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Friday, March 14
Hamden, CT
7 p.m.
Brown University
at
Quinnipiac
Photo by: Chip DeLorenzo
Men's Hockey Heads to #13 Quinnipiac for ECAC Quarterfinal Series
3/13/2025 12:33:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (14-13-3, 9-11-2) head to the top-seeded and 13th-ranked Quinnipiac Bobcats (22-10-2, 16-5-1 ECAC) for the ECAC Quarterfinal Series in Hamden, Connecticut.
The series kicks off at 7 p.m. on Friday with game two set for 4 p.m. on Saturday. If necessary, game three is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Sunday. All three games will stream on ESPN+ in the United States and on Stretch Internet internationally.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
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The series kicks off at 7 p.m. on Friday with game two set for 4 p.m. on Saturday. If necessary, game three is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Sunday. All three games will stream on ESPN+ in the United States and on Stretch Internet internationally.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
- Brown enters the quarterfinal weekend with a 14-13-3 overall record and 9-11-2 conference mark. The Bears are coming off a 3-2 home win over Princeton in the ECAC Opening Round.
- Brown averages 2.6 goals per game to rank eighth in the conference and 40th in the NCAA.
- Ryan St. Louis leads the Bears with 28 points and ranks second in goals (11) and assists (17). Tyler Kopff leads the team with 19 assists and ranks second on the team with 27 points.
- Max Scott leads the squad with 12 goals and is tied for third on the team with 25 points alongside Brian Nicholas.
- Brown's power play has 14 goals in 81 attempts (17.3%) to rank eighth in the ECAC. Nicholas leads the Bears with 10 power play points with St. Louis and Kopff just behind with nine points apiece.
- Defensively, Brown allows 2.6 goals per game to rank fifth in the ECAC and 22nd nationally.
- Between the pipes, Lawton Zacher holds a 2.44 goals against average and .920 save percentage in 26 starts.
- The penalty kill clicks at 78% (78-100) to rank eighth in the conference.
- Brown's 50.6% faceoff percentage ranks sixth in the ECAC and tied for 29th nationally.
- Quinnipiac enters the weekend with a 22-10-2 overall record and 16-5-1 ECAC mark. The Bobcats are the top seed in the ECAC Playoffs and rank 13th in the nation per the USCHO.com Poll.
- The Bobcats lead the conference and rank fifth in the nation with 3.6 goals per game.
- Jack Ricketts leads the team with 20 goals and Travis Treloar ranks second on the team with 16 goals. Jeremy Wilmer leads the team with 38 points and 25 assists.
- Quinnipiac's power play leads the nation at 30.6% (38-124). Travis Treloar leads the team with nine power play goals.
- Defensively, the Bobcats allow 2.2 goals per game to lead the conference and rank ninth nationally.
- Between the pipes, Matej Marinov has a 1.90 goals against average and .922 save percentage in 12 starts. Dylan Silverstein holds a 2.22 goals against average and .905 save percentage in 22 starts.
- Quinnipiac's penalty kill ranks first in the ECAC and third in the NCAA at 89.5% (85-95).
- The Bobcats lead the NCAA with a 55.5% faceoff percentage.
- Brown and Quinnipiac meet for the 51st time in series history on Friday in game one.
- The teams will square off for the 52nd time on Saturday and, if necessary, the 53rd time on Sunday.
- Quinnipiac owns the series advantage, 33-10-7, along with a 20-5-3 home mark.
- Brown and Quinnipiac meet in the ECAC playoffs for the seventh time since the 2007-08 season.
- Quinnipiac holds a 4-2 series edge over the Bears and an 8-4 record in the 12 games played.
- Brown advanced to the ECAC Quarterfinals after a 3-2 home win over Princeton in the ECAC Opening Round.
- Trailing 1-0 after the first, Ryan St. Louis tied the game in the first minute of the season period and Tyler Kopff gave Brown a 2-1 lead 6:15 into the third period.
- St. Louis added the empty-netter and eventual game-winner with 28 seconds remaining before a Princeton goal in the final seconds of regulation.
- Lawton Zacher recorded 20 saves to pick up the win, his 14th of the season.
- Three Bears picked up ECAC year-end honors with Lawton Zacher headlining the trio with Second Team All-ECAC honors.
- Tyler Kopff earned a spot on the Third Team and Brian Nicholas picked up All-Rookie honors.
- The three selections mark the most since a trio were named to All-ECAC squads in 2016 (Nick Lappin - 1st, Tommy Marchin - Rookie, Max Gottlieb - Rookie).
- Zacher is the first goalie to earn Second Team or better honors since Yann Danis.
- Danis was named to the First Team in 2004 and the Second Team in 2002 and 2003.
- Five Bears earned All-Ivy honors following Brown's 10-game Ivy slate.
- Tyler Kopff and Lawton Zacher earned First Team All-Ivy honors. Alex Pineau picked up Second Team recognition with Max Scott and Ryan St. Louis earning Honorable Mention honors.
- Kopff and Zacher are Brown's first First Team selections since Nick Lappin in 2016.
- The five selections are the most in the conference and Brown is tied with Cornell with a pair of First Team selections.
- The five selections match the second-most in program history, joining the 2003-04 and 1976-77 teams and trailing just the 1964-65 team (6).
- 2003-04: Yann Danis - 1st, Scott Ford - 1st, Les Haggett - 2nd, Brent Robinson - 2nd, Vince Macri - HM.
- 1976-77: Tim Bothwell - 1st, Bill Gilligan - 1st, Bob McIntosh - 1st, Mike Mastrullo - 2nd, Kevin McCabe - 2nd.
- 1964-65: Leon Bryant - 1st, Terry Chapman - 1st, Bob Gaudreau - 1st, Bruce Darling - 2nd, Don Eccleston - 2nd, Dave Ferguson - 2nd.
- Sophomore defenseman Alex Pineau leads the NCAA with 27:35 average time on ice per game.
- Captain Max Scott leads all forwards in the NCAA and ranks 31st among all skaters with 23:40 time on ice per game.
- Sophomore Tyler Kopff ranks second in the NCAA among forwards and 33rd overall with 23:28 time on ice per game.
- Zacher's 14 wins in 2024-25 match the fourth-most by an individual goalie dating back to the start of the 1969-70 season.
- Yann Danis posted consecutive 15-win seasons in 2002-03 and 2003-04 to rank second.
- Kevin McCabe holds the single-season record with 21 wins in the 1975-76 season.
- Zacher joins Anthony Borelli (2012-13), Adam D'Alba (2004-05), and McCabe (1974-75) as the goalies with 14 wins in a season.
- A Brown goalie has recorded double-digit wins in a season just 17 times in the last 55 seasons.
- Ryan St. Louis leads the Bears with 28 points despite only playing in 21 games this season.
- St. Louis is tied for second on the team with 11 goals and is second on the team with 17 assists.
- He recorded an eight-game point streak earlier this season and has 10 multi-point games.
- The Bears are 8-1-1 this season when St. Louis records multiple points.
- St. Louis recorded his sixth game-winning goal of the season in the ECAC Opening Round against Princeton.
- The junior is tied for second in the ECAC and fifth in the NCAA with the six winners.
- Sophomore Tyler Kopff leads the Bears with 19 assists this season and is second on the team with 27 points. His eight goals rank fourth on the team.
- He is tied for ninth in the ECAC in total assists.
- His 0.90 points per game ranks 11th in the ECAC and 70th in the NCAA.
- Kopff is one assist shy of becoming the first Bear since Sam Lafferty to record 20 assists in a season. Lafferty tallied 22 assists in 2016-17.
- The Bears are 3-2-1 this season when Kopff records multiple points.
- Scott leads the team with 12 goals this season and is tied for second on the team with 25 points. His 13 assists rank fourth on the Bears.
- He is tied for 14th in the ECAC in total goals.
- With 0.40 goals per game, Scott is tied for 11th in the conference and 71st in the NCAA.
- Scott's 0.83 points per game is tied for 18th in the ECAC.
- The Bears are an unbeaten 6-0-1 this season when Scott records multiple points.
The Brown University Sports Foundation (BUSF) is the lifeblood of the athletics program, and exists to enhance the student-athlete experience through philanthropic support from alumni, parents, fans and friends. A gift through the Sports Foundation makes an immediate impact on today's Brown Bears and helps them to be their best in the classroom, in competition and most importantly in the community. To learn more about supporting the Bears, please click here.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
For the latest on Brown Athletics, please follow @BrownU_Bears on X, @BrownU_Bears on Instagram, like BrownUBears on Facebook and subscribe to the BrownAthletics YouTube channel.
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