Potsdam, NY – Brown University broke a 2-2 tie after 40 minutes with a pair of thrid-period goals to defeat the Clarkson University Hockey team 4-2 in ECACHL action before 1,861 fans at Cheel Arena Friday night. The Bears, who have won two straight and three of their last four, improve their record to 3-4-1 overall and to 2-3-1 in the league. The Golden Knights, who are winless in their last three games, fall to 3-8-1 overall and to 1-4-1 in the ECACHL.
Brown wasted little time opening the scoring with the game’s first goal just nine seconds after the face-off. Brian Ihnacak scored into a wide open net after Clarkson’s junior goaltender Dustin Traylen (Kirkland, QUE) could not handle an odd bounce off the backboards on a dump in by the Bears. The Knights tied it up on a shot from the point by senior defenseman, assistant captain Ken Scuderi (Bethpage, NY) for his first goal of the season, which skipped past Brown goaltender Adam D’Alba at 8:41. Freshmen Mike Arciero (Avon, CT) and Steve Zalewski (New Hartford, NY) assisted on the goal, which came on Clarkson’s second shot of the contest.
Zalewski gave Clarkson a 2-1 lead midway through the second period when he stripped a Brown defenseman of the puck at the top of the right circle while on the power play and fired in a quick wrist for his fourth goal of the year, at 10:07. The Bears came back with the first of three unanswered goals, a power-play marker at 16:59, as Ihnacak knocked in a rebound to tie the game 2-2.
Brown took the lead at 8:51 of the third on a power-play goal by Mike Meech, who knocked in a rebound during a scramble in front for his second goal of the season. Jeff Prough sealed the win with his third goal of the year, at 14:39, slipping a shot over the shoulder of Traylen on the short side.
The Bears out shot the Knights 28-24. Traylen finished with 24 saves, while D’Alba made 22 stops. Brown was 2-of-4 on the power play, while Clarkson was 1-of-7 with the man-advantage.
