Brown Bears men's ice hockey
The Brown Bears men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Brown University. The Bears are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the Meehan Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island. History. The men's ice hockey team at Brown is one of the country's oldest programs, having played their first game in 1898. By 1906, however, the team had lost 16 straight contests, failing to score a goal in 9 games during that stretch. The program suspended operations after 1906  and remained shuttered for 20 years. When the team returned to the ice they brought with them their first official head coach. Though James Gardner only lasted one season behind the bench the team performed much better with a hand at the tiller and quickly built up to be a respected program. In 1939 the team again suspended operations, but this time it was due to the onset of World War II. Brown's team remained out of commission for the entire duration of the war and didn't return until several years after its conclusion, finally hitting the ice  again in 1947. In only 4 years the team climbed all the way to 17–5 record, receiving the top eastern seed for the 1951 NCAA tournament. Though they ultimately fell in the title game Brown had become one of the better teams in college hockey and, excluding a brief period in the earls '60s, would remain so for the next 30 years. When the 1980s rolled around the Bears result started turning sour and Brown found itself looking up at the rest of college hockey. Since 1981 Brown has produced only six winning seasons and more than half of their  campaigns have ended with single-digit win totals. The Bears had a brief resurgence in the mid-1990s, managing to make the tournament in 1993 but bowed out after only 1 game. Brown Olympians. Brown has sent five members of its team to the Olympics. Three former players, Donald Whiston (Silver, 1952), Robert Gaudreau (1968) and Mike Mastrullo (1984 and 1992) represented their respective nations as players, former player Tim Bothwell was an assistant coach on the gold medal-winning 2006 Canadian women's team and former assistant coach Jack Ferreira was an assistant GM for the US men's team  in 1998. Awards and honors. NCAA. Individual Awards. Spencer Penrose Award Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player All-Americans. First Team Second Team ECAC Hockey. Individual Awards. ECAC Hockey Player of the Year ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year Tim Taylor Award ECAC Hockey Outstanding Defenseman ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman Ken Dryden Award All-ECAC. First Team Second Team Third Team All-Rookie Team Brown Hall of Fame. The following is a list of Brown's men's ice hockey players who were elected into the Brown University Athletic Hall of Fame (graduating class in  parenthesis). Statistical leaders. Source: Career goaltending leaders. "GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average" Brown Bears in the NHL. The following is a list of Brown's men's ice hockey alumni who played in the NHL/WHA. WHA. Several players also were members of WHA teams.