# 2022–23 Brown Bears men's ice hockey season

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.

## 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.
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. 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.

## 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

As of July 18, 2022.

## Standings

2022–23 ECAC Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall 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: ||||||||||

## 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 |

## 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 | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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.

## Awards and honors

| Player | Award | Ref |
| Mathieu Caron | ECAC Hockey Third Team | |