Men's Hockey Returns to Meehan to Host Merrimack

Saturday, January 3

Providence, R.I.

7 p.m.

Brown University

Merrimack

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Men's Hockey Returns to Meehan to Host Merrimack

1/2/2026 10:40:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Game Notes

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (3-11-0, 2-6-0 ECAC) return to Meehan Auditorium to host the Merrimack Warriors (8-10-0, 4-7-0 HEA) in a non-conference matchup Saturday night.

Saturday night's game is scheduled 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 Saturday with a 3-11-0 overall record and 2-6-0 ECAC mark. The Bears are tenth in the ECAC standings and are just six points back of Princeton in fourth.
Brown's offense averages 2.3 goals per game with Ivan Zadvernyuk leading the squad with eight assists and 10 points. Ryan St. Louis leads the team with four goals.
Nine Bears have recorded five or more points this season.
Brown's power play clicks at 8.1% with three goals in 37 attempts. Zadvernyuk, Ben Poitas, and Michael Salandra have the man-up goals this season.
Defensively, Brown allows 3.8 goals per game with senior Tyler Shea holding a 3.25 goals against average and .909 save percentage in 11 games.
Brown's penalty kill enters Saturday at 75.5% (40-53) to rank tenth in the ECAC.

SCOUTING THE WARRIORS

Merrimack enters Saturday's non-conference matchup with an 8-10-0 overall record and 4-7-0 Hockey East record. The Warriors have won three straight games with victories over Yale, LIU, and Vermont.
Merrimack's offense averages 2.9 goals per game to rank sixth in Hockey East and tied for 33rd nationally.
Nick Pierre leads the team with nine goals and is tied for fourth on the squad with 12 points. Four of his goals have come on the power play.
Trevor Hoskin leads the Warriors with 14 assists and 18 points in 17 games played.
The Merrimack power play clicks at 22.9% (16-70) to rank third in Hockey East and 18th in the NCAA.
Defensively, Merrimack ranks eighth in Hockey East and tied for 33rd nationally with 3.0 goals against per game.
Goaltender Max Lundgren has played every minute for Merrimack and holds a 2.70 goals against average and .916 save percentage.
Merrimack's penalty kill ranks fourth in the conference and 22nd nationally at 82.9% (58-70). Merrimack has allowed more than one power play goal in a game just once this season.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Saturday marks the 16th game between the Bears and Warriors in a series dating back to 1975.
The Warriors are 7-6-2 in the series and 5-4-1 over the last 10 meetings.
Saturday marks the fifth straight season the teams have met after a 12-season hiatus. Both teams are 2-2 in the last four meetings with the road team winning every game comfortably.

NON-CON AT HOBEY

Brown returned from the break last weekend with a trip to the Garden State to face Princeton in a non-conference matchup.
The Tigers prevailed in overtime, 5-4, with Kai Daniells tallying two goals.
Tyler Shea recorded a career-high 46 saves in the setback.
Ivan Zadvernyuk tallied a goal and an assist and Tanner Hartman chipped in with a pair of assists offensively.

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