THE2009-2010 “BEAR” Brown HockeyNECESSITIES Game Notes AIC (2-12-1) at Brown (4-7-1) Meehan Auditorium * Providence, RI Tuesday, December 8, 7:00 p.m. Tonight: Tonight’s game against AIC marks the fourth and final game in a stretch of eight days for the Bears. Brown will close out the 2009 calendar year against the Yellow Jackets this evening, looking to extend its current winning streak to five games. 2009-2010 Schedule/Results Last Time Out: Brown earned an ECAC sweep with wins over Princeton (3-1) 4-7-1 Overall/3-4-1 ECAC/2-2-0 Ivy and #4 Quinnipiac (2-1), stretching its winning streak to four games. The last 3-4-0 Home/1-3-1 Away/0-0-0 Neutral time a Brown team swept a regular-season ECAC weekend was February 1-2, 2008 when the Bears earned a pair of wins over Harvard and Dartmouth. The OCTOBER four-game winning streak is also the longest since the 2004-2005 season, when 30 Showcase at Princeton Brown went 4-0-0 against Providence, Yale, Princeton, and Vermont. On Friday at #9 Princeton L, 1-0 (ot) night against Princeton, Brown was led by sophomore Jack Maclellan, who had 31 UOIT (ex) W, 6-1 a goal, his fourth goal in as many games, and an assist. Senior Jordan Pietrus NOVEMBER scored his team-leading sixth goal of the year, while senior Aaron Volpatti also 6 at Union T, 3-3 (ot) scored in the win. Sophomore Mike Clemente stopped 36 of 37 shots. The next 7 at Rensselaer L, 3-1 night against Quinnipiac, the two teams were scoreless through two periods, 13 COLGATE L, 5-3 but sophomore Jeff Buvinow and junior Sean Connauton opened the game 14 #3 CORNELL L, 6-0 up with back-to-back goals for Brown just 1:23 apart. The Bobcats then made 17 24th Annual Mayor’s Cup it 2-1 at the 6:32 mark, but Brown clamped down the rest of the way to come at Providence L, 4-3 away with the win. Clemente posted 22 saves on the night. 21 #9 YALE L, 6-5 (ot) 24 BENTLEY L, 3-2 Coming Up: Brown is off for the rest of December, as it enters a three-week 28 UCONN W, 8-1 break for final exams and the holidays. The Bears return to the ice after the new DECEMBER year when they travel to Minnesota for a two-game set with St. Cloud State. 1 at Harvard W, 4-1 The games begin a stretch of six straight on the road, as Brown does not play 4 PRINCETON W, 3-1 another home game until January 29th. 5 #4 QUINNIPIAC W, 2-1 This Date Historically Speaking: All-time, Brown has played 18 total games 8 AIC 7:00 p.m. on December 8th and has posted a 7-9-2 record in those games. Brown is 5-4-1 JANUARY in home games played on 12/8 and 2-5-1 in away games played on this date. 2 at St. Cloud State 6:07 p.m. CST 3 at St. Cloud State 6:07 p.m. CST Brown vs. AIC: Brown leads the all-time series with American Interna- 8 at Dartmouth 7:00 p.m. tional by a 7-0-0 margin, winning the most recent meeting by a 4-2 margin 16 at Yale 7:30 p.m. on November 25, 2006. The series began during the 1948-49 season, with 22 at St. Lawrence 7:00 p.m. Brown earning a 10-5 victory at AIC. After playing three straight games in 23 at Clarkson 7:00 p.m. Springfield, the two teams first met in Providence during the 1962-63 sea- 29 RENSSELAER 7:00 p.m. son, a 15-1 Brown win. Tonight’sgame marks the fifth straight meeting in 30 UNION 7:00 p.m. Providence for the two squads. Senior Devin Timberlake has the only ca- FEBRUARY reer point against AIC among current members of the team, scoring a goal 5 HARVARD 7:00 p.m. 6 DARTMOUTH 4:00 p.m. in the last meeting. Classmates Jordan Pietrus, Scott Van der Linden, and 12 at Cornell 7:00 p.m. Aaron Volpatti, and junior Jeremy Russell all played in that game as well. 13 at Colgate 7:00 p.m. Scouting AIC: The Yellow Jackets have Series Information 19 CLARKSON 7:00 p.m. lost six straight games, while getting vs. AIC 20 ST. LAWRENCE 7:00 p.m. outscored, 32-7, during this time. AIC’s All-Time Series: Bears, 7-0-0 26 at Quinnipiac 7:00 p.m. last victory came on November 14, when at Brown: Bears, 4-0-0 27 at Princeton 4:00 p.m. it claimed a 2-0 win over Amry to snap at AIC: Bears, 3-0-0 a three-game skid. The most recent pair Neutral: n/a of losses came at the hands of Air Force, Last Meeting: which earned a 5-3 win on December 4 11/25/06 at Brown 4, AIC 2 and a 6-2 win on December 5. Freshman Brown Leaders vs. AIC Adam Pleskach currently leads the team Player GP G A Pts with 12 points (8g, 4a) in 15 games and is Devin Timberlake 1 1 0 1 the only player to reach double digits in For More Information on Brown Athletics * www.brownbears.com scoring. Senior Josh Froese2009-2010 (3g, 4a) and BROWN HOCKEY freshman Richard Leitner (2g, 5a) are BROWN ALL-TIME Bears on AM 790 WPRV: Beginning tied for second on the team with 7 points. RESULTS VS. AIC with the Cornell game on 11/14, six 16 other players have posted at least one men’s hockey games will air on AM point this season, while eight other (Brown Record = 7-0-0, 1.000) 790 WPRV this year. Other games that players have scored at least one goal. Date Site Score remain on the schedule include: 12/8 vs. 1/14/49 AIC 10-5 + Freshman Ben Meisner (431:05) and ju- AIC and 2/6 vs. Dartmouth. nior Dan Ramirez (404:04) have shared 3/1/51 AIC 8-2 + the majority of time in net this season. 2/26/53 AIC 4-2 + 12/3/62 Brown 15-1 + Bears in Brown Records: Several Meisner has a 3.48 GAA to go along with current members of the team are in the a .901 save percentage, earning both of 2/15/67 Brown 9-2 + 1/12/05 Brown 5-2 + Brown record books for various catego- AIC’s wins this season. Ramirez has a ries; listed below: 3.42 GAA with a .908 save percentage. 11/25/06 Brown 4-2 + The Brendan Whittet Era CAREER SAVES 1. 3,236 Chris Harvey ’90 (1987-90) AIC ....................vs. ...............Brown + Brown Win - Brown Loss 2. 2,945 Yann Danis ’04 (2001-04) 2-12-1 ............. Record ..............4-7-1 3. 2,062 Dan Rosen ’10 (2007-) Lost 6 ........ Current Streak ......Won 4 4. 1,984 Don McGinnis ’70 (1968-70) Brendan Whittet ’94 Returns to 2-4-0 ................ Home ...............3-4-0 5. 1,958 Scott Stirling ’00 (1997-00) 0-8-1 .................Away ...............1-3-1 Brown: Brown alum Brendan Whittet, 6. 1,944 Kevin McCabe ’77 (1975-77) 0-0-0 ............... Neutral ..............0-0-0 class of 1994, and former Dartmouth 7. 1,891 Geoff Finch ’94 (1991-94) assistant hockey coach, was hired in 2-10-1 ......... League Rec. ..........3-4-1 8. 1,859 Rod McGarry ’61 (1959-61)# late July to take over the reigns of the 0-0-1 ............ OT Games ...........0-2-1 9. 1,660 David Ferguson ’66 (1964-66) Bears’ hockey team. Whittet has cre- 10. 1,550 Adam D’Alba ’08 (2005-06) 0-5-0 ............Last 5 Gms ...........4-1-0 ated quite a stir since his arrival and 1-9-0 ...........Last 10 Gms ..........4-6-0 CAREER GAA is focused on re-energizing the men’s 1. 2.20 Yann Danis ’04 (2001-04) 1.73 ............. Goals/Game ........... 2.83 hockey program. A former defense- 2. 2.70 Adam D’Alba ’08 (2005-06) 3.80 ...............GA/Game ............. 2.92 man for the Bears, Whittet is the 15th 3. 2.72 Mike Clemente ’12 (2009-) 28.7 ............. Shots/Game ........... 29.0 head coach in the 111-year history of 4. 2.85 Lou Reycroft ’72 (1970-72) 35.7 ............... SA/Game ............. 33.1 the Brown men’s hockey program. In 5. 2.86 David Ferguson ’66 (1964-66) 12.9 .............. PIM/Game ............ 13.8 addition, he is the 4th Brown hockey 6. 3.08 Scott Stirling ’00 (1997-00) 8/60 (.133) ..........PP .........6/51 (.118) alum to be named head coach, joining 7. 3.17 Don McGinnis ’70 (1968-70) Wescott E.S. Moulton ’31 (1948-52), 59/76 (.776) ........PK ..... 56/65 (.862) 8. 3.18 Dan Rosen ’10 (2006-07) Donald F. Whiston ’51 (1953-55), and 3 ........................ SHG ...................... 4 9. 3.42 Brian Eklund ’02 (1999-02) J. Allan Soares ’60 (1971-74). Whittet is 10. 3.46 Mark Sibbald ’09 (2006-09) also the 11th Brown alum on the current CAREER SAVE PERCENTAGE Last Meeting vs. AIC athletic department staff, incuding head 1. .930 Yann Danis ’04 (2001-04) at Brown 4, AIC 2 coaches Paul Cooke ’89 (men’s crew), Providence, RI 2. .926 Mike Clemente ’12 (2009-) Tara Harrington ’94 (field hockey), 3.