Second Line Powers Brown Past Princeton
HANOVER, NH – The Brown men’s hockey team (1-1-0,
0-0-0) won its first game of the season, 3-2 over Princeton (0-1-1,
0-0-0), and evened its record at 1-1 in game three of the Ivy
Shootout, hosted by Dartmouth. The result counts as a non-league
contest for both teams though it does not count in ECAC Hockey or
Ivy standings.
Brown came out aggressive, outshooting Princeton, 8-4 in the first
five minutes and grabbing a 1-0 lead just 1:03 into the game. After
attempts by seniors Bobby Farnham (North Andover, MA) and Jeff
Buvinow (Turnersville, NJ) were saved and blocked, respectively,
freshman Massimo Lamacchia (Maple, ONT) put one past Mike Condon
for his first career goal and a 1-0 Bears’ lead. Freshman
Ryan Jacobson (Greenwood Village, CO) earned his first career point
with an assist on the goal, while sophomore Garnet Hathaway
(Kennebunkport, ME) also assisted.
The rest of the period was relatively quiet, as Lamacchia’s
goal was the only score of the frame and neither team was whistled
for any penalties. Princeton finished with an 11-7 advantage in
shots for the period.
For as quiet as the last 19 minutes of the first period were, the first four minutes of the second period made up for it, as the team combined for two penalties and three special teams goals.
Princeton would tie the game at the 1:12 mark when Michael Sdao
beat senior Mike Clemente (Great Falls, VA) on a Tigers’
power play.
However, the Bears would regain the lead just 1:15 later. With a
delayed penalty call coming up on Princeton’s Tom Kroshus,
Clemente headed for the bench in favor of the extra attacker. Just
seven seconds after Clemente left the ice, Hathaway tallied his
first of the year with assists going to seniors Mike Wolff
(Walpole, MA) and Jack Maclellan (Calgary, ALB), as Brown held a
2-1 lead just 2:27 into the second
period.
Then, with Kroshus in the penalty box for the tripping call,
Jacobson increased the lead to 3-1 with just seven seconds left on
the man-advantage. Hathaway and Lamacchia assisted, as all three
would finish the afternoon with multi-point games.
Princeton, which outshot Brown, 14-11, in the second, continued to
dominate in the shot category through the third, 14-8. However,
after allowing the Tigers’ second goal at 1:11 of the final
period, Clemente stopped 11 consecutive shots, five of which came
in the final minute of play and with Princeton on a power play, as
Brown held on for the win.
In all, Princeton outshot Brown, 39-26, as Clemente finished with
37 saves. Brown was 1-3 on the man advantage, while the Tigers were
1-4.
Brown returns to action next weekend when it hosts Colgate and
Cornell in its ECAC Hockey opening weekend. Both games begin at
7:00 at Meehan Auditorium.












