last 10 meetings.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Freshman Lawton Zacher enters the weekend with a .916 save percentage and 2.53 goals against average in 19 starts.
His goals against average ranks 27th in the NCAA and fourth among freshmen.
His save percentage ranks 16th in the NCAA and sixth among freshmen.
The Buffalo, New York native has started each of the last 12 games.

ON THE KILL

Brown's 81.9% penalty kill rate ranks fifth in the ECAC and 29th in the NCAA.
The Bears are 59-for-72 on the season and have allowed just three power play goals in the last nine games.
During the nine-game stretch, which begins at the turn of the new year, Brown has killed 25-of-28 (89.3%) penalties.

BOTTS FINDS TWINE

Sophomore Ryan Bottrill pushed his assist and point streak to three games with the helper at Yale (Feb. 9). He has five points over the last three games.
He leads the team with 14 assists and is third on the team with 17 points.
The Chandler, Arizona native leads the Bears with 13 assists this season and is third on the team with 16 points.
Brown is 4-0-1 this season when Bottrill records multiple points.

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Men's Hockey Heads to #12 Cornell, Colgate for Weekend Series

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