Box Score

PROVIDENCE, RI – Junior forward Jeremy Welsh and sophomore defenseman Mat Bodie each scored, but No. 12 men's ice hockey (13-6-6, 7-3-3 ECAC Hockey) fell 3-2 to Brown (8-8-3, 5-5-2 ECAC Hockey) in front of 956 fans at Meehan Auditorium.

Union took a 2-0 lead after one period of play, but Brown's Bobby Farnham scored two power play goals in the second period, and Chris Zaires added the game-winner early in the third period.

The Dutchmen outshout Brown 40-23 for the contest, including a 13-6 shot advantage in the third period.

Brown goaltender Mike Clemente stopped 38 shots and made several key saves in the game's final moments, as Union earned three consecutive power plays in the final 10:00 of the third period. Union's best chances to even the game came on the man advantage. Freshman forward Max Novak's stuff attempt from outside the crease was stopped at the 15:00 mark.

In the final minute of the third period, with Brown's Ryan Jacobson off for high sticking, and Union playing 6-on-4 with an extra attacker, sophomore forward Kevin Sullivan grabbed a loose puck out of the air, and nearly caught Clemente out of position, but the puck was swept away before Sullivan could put a shot on net.

Union dictated the pace of play in the opening frame, outshooting Brown 14-7 with a number of scoring chances.

The Dutchmen scored in the first minute of a game for the third time this season. Junior defenseman Shawn Stuart took a shot from the left point with traffic in front of the net, and junior forward Jeremy Welsh tipped the puck through Clemente at :33 to give the Dutchmen a 1-0 lead. The goal was Welsh's team-leading 17^th of the season, a new single season record for the junior forward.

Union scored on another deflection in front of the net late in the period to take a two goal advantage heading into the first intermission. Off a faceoff win by senior forward Kelly Zajac, sophomore defenseman Mat Bodie fired a shot from the point that deflected off a body in front of the net and past Clemente at 18:27.

Brown regained momentum on special teams, scoring two power play goals in the second period to tie the game at 2-2 heading into the final frame.

With Kyle Bodie in the penalty box for tripping, Brown's Dennis Robertson fired a shot from straightaway that deflected off Farnham's stick and into the net at 8:32. Farnham added his second power play goal of the night  late in the period, beating Grosenick from the high slot at 18:36 with freshman defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere in the penalty box for hooking.

Zaires fired over the shoulder of Grosenick from the slot at 2:38 of the third period to give Brown the lead, and the Bears held off the Dutchmen the rest of the way.

Union will return to Messa Rink to take on Clarkson on Friday night in a contest that begins at 7:00 p.m.