We Beat Harvard and We Beat Yale, and We Tied a Knot in the Tigers' (and Bobcats') Tail(s)

Results:
Brown 4, Princeton 1
Brown 3, Quinnipiac 3 (OT)

Highlights for both games can be found here.


At this rate, Brown might not have made its final trip to the state of New Jersey this season. 

If the Bears can continue to win by doing the little things right and fighting until the bitter end, they might find themselves on a bus to Atlantic City come March 21st for the ECAC semi-finals. 

Earlier in the season, Matt Lorito was the beginning and end of Brown's offense. However, in the past several weeks, the Bears have continued to play well without any significant contributions from Lorito whatsoever. Guys like Jeff Ryan, Garnet Hathaway, and Mark Naclerio continue to step up and find ways to will the team to fight tooth-and-nail for every point it can get. 

No Dice

Results:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 5, Brown 1
Union 2, Brown 0


Well, that'll bring us back down to earth. 

Just a few days after a huge win over Yale and on the heels of our best weekend of the season, the Bears took the weekend off in the Capital District, being outscored 7-1 by RPI and Union. 

Or maybe the Engineers and Dutchmen are just that good. The standings would certainly seem to indicate that, and both teams are on a roll right now and swept the weekend over Brown and Yale. 

Borelli had his first so-so outing of the year on Friday,
allowing five goals on 33 shots against streaking RPI.

Photo courtesy of TimesUnion.com

In any event, Anthony Borelli continued to rewrite his personal records on Saturday night, making a career-high 46 saves in the loss to Union. 

This stellar performance validated him, in a way for a fairly poor performance against RPI Friday night. Though the Bears couldn't muster anything on offense all weekend, Borelli's play needs to be heralded, because the Dutchmen absolutely peppered him on Saturday. 

Union outshot Brown at a 2-1 ratio (48-24), and yet Borelli only conceded one goal and an empty-netter. That's pretty great. 

Playing Catch-Up

Well, hello there. It's been a while, hasn't it? 

I apologize for not writing anything during what has turned out to be the most exciting stretch for a Brown hockey team in years. I've been super busy lately, and haven't even been able to get out to many home games this year (shamefully, I've only been to the Providence, RPI, and Harvard games). 

My bad, guys. 

Nonetheless, I'm more excited about a Brown team than I've been since Yann Danis graduated. Let's recap an eventful three weeks: