Brian Nicholas

Photo by: Brown Athletics

Photo by: Brown Athletics

Photo by: Brown Athletics

Photo by: Brown Athletics

Photo by: Brown Athletics

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Scarsdale, N.Y.
Last Team:
Sioux City (USHL)

2024-25: ECAC All-Rookie Team … Skated in 28 games and ranked fourth on the team with 25 points behind 11 goals and 14 assists … Tied for sixth-most points by a freshman in program history … Tied for seventh-most goals by a freshman in program history … ECAC Rookie of the Month in January after posting 10 points in 10 games … Second among ECAC rookies and eighth among NCAA rookies with 0.89 points per game … Recorded a six-game point streak early in the season with the overtime winner at St. Lawrence (Nov. 23), a two-assist effort in the win over Air Force (Nov. 30), and a two-goal and three-point performance at Northeastern (Dec. 7) … Recorded a hat trick, including the overtime winner, and added an assist in Brown’s 6-5 road win over Rensselaer (Jan. 31) … Tallied a pair of assists in the home win over Yale (Feb. 9) … Chipped in a goal and assist in the 6-3 home win over Colgate (Feb. 15) … Finished the season with 70 shots on goal.

BEFORE BROWN: Spent the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons with the USHL’s Sioux City Musketeers … Recorded 18 goals and 57 points in 62 games in 2023-24 … Represented the United States with the Under-17 Selects Team and won gold at the 2021 Five Nations Tournament in Switzerland.

PERSONAL: Son of Stephen and Eileen Nicholas … Has four siblings – James, Stephen, Michaela, and Erin – all of whom played collegiate athletics … Lists his siblings as his biggest influences … Chose Brown for the campus environment as well as the team and coaching staff.