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 Tristan Crozier Forward Graduate transfer to Merrimack Dorian Dawson Defenseman Graduate transfer to Alaska Anchorage Jake Harris Forward Graduation (retired) Justin Jallen Forward Graduate transfer to Michigan State Luke Kania Goaltender Graduation (retired) Michael Maloney Forward Graduation (retired) Gabriel Vinal Goaltender Graduate transfer to Clarkson

Recruiting Dean Bauchiero Forward 20 Southington, CT Ryan Bottrill Forward 20 Scottsdale, AZ Harry Meirowitz Defenseman 19 Old Westbury, NY Gavin Puskar Forward 21 Westfield, NJ; transfer from Connecticut Ryan Shostak Forward 21 Calgary, AB Zackary Tonelli Forward 20 Armonk, NY Nick Traggio Defenseman 21 Sharon, CT Jacob Zacharewicz Goaltender 21 Riverhead, NY

Roster

As of July 18, 2022.

Standings

Schedule and results

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Scoring statistics F 30 6 15 21 12 C/LW 23 7 10 17 26 D 30 2 14 16 49 D 30 6 7 13 39 D 29 9 3 12 33 F 29 5 6 12 8 C 29 4 8 12 14 F 26 3 7 10 6 F 30 5 4 9 14 F 30 3 6 9 56 D 20 1 8 9 8 D 30 0 8 8 8 F 29 5 2 7 4 F 28 3 3 6 8 D 30 1 4 5 8 RW 17 2 2 4 10 F 10 2 2 4 2 F 24 0 4 4 4 F 18 1 2 3 8 F 7 0 1 1 0 F 16 0 1 1 2 D 25 0 1 1 12 G 7 0 0 0 0 D 8 0 0 0 4 F 10 0 0 0 2 G 24 0 0 0 15 Total 65 119 184 352

Goaltending statistics 24 1446:30 8 12 3 60 701 2 .921 2.49 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

PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 26 27 (Final) USCHO.comNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.

Awards and honors Mathieu Caron ECAC Hockey Third Team

References