2022–23 Brown Bears men's ice hockey season

2022–23 Brown Bears
men's ice hockey season
2022–23 Brown Bears; men's ice hockey season
Conference	11th ECAC Hockey
Home ice	Meehan Auditorium
Rankings
USCHO	NR
USA Today	NR
Record
Overall	9–18–3
Conference	5–13–2
Home	5–7–1
Road	4–11–2
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Brendan Whittet
Assistant coaches	Jason Smith; Matt Plante; Ed Kesell
Captain(s)	Luke Krys
Alternate captain(s)	Samuli Niinisaari; Jordan Tonelli
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The 2022–23 Brown Bears Men's ice hockey season was the 105th season of play for the program and the 61st in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Bears represented Brown University and were coached by Brendan Whittet, in his 13th season.

2022-2023 season

Jan 13: Bears defeat the Dutchmen, 6-2

Jan 14: Bears defeat the Engineers, 3-0

Jan 21: Bears defeat the Crimson, 3-2

Feb 3: Bears are shutout by the Saints, 0-6

Feb 6: Bears lose to Golden Knights, 2-6

Feb 24: Bears are shut out by the Big Red, 0-5

Season

Brown had a slow start to the season, winning just once in their first eight games. While the offense was still trying to figure things out, the team had settled on Mathieu Caron as their starting goaltender. After Thanksgiving the team's results began to improve and Brown posted its first win over a ranked team in 4 years.^[1]

The Bears were hit and miss over the next few months but were able to win twice more against top-20 teams, including a very strong performance over Merrimack. After the team's win over Harvard, the Bears were just 3 games under .500 and had a chance to post just their second winning season in the last decade. Unfortunately, during the off week, Caron suffered an injury and missed six games.^[2] The team turned to freshman Jacob Zacharewicz, but he wasn't quite ready to be the starter. After allowing 6 goals in each of his first two games he settled into the role but the Bears ended up losing 5 of those contests.

When Caron returned at the end of the regular season, he didn't look like the same goaltender and couldn't stop Brown from finishing on a 1–6–1 run. The losses caused the Bears to drop to 11th in the conference and set them up against Clarkson in the first round. Caron looked much better after a full week of practice and weathered a barrage of shots, but Brown's offense gave him no support. The Bears could only manage 1 goal and were swiftly knocked out of the postseason.^[3]

Departures

Player	Position	Nationality	Cause
Tristan Crozier	Forward	Canada	Graduate transfer to Merrimack
Dorian Dawson	Defenseman	Canada	Graduate transfer to Alaska Anchorage
Jake Harris	Forward	Canada	Graduation (retired)
Justin Jallen	Forward	United States	Graduate transfer to Michigan State
Luke Kania	Goaltender	United States	Graduation (retired)
Michael Maloney	Forward	United States	Graduation (retired)
Gabriel Vinal	Goaltender	United States	Graduate transfer to Clarkson

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Age	Notes
Dean Bauchiero	Forward	United States	20	Southington, CT
Ryan Bottrill	Forward	United States	20	Scottsdale, AZ
Harry Meirowitz	Defenseman	United States	19	Old Westbury, NY
Gavin Puskar	Forward	United States	21	Westfield, NJ; transfer from Connecticut
Ryan Shostak	Forward	Canada	21	Calgary, AB
Zackary Tonelli	Forward	United States	20	Armonk, NY
Nick Traggio	Defenseman	United States	21	Sharon, CT
Jacob Zacharewicz	Goaltender	Canada	21	Riverhead, NY

Roster

2022-23 players

As of July 18, 2022.^[4]

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1	James Durham	Junior	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-03-27	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Des Moines (USHL)	—
2	Luke Krys (C)	Senior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-09-27	Ridgefield, Connecticut	Muskegon (USHL)	—
3	Luke Albert	Senior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	1998-08-17	Fergus, Ontario	Bonnyville (AJHL)	—
4	Brett Bliss	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-12-29	Chelmsford, Massachusetts	Surrey (BCHL)	—
5	Nick Traggio	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2001-08-01	Sharon, Connecticut	Bonnyville (AJHL)	—
6	Harry Meirowitz	Freshman	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2003-05-21	Old Westbury, New York	P. A. L. (NCDC)	—
7	Ryan Bottrill	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-02-04	Chandler, Arizona	Maryland (NAHL)	—
8	Ryan Shostak	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-09-08	Calgary, Alberta	Vernon (BCHL)	—
9	Connor Marshall	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-10-10	Parkland, Florida	Northeast (NAHL)	—
10	Jonny Russell	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	1998-01-31	Traverse City, Michigan	Des Moines (USHL)	—
11	Nathan Plessis	Senior	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1998-02-28	Salmon Arm, British Columbia	Brooks (AJHL)	—
12	Matt Sutton	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-05-26	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Omaha (USHL)	—
13	Lynden Grandberg	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	2001-05-21	Calgary, Alberta	Camrose (AJHL)	—
14	Spence Evans	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2002-04-29	Oyster Bay Cove, New York	Johnstown (NAHL)	—
15	Tony Andreozzi	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2000-04-16	Winchester, Massachusetts	Salmon Arm (BCHL)	—
16	Thomas Manty	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-02-04	Andover, Massachusetts	Aberdeen (NAHL)	—
17	Bradley Cocca	Senior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1999-08-13	Toronto, Ontario	Merritt (BCHL)	—
18	Dean Bauchiero	Freshman	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2002-03-04	Southington, Connecticut	Wichita Falls (NAHL)	—
19	Samuli Niinisaari (A)	Senior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1998-08-11	Hamina, Finland	Lincoln (USHL)	—
20	Noah Wakeford	Sophomore	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-06-29	Okotoks, Alberta	Trail (BCHL)	—
21	Wyatt Schlaht	Sophomore	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2000-06-04	Cherry Hills Village, Colorado	Surrey (BCHL)	—
23	Jackson Munro	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-02-11	Vancouver, British Columbia	Chilliwack (BCHL)	—
24	Brenden Clark	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-01-16	Morris Plains, New Jersey	Johnstown (NAHL)	—
25	Zackary Tonelli	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2002-02-14	Greenwich, Connecticut	Vernon (BCHL)	—
26	James Crossman	Senior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1998-11-23	Denver, Colorado	Jamestown (NAHL)	—
27	Jordan Tonelli (A)	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-06-30	Greenwich, Connecticut	Cedar Rapids (USHL)	—
28	Gavin Puskar	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-06-21	Fairfield, Connecticut	UConn (HEA)	—
29	Cole Quisenberry	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-03-22	Denver, Colorado	Chicago (USHL)	—
30	Jacob Zacharewicz	Freshman	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2001-02-11	Riverhead, New York	El Paso (NAHL)	—
31	Mathieu Caron	Sophomore	G	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2000-03-29	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Chilliwack (BCHL)	—

Standings

2022–23 ECAC Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Quinnipiac †	22	20	2	0	0	0	0	60	87	30	41	34	4	3	162	64
#10 Harvard	22	18	4	0	5	0	0	49	86	48	34	24	8	2	125	81
#9 Cornell	22	15	6	1	0	1	0	47	78	42	34	21	11	2	112	66
St. Lawrence	22	12	10	0	1	2	0	37	56	58	36	17	19	0	88	102
#18 Colgate *	22	11	8	3	4	1	3	36	71	58	40	19	16	5	113	109
Clarkson	22	9	10	3	0	1	0	31	60	60	37	16	17	4	102	98
Rensselaer	22	9	13	0	2	1	0	26	52	74	35	14	20	1	84	115
Union	22	8	13	1	0	0	1	26	45	68	35	14	19	2	86	117
Princeton	22	8	14	0	2	1	0	26	57	73	32	13	19	0	89	112
Yale	22	6	14	2	0	1	1	22	35	62	32	8	20	4	57	94
Brown	22	5	14	3	0	1	1	20	41	69	30	9	18	3	65	91
Dartmouth	22	4	17	1	0	2	1	16	44	70	30	5	24	1	64	106
Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Regular Season
October 29	7:00 PM	at Yale	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	ESPN+	Caron	L 0–2	1,300	0–1–0 (0–1–0)
October 30	4:00 PM	Yale	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Caron	W 2–1	839	1–1–0 (1–1–0)
November 4	7:00 PM	at #15 Harvard	Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts	ESPN+	Caron	L 2–5	1,579	1–2–0 (1–2–0)
November 5	5:00 PM	at Dartmouth	Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire	ESPN+	Caron	T 2–2 ^SOL	1,288	1–2–1 (1–2–1)
November 11	7:00 PM	#5 Quinnipiac	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Caron	L 3–4	712	1–3–1 (1–3–1)
November 12	7:00 PM	Princeton	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Caron	L 0–1	877	1–4–1 (1–4–1)
November 18	7:00 PM	at Colgate	Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York	ESPN+	Caron	L 2–3	882	1–5–1 (1–5–1)
November 19	7:00 PM	at Cornell	Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York	ESPN+	Caron	L 1–5	3,695	1–6–1 (1–6–1)
November 25	2:00 PM	Holy Cross*	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Caron	W 3–0	574	2–6–1
November 26	7:00 PM	at #8 Providence*	Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island (Mayor's Cup)	ESPN+	Caron	W 3–2	1,885	3–6–1
November 29	7:00 PM	Boston College*	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Caron	L 2–4	786	3–7–1
December 3	8:00 PM	at Long Island*	Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+	Caron	W 5–1	300	4–7–1
December 4	7:15 PM	at Long Island*	Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+	Zacharewicz	L 4–5 ^OT	200	4–8–1
December 9	7:00 PM	at Clarkson	Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York	ESPN+	Caron	T 2–2 ^SOW	2,382	4–8–2 (1–6–2)
December 10	7:00 PM	at St. Lawrence	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Caron	L 0–4	1,100	4–9–2 (1–7–2)
January 3	7:00 PM	at #15 Massachusetts*	Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts	ESPN+	Caron	L 0–3	2,070	4–10–2
January 7	7:00 PM	at #8 Merrimack*	J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts	ESPN+	Caron	W 6–2	2,134	5–10–2
January 13	7:00 PM	Union	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Caron	W 6–2	1,177	6–10–2 (2–7–2)
January 14	7:00 PM	Rensselaer	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Caron	W 3–0	798	7–10–2 (3–7–2)
January 20	7:00 PM	Dartmouth	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Caron	L 3–4	677	7–11–2 (3–8–2)
January 21	7:00 PM	#9 Harvard	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Caron	W 3–2	823	8–11–2 (4–8–2)
February 3	7:00 PM	St. Lawrence	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Zacharewicz	L 0–6	502	8–12–2 (4–9–2)
February 4	7:00 PM	Clarkson	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Zacharewicz	L 2–6	709	8–13–2 (4–10–2)
February 10	7:00 PM	at Rensselaer	Houston Field House • Troy, New York	ESPN+	Zacharewicz	W 3–2	2,325	9–13–2 (5–10–2)
February 11	4:00 PM	at Union	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+	Zacharewicz	L 1–3	2,011	9–14–2 (5–11–2)
February 17	7:00 PM	at Princeton	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	ESPN+	Zacharewicz	L 2–3	1,599	9–15–2 (5–12–2)
February 18	7:00 PM	at #1 Quinnipiac	M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut	ESPN+	Zacharewicz	L 2–5	3,367	9–16–2 (5–13–2)
February 24	7:00 PM	#13 Cornell	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Caron	L 0–5	1,177	9–17–2 (5–14–2)
February 25	7:00 PM	Colgate	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Caron	T 2–2 ^SOL	712	9–17–3 (5–14–3)
ECAC Hockey Tournament
March 4	7:00 PM	at Clarkson*	Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York (First Round)	ESPN+	Caron	L 1–5	2,527	9–18–3
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:^[5]

Scoring statistics

Name	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Ryan Bottrill	F	30	6	15	21	12
Jordan Tonelli	C/LW	23	7	10	17	26
Luke Krys	D	30	2	14	16	49
Brett Bliss	D	30	6	7	13	39
James Crossman	D	29	9	3	12	33
Cole Quisenberry	F	29	5	6	12	8
Bradley Cocca	C	29	4	8	12	14
Matt Sutton	F	26	3	7	10	6
Gavin Puskar	F	30	5	4	9	14
Nathan Plessis	F	30	3	6	9	56
Jackson Munro	D	20	1	8	9	8
Samuli Niinisaari	D	30	0	8	8	8
Ryan Shostak	F	29	5	2	7	4
Lynden Grandberg	F	28	3	3	6	8
Tony Andreozzi	D	30	1	4	5	8
Jonny Russell	RW	17	2	2	4	10
Thomas Manty	F	10	2	2	4	2
Zackary Tonelli	F	24	0	4	4	4
Brendan Clark	F	18	1	2	3	8
Noah Wakeford	F	7	0	1	1	0
Wyatt Schlaht	F	16	0	1	1	2
Luke Albert	D	25	0	1	1	12
Jacob Zacharewicz	G	7	0	0	0	0
Nick Traggio	D	8	0	0	0	4
Connor Marshall	F	10	0	0	0	2
Mathieu Caron	G	24	0	0	0	15
Total			65	119	184	352

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Goaltending statistics

Name	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	SV %	GAA
Mathieu Caron	24	1446:30	8	12	3	60	701	2	.921	2.49
Jacob Zacharewicz	7	357:55	1	6	0	25	165	0	.868	4.19
Empty Net	-	18:00	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-
Total	30	1822:25	9	18	3	94	866	2	.902	3.09

Rankings

Poll	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR
USA Today	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.^[7]

Awards and honors

Player	Award	Ref
Mathieu Caron	ECAC Hockey Third Team	^[8]

References

^ "Brown Men's Hockey Season-by-Season Results". Brown Bears. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
^ "Men's hockey suffers two-loss weekend against St. Lawrence, Clarkson". Brown Daily Herald. February 5, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2023". College Hockey Inc. March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "2022–23 Men's Hockey Roster". Brown. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
^ "2022-23 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". Brown Bears. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
^ "Brown Univ. 2022-2023 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
^ "ECAC Hockey Announces 2022-23 Men's All-League Teams". ECAC Hockey. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

[1] "Brown Men's Hockey Season-by-Season Results". Brown Bears. Retrieved September 6, 2018.

[2] "Men's hockey suffers two-loss weekend against St. Lawrence, Clarkson". Brown Daily Herald. February 5, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[3] "SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2023". College Hockey Inc. March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[4] "2022–23 Men's Hockey Roster". Brown. Retrieved July 14, 2018.

[5] "2022-23 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". Brown Bears. Retrieved September 2, 2022.

[6] "Brown Univ. 2022-2023 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.

[7] "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

[ECAC-8] "ECAC Hockey Announces 2022-23 Men's All-League Teams". ECAC Hockey. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

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