No. 11 Women's Hockey Hosts Providence and New Hampshire over Weekend

Saturday, November 29

Providence, R.I.

1 p.m.

Brown University

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No. 11 Women's Hockey Hosts Providence and New Hampshire over Weekend

11/28/2025 11:45:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – No. 11 Brown women's hockey returns home for two games over Thanksgiving weekend as the Bears host Providence on Saturday (Nov. 29) and New Hampshire on Sunday (Nov. 30).

On Saturday, Brown and Providence will meet for the 30^th meeting of the Mayor's Cup. The game is set to begin at 1 p.m. and will be broadcast on SNY as well as streamed on ESPN+.

Sunday's game against New Hampshire will be broadcast on NESN and streamed on ESPN+. The matchup against the Wildcats will begin at 4 p.m. After the game, fans can join the Bears for a Skate with the Bears.

SKATE SHAVINGS
• Brown's four-game win streak was snapped with a loss at Clarkson but the Bears rebounded with a 2-1 win over St. Lawrence. The win at St. Lawrence was the first time Brown has won back-to-back games at St. Lawrence since the 2004-05 season.
• The Bears have moved up to No. 11 in both the USCHO and USA Hockey poll. This marks the fifth-straight week Brown has been voted into both polls. Brown was ranked for three weeks last season and the five-straight weeks are the most for the Bears since the 2004-05 season.
• Brown's eight wins are tied for the most through 12 games since the 2004-05 season. Brown started that season 8-4-0.
• Anya Zupkofska has been stellar in net for the Bears as the goaltender is leading the nation in goals against average (.911), save percentage (.960) and winning percentage (1.000) having won all five of her starts.
• Monique Lyons is second in the nation with four game-winning goals this season.

SCOUTING THE FRIARS
• Providence is 4-10-2 on the season and 2-4-2 in Hockey East play. The last time Providence took the ice, the Friars tied with Boston University
• PC is 3-3-2 on their home ice but just 1-7 on the road. The lone road win was a 7-6 overtime win at St. Thomas on Oct. 24.
• Prior to scoring two goals in the tie against the Terriers, Providence had scored just one goal in each of its last three games.
• Reichen Kirchmair leads the team with nine goals on the season, including a four-goal performance at St. Thomas. Kirchmair scored in Providence's last game but had gone five-straight games without a goal before that.

INSIDE THE SERIES
• The Bears 25-43-3 all-time against Providence in a series that has been owned recently by the Friars
• Brown earned the 3-2 win last season at Providence to win the Mayor's Cup for the first time since 2014.
• The Bears are 2-10-0 in the last 12 games against Providence with the last win at Brown coming in 2014.
• Brown's three goals last season are tied for the most by the Bears in the series since scoring five on Oct. 25, 2009. Brown scored three goals just three times in the last 15 games, winning just once.

THE MAYOR'S CUP
• Brown and Providence will be playing in the 30th installment of the Mayor's Cup. The rivalry series began on Jan. 24, 1996 with Brown earning a 4-3 win at home.
• Overall, Providence holds a 15-11-3 advantage in Mayor's Cup games. Last season Brown broke an eight-game losing streak in the series with a 3-2 win.

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• New Hampshire is 7-7-2 overall and 4-4-1 in Hockey East play. The Wildcats fell 2-3 at Holy Cross in their last game.
• UNH has not won in their last three games, going 0-2-1. The Wildcats earned a 4-3 win on the road at Vermont on Nov. 14.
• Kelly Harty leads the Wildcats with six goals and is one of seven Wildcats to have scored at least four goals this season.

INSIDE THE SERIES
• Brown is 17-30-4 all-time against New Hampshire but the series has been tight recently. The series is 5-5-0 in the last 10 meetings
• Brown earned a 4-2 win the last meeting during the 2023 season. Before that meeting, the last time Brown and New Hampshire played was in the 2008 season.
• New Hampshire earned a 3-1 win in Providence the last time Brown hosted a game. Prior to that meeting in 2008, Brown had won five-straight games inside Meehan Auditorium.

WEEKLY AWARDS
• Isabella Gratzl was named ECAC Defender of the Week on Nov. 11, the first Bear to pick up a weekly honor this season. Gratzl finished the weekend against Delaware with a goal and two assists.
• Monique Lyons earned her first ECAC Forward of the Week honor on Nov. 18 after helping the Bears going 2-0 on the weekend with wins over Dartmouth and Harvard. Lyons scored on goal against the Big Green before posting a three-point game with two goals, including the overtime game-winner against Harvard.
• Anya Zupkofska was named ECAC Goaltender of the Week on Nov. 18 for the first time after going 2-0 against Dartmouth and Harvard. Zupkofska posted her third shutout of the season against Dartmouth (26 saves) and earned the win with 25 saves against Harvard.

CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
• The Bears will have two players with the 'C' on their sweaters this season, as seniors Jade Iginla and India McDadi were both voted captains for the season
• Iginla, who served as a captain last season, finished last year with 16 points (6 goals, 10 assists)
• McDadi was an assistant captain a season ago and was third on the team in points (20) and second on the team in assists (14).

DONNING THE 'A'
• Two Bears will be serving as assistant captains this season with seniors Gali Levy and Ellie Gauvin being voted by their teammates.

RETURNING FIREPOWER
• Brown boasts and impressive group of returners as Brown returns 85% (63-74 goals) of its goal scoring from a season-ago.
• The top-five goal scorers from last year are back, led by Moniques Lyons (14), Margot Norehad (12), Ava DeCoste (11), India McDadi (6) and Jade Iginla (6).
• The Bears return seven of their eight double-digit points scorers from last season, including Lyons (24), DeCoste (21) and McDadi (20), who all reached the 20-point mark.

STRONG START FOR THE BEARS
• Brown began the season 2-0-0 with wins over No. 13 Boston University and Merrimack. It is the second-straight season Brown has started 2-0-0 and the first time Brown has going 2-0-0 to start back-to-back seasons since 2000-01 and 2001-02
• The win at No. 13 Boston University was the first ranked win in a season opener for the Bears since Brown beat No. 2 Minnesota to start the 2000-01 season.
• Brown's 7-2-1 start to the season is the best 10-game start for the Bears since Brown went 8-2-0 to start the 1999-00 season. Brown bested their 6-4-0 start from last season.
• With one more win, Brown would have its most wins before the winter break (9) since the Bears won nine games in the 2004-05 season, that year the Bears started the season 9-4-0.

HITTING THE WINS IN 2024-25
• With Brown's win over Dartmouth, the Bears reached 14 wins on the year and nine wins in ECAC play. Both of those numbers are the most for Brown since the 2005-06 season.
• The Bears earned their winning record since the 2005-06 season.
• Brown's five Ivy League wins last season are the most since winning five in the 2003-04 season.

ZUPKOFSKA SHUTOUTS
• Sophomore Anya Zupkofska posted her first-career shutout in the 1-0 win over Merrimack on Oct. 19.
• Zupkofska followed that up with her second shutout of the season, putting up a clean sheet against Delaware. Zupkofska finished with 21 saves in the shutout.
• Zupkofska kept the sheet clean with a 26-save shutout against Dartmouth before allowing her first goal of the season 6:26 seconds into the game against Harvard.
• Dating back to last season, Zupkofska had a shutout streak of 188:17. It is the longest streak by a Bear goaltender since Ali Brewer posted a 376:03 streak in 1998-99.
• Zupkofska and Rory Edwards have combined for four shutouts this season through 10 games. The four shutouts match the most in a season for the Bears since 2011-12.

LYONS FLYING HIGH
• Monique Lyons posted her third-career three point game against Harvard with the sophomore collecting two goals (including the overtime game winner) and an assist against Harvard.
• Lyons is riding a career-best six game point streak and the Bears have gone 5-1-0 during the streak.

GRATZL GETTING GOING
• First year defender Isabella Gratzl is on a roll having scored seven points in her last four games, including two points in each of the last three games.
• Gratzl started the streak with a goal against Delaware and two assists in the following game against the Blue Hens
• The Chicago, Ill., native had a goal and an assist in wins over both Dartmouth and Harvard.

WHO NEEDS SHOTS
• Brown beat No. 13 Boston University despite finishing the game with just 18 shots on goal. Brown had not won a game in the last two seasons (0-17-0) when registering less than 20 shots.
• Brown completed the comeback with a third period goal, a period in which the Bears had just four shots. the fewest in the game.

I GUESS SHOTS DO WORK
• In the win over Merrimack Brown flipped the script, peppering Merrimack with 43 shots. It was the most shots for the Bears in a game since firing 47 against Harvard on Feb. 7, 2025.
• Brown outshot Merrimack 43-10, matching the largest discrepancy since that Harvard game (47-14).
• Brown's 43 shots netting just one goal are the most shots in a game with one goal or fewer since the Bears were shutout despite 47 shots in a loss against Union in 2010.
• In Brown's win over Delaware, the Bears tallied 54 shots, the most shots by a Bears team since the season opener against Franklin Pierce last season (56 shots).

BEARS IN THE PWHL
• Brown had three former players earn spots on training camp rosters in the PWHL. Former goalie Shay Maloney earned a roster spot with the Boston Fleet, Kaley Doyle was in camp with the New York Sirens, and Cam Sikich was in camp with the Minnesota Frost.

TAKING DOWN THE BOBCATS
• Brown shutout Quinnipiac for a win over the No. 7 ranked Bobcats on Oct. 25. In a series that has been dominated by the Bobcats, Brown is now 3-0-1 in the last four meetings.
• It is the first time Brown has gone unbeaten against Quinnipiac in four-straight games since the first four games the two teams ever played from 2002-06.
• In the win, Brown shutdown an offense that had been averaging 4.50 goals per game. It is the second-straight game Brown has shutout Quinnipiac. The last time a non-Brown team had shutout Quinnipiac was Cornell on March 2, 2024.

SEEING THE POLLS
• Brown was ranked No. 15 in both the USCHO and USA Hockey polls on Monday, Oct. 24, earning a spot in the polls for the first time this season.
• The Bears remained at No. 15 in both polls for the second week of the year.
• Brown is ranked for the third-straight week, moving up to No. 13 in both polls.
• The Bears are ranked No. 12 in the USCHO poll and No. 13 in the USA Hockey poll for the week of Nov. 17.
• Brown was ranked 11th in both the USCHO poll and the USA Hockey poll for the week of Nov. 25.
• The five weeks being ranked are the most in a season since being ranked for 19 weeks in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. The No. 11 ranking is also the highest in a season for the Bears since 2005-06, when the Bears were ranked 10th at one point.
• The five-straight weeks of being ranked are the longest since a 15-week stretch from Feb. 10, 2004 to Nov. 16, 2004.

THE WRONG FIVE
• Brown allowed five goals against Cornell in the first meeting with the Big Red this season. Over the last two seasons, Brown has allowed five goals in just two ECAC games. Both of those occurrences have been against Cornell.

SAYING NO TO SHUTOUTS
• The Bears avoided a shutout against Cornell and have now stretched their streak of regular season games without being shutout to 18 games.
• The last time Brown was shutout in a regular season game was a 0-0 tied against Quinnipiac on Jan. 25, 2025.
• The last time Brown was shutout in a loss was a 0-3 defeat to Yale on Nov. 17. That is a stretch of 31-straight regular seasons contests.

KILLING THE PENALTIES
• The Bears have allowed a power play goal in just two games this season (at Cornell - Nov. 1, 2025 & at Clarkson, Nov. 21, 2025). The Bears gave up three power play goals against the Big Red and one to the Golden Knights
• On the season, Brown has now killed off 31 of 35 penalties, including six penalties against Dartmouth (Nov. 14). In the 10 games outside of playing Cornell and Clarkson, Brown has killed 28 penalties without conceding a goal.
• Last season, Brown allowed 22 power play goals on just 66 penalties (33.3%).
• The six penalties for the Bears against the Big Green were the most whistled on Brown since committing six at St. Lawrence on Nov. 20, 2021.

ENJOYING PLAYING MORE
• The Bears are 4-0-4 in their last eight overtime games, including going 2-0-1 this season with wins against Delaware and Harvard.
• Brown has not lost an overtime game since Nov. 8 of last season against Colgate.
• The Bears played overtime games in both contests up North last year with wins against Clarkson and St. Lawrence.
• Brown followed that up with two ties at Quinnipiac and Princeton.

EARLY SEASON SCORING
• Monique Lyons has eight goals through Brown's first 12 games. Lyons passed Jade Iginla, who had seven goals through Brown's first 12 games when she was a freshman in the 2022-23 season.
• The last Bear to have more goals through the first 12 games in a season was Sena Hanson, who scored nine goals in Brown's first 12 games. Hanson's 10th goal of the season came in Brown's 14 game of the year.
• If Lyons scores before the game against Yale on Dec. 7, she will pass Ava DeCoast, who had eight goals before the winter break last season.

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