Box Score

PROVIDENCE, R.I.– Union defenseman Shawn Stuart scored the go-ahead goal at 15:19 of the third period, his first of the season, to help the Dutchmen (8-2-3, 3-1-1 ECAC Hockey) earn a 4-3 win over Brown (3-3-3, 2-2-1 ECAC Hockey) in front of 1,377 at Meehan Auditorium.

Union rallied from an early 2-0 deficit with three straight goals, capped off by freshman forward Daniel Carr's goal at 4:23 of the third period to give Union its first lead of the game. Sophomore defenseman Ryan Forgaard sprung sophomore forward Jeremy Welsh on a rush up ice. Welsh found Carr in the circle, who hit the top corner on the near side for a 3-2 Union lead.

But Brown forward Jack MacLellan tied the game at 5:59 on the power play, corralling a loose puck in the slot to beat Union goaltender Keith Kinkaid to even the game at 3-3.

The Bears got off to a great start, taking a 2-0 lead after one period of play.

At 8:20 of the first period, Union yielded its fourth shorthanded goal of the season when Jack MacLellan skated in on a shorthanded two-on-one, beating Union goaltender Keith Kinkaid low glove side to give Brown a 1-0 lead.

Brown's early goal marked the first time that Union has yielded the first goal of the game in 13 contests this season.

The Bears would strike later in the period when defenseman Matt Wahl followed up an initial shot by David Brownshidle, skating into the slot to finish high over Kinkaid to give Brown a 2-0 lead at 15:26.

Union swung the momentum in their favor in the second period, outshooting the Bears 13-3.

The Dutchmen cut Brown's lead in half when freshman forward Matt Hatch made a drop pass to Wayne Simpson, cut to the slot and finished over Brown goaltender Michael Clemente at 4:36. The goal was Simpson's fifth goal of the season and first of the year at even-strength.

Union then earned a five-minute power play when Brown's Jimmy Siers was called for a game misconduct contact to the head penalty after taking down senior forward Justin Pallos well after the whistle at 8:54 of the second period, but could not convert..

However, sophomore forward Jeremy Welsh evened the score at 18:13 of the second period on a wrist shot from the slot. After a nice play by freshman defenseman Mat Bodie to keep the puck in the zone, Welsh skated towards the middle of the ice and fired a wrist shot towards the far post past Clemente to even the game at 2-2 heading into the third period.

For the game, Union outshot Brown 32-18.

The Dutchmen will take on No. 2/3 Yale on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. in a game that will be nationally broadcast on ESPNU.