2024–25 Brown Bears men's ice hockey season

2024–25 Brown Bears
men's ice hockey season
2024–25 Brown Bears; men's ice hockey season
Conference	ECAC Hockey
Home ice	Meehan Auditorium
Record
Overall	3–4–2
Conference	2–3–1
Home	1–1–2
Road	2–3–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Brendan Whittet
Assistant coaches	Jason Smith; Matt Plante
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The 2024–25 Brown Bears Men's ice hockey season will be the 107th season of play for the program and the 63rd in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Bears will represent Brown University, play their home games at the Meehan Auditorium and be coached by Brendan Whittet in his 15th season.

Season

Departures

Player	Position	Nationality	Cause
Ryan Bottrill	Forward	United States	Transferred to Clarkson
Stephen Chen	Goaltender	United States	Left program (joined national team)
Gavin Puskar	Forward	United States	Graduation (retired)
Matt Sutton	Forward	United States	Graduation (retired)
Jordan Tonelli	Forward	United States	Graduation (retired)
Jacob Zacharewicz	Goaltender	United States	Transferred to Western Michigan

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Age	Notes
Charlie Gollob	Forward	Canada	20	Toronto, ON
Tanner Hartman	Forward	United States	22	Chicago, IL; transfer from Hobart
Jack Hewitt	Defenseman	United States	21	Toronto, ON
Andrew King	Goaltender	United States	21	Dubuque, IA
Brian Nicholas	Forward	United States	19	Scarsdale, NY
Leo Schwartz	Defenseman	United States	19	New York, NY
Ivan Zadvernyuk	Forward	Russia	20	Moscow, RUS
Tristan Zarsky	Defenseman	Canada	21	Edmonton, AB

Roster

As of July 30, 2024.^[1]

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1	Lawton Zacher	Sophomore	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2003-12-31	Buffalo, New York	Minot Minotauros (NAHL)	—
2	Tristan Zarsky	Freshman	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	2003-01-09	Edmonton, Alberta	El Paso Rhinos (NAHL)	—
3	Alex Pineau	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2003-01-21	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)	—
4	Brett Bliss	Senior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-12-29	Chelmsford, Massachusetts	Surrey Eagles (BCHL)	—
5	Nick Traggio	Junior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2001-08-01	Sharon, Connecticut	Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL)	—
6	Harry Meirowitz	Junior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2003-05-21	Old Westbury, New York	P.A.L. Junior Islanders (NCDC)	—
7	Charlie Gollob	Freshman	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	2004-02-10	Toronto, Ontario	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)	—
8	Ryan Shostak	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-09-08	Calgary, Alberta	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)	—
9	Ryan St. Louis	Junior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2003-06-13	Old Greenwich, Connecticut	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)	—
10	Ivan Zadvernyuk	Freshman	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2004-04-12	Moscow, Russia	Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL)	—
11	Tyler Kopff	Sophomore	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2003-04-22	Ridgewood, New Jersey	Coquitlam Express (BCHL)	—
13	Lynden Grandberg	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	2001-05-21	Calgary, Alberta	Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL)	—
14	Spence Evans	Senior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2002-04-29	Oyster Bay Cove, New York	Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL)	—
15	Tony Andreozzi	Senior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2000-04-16	Winchester, Massachusetts	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)	—
16	Thomas Manty	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-02-04	Andover, Massachusetts	Aberdeen Wings (NAHL)	—
17	Mike Cataldo	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2003-05-04	Norfolk, Massachusetts	Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL)	—
18	Dean Bauchiero	Junior	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2002-03-04	Southington, Connecticut	Wichita Falls Warriors (NAHL)	—
19	Matthew Brille	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2003-01-02	Bethesda, Maryland	Chippewa Steel (NAHL)	—
20	Noah Wakeford	Senior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-06-29	Okotoks, Alberta	Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)	—
21	Wyatt Schlaht	Senior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2000-06-04	Cherry Hills Village, Colorado	Surrey Eagles (BCHL)	—
22	Ethan Mistry	Sophomore	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2003-02-04	Toronto, Ontario	Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)	—
23	Jackson Munro	Senior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-02-11	Vancouver, British Columbia	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)	—
24	Brenden Clark	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-01-16	Morris Plains, New Jersey	Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL)	—
25	Zackary Tonelli	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2002-02-14	Greenwich, Connecticut	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)	—
26	Leo Schwartz	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2004-10-05	New York, New York	New Jersey Titans (NAHL)	—
26	Max Scott	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-10-11	San Jose, California	North Iowa Bulls (NAHL)	—
27	Jack Hewitt	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	2003-07-01	Toronto, Ontario	P.A.L. Junior Islanders (NCDC)	—
28	Tanner Hartman	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	2001-10-10	Chicago, Illinois	Hobart (NEHC)	—
29	Andrew King	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2003-04-28	Dubuque, Iowa	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)	—
35	Tyler Shea	Junior	G	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-08-03	Stevenson Ranch, California	Michigan (Big Ten)	—
55	Brian Nicholas	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	2005-03-15	Scarsdale, New York	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)	—

Standings

2024–25 ECAC Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Colgate	6	4	1	1	0	0	1	14	21	16	16	7	7	2	49	58
#17 Dartmouth	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	13	19	11	8	6	1	1	30	19
#18 Quinnipiac	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	9	14	14	13	6	6	1	39	32
#20 Clarkson	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	11	3	16	9	5	2	46	33
Union	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	15	10	13	9	3	1	49	37
#16 Cornell	6	2	2	2	0	0	1	9	16	12	9	4	2	3	28	19
Yale	6	2	3	1	0	0	1	8	13	18	10	2	7	1	16	35
Brown	6	2	3	1	1	0	1	7	10	13	8	3	3	2	16	16
Harvard	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	6	12	11	8	3	4	1	21	23
Princeton	6	1	4	1	0	1	0	5	10	18	8	3	4	1	16	20
Rensselaer	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	10	15	12	5	6	1	38	44
St. Lawrence	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	4	14	15	4	11	0	29	40
Championship: March 21, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: December 2, 2024

Schedule and results

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Regular Season
November 8	7:00 pm	at Colgate	Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York	ESPN+	Zacher	L 3–5	1,234	0–1–0 (0–1–0)
November 9	7:00 pm	at #6 Cornell	Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York	ESPN+	Shea	L 1–3	4,267	0–2–0 (0–2–0)
November 15	7:00 pm	#19 Quinnipiac	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Shea	L 2–3	907	0–3–0 (0–3–0)
November 16	7:00 pm	Princeton	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Zacher	T 1–1 ^SOW	1,095	0–3–1 (0–3–1)
November 22	7:00 pm	at #19 Clarkson	Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York	ESPN+	Zacher	W 1–0	2,648	1–3–1 (1–3–1)
November 23	7:00 pm	at St. Lawrence	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zacher	W 2–1 ^OT	1,042	2–3–1 (2–3–1)
November 29	7:00 pm	Air Force*	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Zacher	T 2–2 ^OT	1,054	2–3–2
November 30	4:00 pm	Air Force*	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Zacher	W 5–2	972	3–3–2
December 7	7:00 pm	at Northeastern*	Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	ESPN+	Zacher	L 3–4	2,009	3–4–2
December 29	2:00 pm	Long Island*	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+
January 3	7:00 pm	Union	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+
January 4	7:00 pm	Rensselaer	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+
January 7	7:00 pm	Providence*	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island (Mayor's Cup)	ESPN+
January 10	7:00 pm	at Harvard	Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts	ESPN+
January 11	7:00 pm	at Dartmouth	Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire	ESPN+
January 17	7:00 pm	St. Lawrence	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+
January 18	7:00 pm	Clarkson	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+
January 21	7:00 pm	at Merrimack*	J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts	ESPN+
January 26	7:00 pm	Stonehill*	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+
January 31	7:00 pm	at Rensselaer	Houston Field House • Troy, New York	ESPN+
February 1	7:00 pm	at Union	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+
February 6	7:00 pm	at Yale	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	ESPN+
February 9	2:00 pm	at Yale	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	ESPN+
February 14	7:00 pm	Cornell	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+
February 15	7:00 pm	Colgate	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+
February 21	7:00 pm	at Princeton	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	ESPN+
February 22	7:00 pm	at Quinnipiac	M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut	ESPN+
February 28	7:00 pm	Dartmouth	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+
March 1	7:00 pm	Harvard	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:^[2]

Rankings

Poll	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 (Final)
USCHO.com	RV
USA Hockey	NR

References

^ "2024–25 Men's Hockey Roster". Brown. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". Brown Bears. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[1] "2024–25 Men's Hockey Roster". Brown. Retrieved July 30, 2024.

[2] "2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". Brown Bears. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

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v t e Brown Bears men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Aldrich Field Rink (1898–1906) Rhode Island Auditorium (1926–1961) Meehan Auditorium (1961–present)
Head coaches	No Coach (1897–1906) James Gardner (1926–1927) Jean Dubuc (1927–1929) Thomas Taylor (1929–1931, 1933–1938) Robert Taylor (1931–1933) Arthur Lesieur (1938–1939) Westcott Moulton (1947–1952) Donald Whiston (1952–1955) James Fullerton (1955–1970) J. Allan Soares (1970–1974) Richard Toomey (1974–1978) Paul Schilling (1978–1982) Herb Hammond (1982–1988) Bob Gaudet (1988–1997) Roger Grillo (1997–2009) Brendan Whittet (2009–present)
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1898–1906) Pentagonal League (1948–1955) ECAC Hockey (1961–present)
Rivalries	Providence
Culture & lore	Mayor's Cup
All-time leaders	Bill Gilligan (180 Points) Bob Wheeler (86 Goals) Kevin McCabe / Yann Danis (43 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1951 1965 1976
NCAA Tournament appearances	1951 1965 1976 1993
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