Men's Hockey Closes Season with Quarterfinals Loss to Quinnipiac

Saturday, March 15

Hamden, CT

4 p.m.

Brown University

14-15-3

Quinnipiac

24-10-2

Brown

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Brown Athletics

Men's Hockey Closes Season with Quarterfinals Loss to Quinnipiac

3/15/2025 6:39:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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HAMDEN, Conn. – The top-seeded and 13th-ranked Quinnipiac Bobcats (24-10-2, 16-5-1 ECAC) took a 4-0 win over the Brown Bears (14-15-3, 9-11-2 ECAC) to advance to the ECAC semifinals Saturday at M&T Bank Arena.

"It's a tough ending, but it doesn't diminish what Brown Hockey accomplished this year," said head coach Brendan Whittet '94. "We took a huge step as a program and I couldn't be more proud of the way the guys played and battled, absolute warriors.

"We had guys playing with broken bones and through injury. They just battled and battled. It wasn't meant to be, but the future is very bright. We're going to win the ECAC Championship and we're going to be on a mission. The end of the year will fuel us. It's a really good group of guys coming back and it's a really good group of guys coming in and we're going to be a really good hockey team."

Just over a minute into the game, Tony Andreozzi was penalized for tripping to give the Bobcats its first power play of the game. Brown killed off the advantage to keep the game scoreless.

Max Scott had a good scoring chance 9:20 into the first, but his effort was turned aside by Quinnipiac goalie Matej Marinov (34 saves).

The Bears went to the penalty kill for the second time after Brendan Clark was whistled for finishing his check 9:39 into the frame. Quinnipiac challenged the play for a major but were unsuccessful.

Lawton Zacher (21 saves) made a pair of stops on the second Bobcat advantage to keep the home team off the board.

The Bears had a pair of net-front chances late in the period but were unable to sneak the puck through traffic to take the lead. Brown had a 12-5 edge in shots on goal in the opening period.

Tyler Borgula broke the deadlock 4:30 into the second period with his 11th goal of the season with assists credited to Anthony Cipollone and Ryan Smith.

Brown picked up its first power play of the game halfway through the second, but Marinov made three saves on the advantage to keep the Bears off the board.

Clark had a scoring chance with 2:40 remaining in the middle frame with Marinov making a glove save.

Ryan St. Louis had a shorthanded scoring chance in the waning seconds of the period, but Marinov once again kept the Bears off the board.

The Bears held a 25-14 shots on goal advantage through 40 minutes.

Mason Marcellus doubled Quinnipiac's lead 2:01 into the third period with Jack Ricketts and Elliott Groenewold assisting.

Borgula added his second of the game with 2:42 remaining in the third on the power play and Victor Czerneckianair found the empty net with 57 seconds remaining to push the final score to 4-0.
GAME NOTES

Brown finished the game with a 34-25 shots on goal advantage.
Brown blocked 18 shots compared to eight for the Bobcats.
Quinnipiac went 1-for-5 on the power play with Brown finishing 0-for-1.

SEASON NOTES

Brown won its first playoff series since 2019 with the Opening Round win over Princeton.
Brown's 13-win regular season marks the most wins in a regular season since the 2004-05 season.
Brown led the Ivy League with five All-Ivy selections, including First Team selections Tyler Kopff and Lawton Zacher. The five All-Ivy players are tied for the second-most in program history with the 2003-04 and 1976-77 teams.
Brown posted a five-game winning streak in January, the first since the 2009-10 season and just the seventh such streak since the start of the 1977-78 season.
Brown captured a weekend sweep over Clarkson and St. Lawrence on the road for the first time since the 2004-05 season and third time in program history.
Brown swept both Clarkson and St. Lawrence in the same season for the first time in program history.
Brown swept the regular season series against Yale for the first time since the 2004-05 season and just the fifth time since the 1979-80 season.
Goaltender Lawton Zacher was superb throughout the season and earned several individual honors – Hobey Baker Memorial Award nominee, Mike Richter Award semifinalist, Walter Brown Award semifinalist.
Zacher was the first goalie since Yann Danis '04 to earn Second Team All-ECAC honors.
Zacher posted the program's second-longest scoreless streak at 157:04 in November, just 4:26 shy of the record held by Danis.
Zacher's 14-win season is tied for the fourth-most by a Brown goalie since 1969, trailing Kevin McCabe (21, 1975-76) and Danis (15, twice).
Four Bears finished the season with 20+ points for the first time since 2015-16.
Freshman Brian Nicholas posted a 25-point season and finished the campaign ranked sixth in program history among freshmen in points and eighth in goals (11).
Sophomore defenseman Alex Pineau leads the NCAA in time on ice per game. Max Scott and Tyler Kopff rank first and second, respectively, in time on ice per game among forwards in the NCAA.
The Bears earned multiple monthly awards from the conference with Zacher earning Goalie of the Month honors in November and Nicholas earning Rookie of the Month honors in January.

Gallery: (3-15-2025) MIH at Quinnipiac (3/15/25)

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