Men's Hockey Heads to Princeton, #14 Quinnipiac for Conference Weekend

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (12-11-2, 8-9-1 ECAC) hit the road for the final time in the 2024-25 regular season to take on the Princeton Tigers (10-13-2, 5-11-2 ECAC) on Friday before closing the weekend against the 14th-ranked Quinnipiac Bobcats (19-9-2, 13-4-1 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 a 12-11-2 overall record and 8-9-1 ECAC mark. The Bears are 8-2-0 over the last 10 games and most recently took a 6-3 home win over Colgate.
Brown's offense averages 2.7 goals per game to rank eighth in the ECAC and tied for 37th nationally. Max Scott leads the team with 12 goals, Tyler Kopff leads the team with 18 assists, and Brian Nicholas leads the team with 25 points.
Brown's power play has 12 goals in 68 attempts (17.6%) to rank eighth in the conference.
Defensively, the Bears allow 2.5 goals per game to rank third in the conference and 17th nationally.
Between the pipes, Lawton Zacher holds a .926 save percentage and 2.30 goals against average in 21 starts. His save percentage leads the ECAC and ranks 15th nationally.
Brown's penalty kill ranks seventh in the conference and 38th nationally at 79% (64-81).

SCOUTING THE TIGERS

Princeton enters the weekend with a 10-13-2 overall record and 5-11-2 conference mark. • The Tigers are tied for 11th in the standings with 17 points.
Most recently, Princeton fell to RPI and Union on the road last weekend.
The Tigers average 2.3 goals per game to rank 11th in the conference and 53rd nationally.
Brendan Gorman leads the team with 10 goals, 13 assists, and 23 points.
Princeton's power play clicks at 18.6% (13-70) to rank seventh in the ECAC and 40th nationally.
Defensively, Princeton allows 2.9 goals per game to rank sixth in the conference and tied for 33rd nationally.
Between the pipes, Ethan Pearson holds a 2.31 goals against average and .913 save percentage in 12 starts. He has a 5-6-1 record.
Princeton's penalty kill ranks eighth in the conference and 44th nationally at 77.5% (55-71).

INSIDE THE SERIES

Friday marks the 174th meeting between Brown and Princeton dating back to 1900.
The Bears hold a 92-78-13 all-time record and a 41-41-8 road record.

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS

Quinnipiac enters the weekend as the nation's 14th-ranked team with a 19-9-2 overall record and 13-4-1 ECAC mark.
The offense averages 3.6 goals per game to pace the conference and rank sixth nationally.
Jack Ricketts leads the team with 17 goals with Mason Marcellus leading the team with 24 assists and 32 points.
The Bobcat power play leads the nation at 31.4% (33-105).
Defensively, Quinnipiac allows 2.3 goals per game to rank second in the conference and ninth nationally.
Matej Marinov holds a 2.19 goals against average and .913 save percentage in 10 starts. Dylan Silverstein holds a 2.24 goals against and .906 save percentage in 20 starts.
Quinnipiac's penalty kill leads the conference and ranks fourth nationally at 89.4% (76-85).

INSIDE THE SERIES

Saturday marks the 50th meeting between the Bears and Bobcats dating back to 2006.
The Bobcats hold the series edge, 32-10-7, along with a 21-5-3 record in Hamden.

COLGATE DUB

The Bears responded to a Friday loss to Cornell with a 6-3 victory over the Colgate Raiders to pick up the weekend split and season split with Colgate.
Brown erased an early two-goal deficit with four unanswered goals in the first and second periods to chase Colgate goaltender Andrew Takacs.
Freshman Charlie Gollob recorded his first career three-point game with a goal and two assists.
Seniors Lynden Grandberg and Brett Bliss each recorded their first goals of the season with Bliss tallying the eventual game-winner.
Lawton Zacher recorded 27 saves in the victory.

20-POINT MEN

Brown has four skaters with 20+ points this season - Nicholas (25), Kopff (22), Scott (20), and St. Louis (20).
It marks the first season since 2015-16 that four Bears have reached the 20-point milestone.
Nick Lappin (33), Tommy Marchin (27), Mark Naclerio (22), and Max Gottlieb (21) reached the milestone.

THE STANDINGS

Brown sits eighth in the ECAC standings with 24 league points, just one behind Harvard for seventh.
With the Colgate win, Brown has a little breathing room over ninth-place RPI (19 points).

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Men's Hockey Heads to Princeton, #14 Quinnipiac for Conference Weekend

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Players Mentioned

Brett Bliss

Charlie Gollob

Lynden Grandberg

Tyler Kopff

Brian Nicholas

Max Scott

Lawton Zacher

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Men's Hockey Heads to Princeton, #14 Quinnipiac for Conference Weekend

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Brett Bliss

Charlie Gollob

Lynden Grandberg

Tyler Kopff

Brian Nicholas

Max Scott

Lawton Zacher

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