# 2017–18 Brown Bears women's ice hockey season

The Brown Bears represent Brown University in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Notes |
| Kaitijane Blumberg | Forward | United States | Played Club Hockey with Honeybaked |
| Megan Forrest | Forward | Canada | Played with Team Atlantic U18 |
| Maddie Fouts | Defense | United States | Member of Mid-Fairfield Connecticut Stars |
| Darby Melia | Forward | United States | Attended Thayer Academy |
| Abby Nearis | Defense | United States | Played with Assabet Valley |
| Lauren Rippy | Goaltender | United States | Teammate of Blumberg on Honeybaked |
| Maddie Sisokin | Forward | Canada | Member of Oakville Jr. Hornets |

## Standings

2017–18 ECAC Hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #1 Clarkson†* | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 90 | 29 | 41 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 158 | 48 |
| #2 Colgate† | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 80 | 35 | 41 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 150 | 70 |
| #7 Cornell | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 66 | 42 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 100 | 65 |
| #8 St. Lawrence | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 67 | 40 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 96 | 73 |
| Quinnipiac | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 41 | 40 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 65 | 71 |
| Princeton | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 60 | 43 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 79 | 64 |
| Harvard | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 52 | 48 | 31 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 31 | 79 |
| Yale | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 43 | 53 | 31 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 59 | 83 |
| RPI | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 34 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 54 | 78 |
| Union | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 45 | 78 | 34 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 65 | 121 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 77 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 37 | 98 |
| Brown | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 77 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 46 | 134 |
| Championship: March 10, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com |||||||||||||||

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent$^#$ | Site | Result |
| Regular Season |||||||
| October 20 | Robert Morris* | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | 0–0–0 |
| October 21 | Robert Morris* | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| October 27 | at Union | Achilles Center • Schenectady, NY | |
| October 28 | at Rensselaer | Houston Field House • Troy, NY | |
| November 3 | St. Lawrence | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| November 4 | Clarkson | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| November 10 | at Harvard | Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Allston, MA | |
| November 11 | at Dartmouth | Thompson Arena • Hanover, NH | |
| November 17 | Cornell | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| November 18 | Colgate | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| November 28 | at Boston University* | Walter Brown Arena • Boston, MA | |
| December 1 | Rensselaer | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| December 2 | Union | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| December 29 | at Sacred Heart* | Sports Center of Connecticut • Shelton, CT | |
| December 29 | at Sacred Heart* | Sports Center of Connecticut • Shelton, CT | |
| January 2, 2018 | at Providence* | Schneider Arena • Providence, RI | |
| January 6 | at Connecticut* | Freitas Ice Forum • Storrs, CT | |
| January 12 | at Princeton | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, NJ | |
| January 13 | at Quinnipiac | High Point Solutions Arena • Hamden, CT | |
| January 18 | at Yale | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, CT | |
| January 20 | Yale | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| January 26 | Dartmouth | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| January 27 | Harvard | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| February 2 | at Clarkson | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, NY | |
| February 3 | at St. Lawrence | Appleton Arena • Canton, NY | |
| February 9 | at Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, NY | |
| February 10 | at Cornell | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, NY | |
| February 16 | Quinnipiac | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| February 17 | Princeton | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, RI | |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. |||||||

## Awards and honors

* Sam Donovan, 2017-18 Honorable Mention All-Ivy