Brown Hockey 2012-2013:Climbing the ECAC Ladder

[The Zlax45]

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PC fan here....Why did Roy decommit from Brown again? By far the best player Northeastern had this season.

[Mike Hutter]

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The quest for a title continues!! Great game for Brown all aroound. Except for the last 4-5 minutes of the second, Bruno dominated the Engineers. RPI except for that short period seemed to be playing more individual hockey than team hockey. Undoubtedly RPI missed the senior leadership of its terrific Dman Baillen and Brown took advantage.

When Brown scored first you could sense it was Brown's night. Even after RPI came back with 2 quick ones, that feeling was not gone. You could tell Brown was not losing any composure. Watching the players come off their shifts, it was a good sign for me that a Brown coach was right with them, apparently with some words of encouragement. I never, never saw that in the Grillo era. But the last two minutes were nonetheless nailbiting times. It took me 15 minutes to get my heartbeat rate down. Thankfully, I only had a 15 minute drive home.

I took my grandkids to the game again and apparently they heard a Brown fan talking about Roy. They asked me about it, and they could not understand why a player would do that, much less leave Brown. They agreed to take up a collection to buy a bus ticket for Roy to AC!!

[ncaasuperfan]

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Big Congrats to the Brown players and staff. Its an exciting time to be a bruno fan

Great to see Borelli have a great bounce back game after Saturday. He has been fun to watch.

[UnionHockeyManiac]

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Congratulations to Brown!

See U in AC! Do you think a lot of fans will make the trip down?

[kdiff77]

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I'm not happy the next games are in Atlantic City and not Albany, Lake Placid, Hartford, Worcester, Providence, New York City... anywhere remotely close to where Brown fans could have a fighting chance of getting there.

Seriously. If there was any chance that I could get down there next week, I'd be there. But I don't think I can.

[BrunoFan00]

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Two trips to the ECAC Final Four in four years. Pinch me.

In all seriousness, I was following the live feed and stats, texting with some friends, going back and forth on Facebook, etc. for the better part of the last two hours with my heart in my throat, my heart rate speeding to WAY too high for a Sunday night when I'd like to wind down before a work week, and dinner making a legitimate attempt to exit my system any way possible. I don't know how the Bears hung on - and it seemed like they hung on, with RPI bringing the house, hook, link and sinker.

I'm happy my dinner stayed down (or in).

I'm not happy the next games are in Atlantic City and not Albany, Lake Placid, Hartford, Worcester, Providence, New York City... anywhere remotely close to where Brown fans could have a fighting chance of getting there.

I'm happy Matt Lorito got to goal #20 - first Brown player since 1997-98 to eclipse that mark, a dubious streak that finally comes to a close. I'm happy Jake Goldberg scores again, and a freshman, Nick Lappin, gets the eventual game winner.

I'm happy the Bears stuck to the system and kept the pucks where Anthony Borelli could see them.

I'm not happy the Bears gave up two goals in the final three minutes of the second, but I'm happy that it didn't sink them.

I'm happy that the athletic department hired Brendan Whittet. Happy may be the understatement of the year.

I'm not happy that the voters didn't recognize him as a COY finalist. But I'm happy that it is consistent with the lack of respect Brown has gotten over the year. And I'm also happy that Brown is starting to generate a little bit more of a buzz.

I'm happy that this team has made progress with limited contributions from a resilient senior class. I'm happy those seniors have stepped up when they've needed to.

Finally, I'm happy that this team (not any one individual) is two victories from an ultimate prize that has eluded this program.

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

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Great job Brown.

[Brown09]

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Two more wins.

Or maybe six more wins? Who knows? :-)

Kevin Roy, keep rollerblading on Huntington Avenue.

Jerry Keefe, keep eating your poached eggs.

[Euler18]

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GREAT WIN BY THE BROWN BEARS! ON TO ATLANTIC CITY

This is as gritty and resilient a team as I've ever seen. They overcame "decommitments" and season-ending injuries to three key players (plus other less publicized ones); they used no excuses; they played on and kept improving. Picked to finish dead last, they finished seventh, and four points from a first round bye. They've won 15 games so far. This week they'll be getting ready for the program's second trip to the ECAC Final Four over the past four seasons. Great coaching job by Brendan Whittet, Mark White, and Mike Souza. Great leadership by Dennis Robertson.

[Jon]

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Break up Bruno!

[Dutchfan]

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Congrats Brown! See you on the boardwalk!

[steven22]

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Nice to see Brown have a big weekend! Good Luck next weekend.

[kdiff77]

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Two more wins.

[REDaero91]

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Ugly game tonight.Brown dominated first five minutes of game, and that was it. RPI outplayed Brown for the rest of the game in every aspect.

Brendan has his Herb Brooks material by showing the cheap hit by RPI's #14 to the team. Whistle blows, Brown player by the boards behind goal, and 14 runs him into the boards, knocking the Brown player down. NO WHISTLE!! Brendan was furious. #14 may have thought he was going to teach Brown a lesson, but I am thinking it will backfire, with that cheap hit providing bruno the incentive to take it to RPI tomorrow night.

From where I was sitting that looked like an accident-#14 was crashing the net, and when DeFilippo covered the puck, he couldn't stop and tripped over his glove, crashing into the Brown player. It looked like he was really hurt, and I hope he's okay, but I don't think that was intentional. I wish the referees had called a closer game-someone was going to be seriously injured. I hope tonight isn't more of the same.

[Mike Hutter]

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Ugly game tonight.Brown dominated first five minutes of game, and that was it. RPI outplayed Brown for the rest of the game in every aspect.

Brendan has his Herb Brooks material by showing the cheap hit by RPI's #14 to the team. Whistle blows, Brown player by the boards behind goal, and 14 runs him into the boards, knocking the Brown player down. NO WHISTLE!! Brendan was furious. #14 may have thought he was going to teach Brown a lesson, b ut I am thinking it will backfire, with that cheap hit providing bruno the incentive to take it to RPI tomorrow night.