Men's Hockey Hosts Princeton and #5 Quinnipiac in Weekend Series

Friday, November 7

Providence, R.I.

7 p.m.

Brown University

Princeton

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Men's Hockey Hosts Princeton and #5 Quinnipiac in Weekend Series

11/6/2025 2:00:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (0-2-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) play its first home games and first conference games of the campaign this weekend at Meehan Auditorium. The Bears host the Princeton Tigers (2-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) on Friday before welcoming the fifth-ranked Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-2-2, 0-0-0 ECAC) on Saturday.

Both games are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will stream on ESPN+.

SCOUTING THE BEARS

Brown enters the home weekend after opening the season last weekend with a pair of games at Air Force. Brown fell 2-0 in the season-opener before dropping a 4-3 final in the second game of the series.
Tanner Hartman, Brian Nicholas, and Ryan St. Louis found the back of the net for the Bears. Ivan Zadvernyuk and Matt Desiderio both tallied two assists in the two games.
Between the pipes, senior Tyler Shea recorded 53 saves and allowed two goals. He holds a 1.12 goals against average and a .964 save percentage.
Brown's power play went 0-for-4 in the opening weekend while the penalty kill was a perfect 5-for-5.

SCOUTING THE TIGERS

Princeton enters the weekend with a 2-0-0 mark after picking up a home sweep over Alaska-Fairbanks last weekend at Hobey Baker Rink.
The Tigers took a 5-2 win in the first game and a 6-3 win in the second game to earn the sweep.
Jaxson Ezman picked up three goals and an assist in the opening games. Kai Daniells and Brendan Gorman both tallied two goals and two assists.
Eleven Tigers found the scoresheet in the sweep over the Nanooks.
Between the pipes, Arthur Smith played both games and holds a 2.50 goals against average and a .902 save percentage.
Princeton's power play went 1-for-5 in the first two games. The penalty kill allowed three goals in seven attempts.
Princeton ranks 15th nationally at the faceoff dot with a 53.0% win percentage.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Brown and Princeton meet for the 186th time in a series dating back to 1900 on Friday at Meehan Auditorium.
The Bears hold a 94-78-13 all-time record against the Tigers and have won each of the last two meetings.
The Bears hold a 48-37-5 home record and a 41-37-5 mark at Meehan.

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS

Quinnipiac enters the weekend with a 5-2-2 overall record and is ranked fifth in both the USCHO.com poll and the USA Hockey poll.
The Bobcats hold wins over Boston College, Notre Dame, Maine, Holy Cross, and New Hampshire. Quinnipiac tied Maine and Alaska-Fairbanks and dropped games to Alaska-Fairbanks and Merrimack.
The Bobcat offense averages 3.38 goals per game with Chris Pelosi, Jeremy Wilmer, and Ethan Wyttenbach leading the team with five goals apiece. Wyttenbach leads the team with 10 points.
Markus Vidicek and Aaron Schwartz lead the Bobcats with six assists apiece.
Quinnipiac's power play ranks 19th nationally at 24.4% (10-41) with the penalty kill clicking at 79.3% (23-29) to rank 35th in the NCAA.
Between the pipes, Matej Marinov holds a 2.12 goals against average and a .904 save percentage in six starts. Dylan Silverstein holds a 1.69 goals against average and a .911 save percentage in three starts.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Saturday marks the 53rd meeting between the Bears and Bobcats in a series dating back to 2006.
Quinnipiac holds the series edge, 35-10-7, with an 11-4-4 record at Meehan Auditorium.

LOWER GROUND

Brown's opening games at Air Force are by far the highest elevation at any rink this season.
The next highest are Colgate's Class of 1965 Arena (1,100) and Cornell's Lynah Rink (860).
Four arenas on Brown's schedule this season are less than 50 feet above sea level - Harvard's Bright-Landry Hockey Center (0), Northeastern's Matthews Arena (20), Stonehill's Warrior Ice Arena (30), and Yale's Ingalls Ice Rink (30).
Meehan Auditorium is roughly 150 feet above sea level.

STACKING SAVES

Goaltender Tyler Shea stopped 53-of-55 shots faced in the opening weekend against the Air Force Falcons.
He recorded 32 saves and allowed one goal in the season-opener, a 2-0 loss. He then made 21 saves with one goal against in relief the following night.
Shea holds a .964 save percentage and 1.12 goals against average through the opening weekend.
Among goalies with 100+ minutes played this season, Shea's save percentage and goals against average rank second to Bentley's Nicholas Bevilacque (.973, 0.67).

HELPING HANDS

Sophomore forward Ivan Zadvernyuk and freshman defenseman Matt Desiderio both finished the second game against Air Force with two assists.
For Zadvernyuk, it marked the fourth career multi-point game of his collegiate career.

LONE STAR BEAR

Freshman defenseman Ashton Bynum, a Celina, Texas is the second Texan to suit up for the Brown men's ice hockey program, joining Garth Klimchuk '84, a Houston native.

WORLDLY BEARS

Since the 1966-67 season, Brown players have hailed from 28 states, nine Canadian provinces/territories, and five other nations.
Notable states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.
From north of the border, Bears have hailed from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon territory.
Outside of North America, Bears have come from China, Finland, Italy, Norway, and Russia. Sophomore Ivan Zadvernyuk is the first Russian in program history.

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