Men's Hockey Grinds Out Road Win at Yale

Thursday, February 6

New Haven, CT

7 p.m.

Brown University

10-10-2, 6-8-1

Yale

5-15-2, 4-9-2

Brown

Yale

Photo by: Brown Athletics

2/6/2025 10:00:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Brown Bears (10-10-2, 6-8-1 ECAC) held off the Yale Bulldogs (5-15-2, 4-9-2 ECAC) to take a 2-1 road win on Thursday at Ingalls Rink and reach the double-digit win milestone on the season.

"That was an important win for us, we're trying to get all the points we can in the standings to move up as far as we can," said head coach Brendan Whittet '94. "This is the important time of the year and it's a hard place to win so I give the guys a lot of credit.

"It wasn't pretty, but we found a way and it's a great road win and important points in the league. Now, we're focused on the next game on Sunday. It's another big game, every game from here on out has huge implications. The standings are so tight, and you can slide way up or slide way down. We'll take the win and concentrate on Sunday."

Max Scott recorded his 12th goal of the season 9:37 into the opening period to give the Bears a 1-0 lead. The captain collected a rebound from Nick Traggio and beat Yale goaltender Jack Stark (25 saves) with a wraparound goal. Brendan Clark added the secondary assist on the goal.

The Bears ran into penalty trouble in the middle frame, but Lawton Zacher (26 saves) turned aside all seven shots faced in the period. Zacher robbed Ronan O'Donnell of a goal during a Yale two-man advantage with six minutes remaining in the period. The Buffalo, New York native moved to his right and kicked his leg out to make the save and cover for the stoppage.

Alex Pineau rang iron 2:40 into the final period on a Brown rush off a great feed from Tanner Hartman.

Ryan St. Louis doubled Brown's lead with 7:59 remaining in the third with his sixth goal of the season. St. Louis collected a pass from Clark ion the neutral zone and rifled a wrist shot past Stark. Pineau added the secondary assist on the goal.

Dylan Herzog cut into the Brown lead with an extra attacker power play goal with 1:38 remaining in the third. The Bears allowed just two shots in the final stretch, one was blocked by St. Louis and the other turned aside by Zacher.

GAME NOTES

Clark recorded his second multi-assist game of the season.
Both teams finished the night with 27 shots on goal with the Bears blocking nine shots compared to five for the Bulldogs.
Brown controlled the faceoff dot, winning 37-of-65 (56.9%). Scott lead the Bears with a 14-for-22 (63.6%) effort.
Yale went 1-for-5 on the power play with Brown coming up empty on its lone power play chance.

The Bears and Bulldogs close out the regular season series with a 2 p.m. puck drop on Sunday at Meehan Auditorium. Sunday's game will broadcast locally on NESN and stream on ESPN+ in the United States and on Stretch Internet internationally.

Gallery: (2-6-2025) MHockey at Yale (2/6/25)

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