Box Score
SCHENECTADY, NY – Sophomore forward
Daniel Carr scored early in the first period, but Brown (3-2-0, 2-1-0 ECAC Hockey) rallied for two scores later in the frame and held on for 2-1 win over Union (5-2-3, 2-1-0 ECAC Hockey) in front of 1,633 fans at Messa Rink.
Freshman goaltender
Colin Stevens (1-1-0) stopped 21 of 23 shots, while Brown's Matt Clemente stopped 24 of 25 shots to improve to 3-2-0 on the year.
Brown went 1-of-3 with the man advantage, while the Dutchmen finished the night 0-for-4 on the power play, including two third period chances. Union's best scoring chance came on the second power play of the frame late in the game, with Brown's Dennis Robertson in the penalty box for roughing at 13:15.
With about six minutes to play, sophomore defenseman
Mat Bodie corralled a loose puck in the high slot and fired a hard wrist off the shoulder of Clemente and over the net. In the final minute, with Stevens out of the net, Carr and junior forward
Wayne Simpson both had shots turned away by Clemente.
Union got off to a quick start, scoring on its first shift of the game.
Wayne Simpson controlled the puck along half boards and fed down low to senior forward
Kelly Zajac. Zajac passed to Carr, who fired a one-timer past Mike Clemente to put the Dutchmen up 1-0 just 32 seconds into the contest.
Brown scored twice late in the period to take the lead for good. After a failed breakout attempt by Union, Mike Wolff fired a shot from point that was stopped by
Colin Stevens. Stevens stopped the initial rebound by Bobby Farnham, but Jack Maclellan scored from just outside the crease at 16:02.
Maclellan struck again on the power play with time winding down in the opening period. With senior forward
Brian Yanovitch in the penalty box for interference, the Bears controlled in the Union zone. Matt Wahl fed Maclellan in the circle, who kicked the puck to his forehand and fired a wrist shot high over the glove of Stevens at 19:57 to give Brown a 2-1 lead.
Union's best chance to tie game came early in the second period, with
Mat Bodie in the penalty box for cross checking. Sophomore forward
Matt Hatch poked the puck behind the Brown defense, setting up a shorthanded breakaway chance. Hatch's low shot was stopped by Clemente, who closed up his pads in time to make the save at 3:12 of the second period.
Union will take on No. 10/13 Yale (3-1-1, 2-1-0 ECAC Hockey) tomorrow night at Messa Rink in a game that begins at 7:30 p.m.
