The Brown Bears closed out their preseason exhibition schedule with
a resounding 10-0 victory over the defending CIAU National Champion
University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds (3-3-0 overall) at Meehan
Auditorium yesterday afternoon.  UNB had defeated Princeton, 11-4, at Baker
Rink on Saturday evening.
 
        Junior forward JEFF LAWLER scored a hat trick (3-0-3), which
included an unassisted shorthanded goal) and freshman defenseman CHRIS
DIRKES logged 4 points (1-3-4) to lead the scoring.  Junior goaltender
SCOTT STIRLING played the first two periods, recording 11 saves, and
combined with freshman goalers GRAHAM McNALLY (4 saves over 10:50) & BRIAN
ECKLUND (5 saves over 9:10) who shared the third period, to pin a shutout
on the visitors from Nova Scotia.  Junior forward MICHAEL BENT (1-2-3) and
senior winger JADE KERSEY (2-0-2, including an unassisted shorthanded goal)
also netted key goals in the impressive performance.  The game summary
follows:
 
First Period Scoring:
Brown   Bent (Smith, Dirkes)  (PP)                     7:55
 
Brown   Lawler (Kohansky, Dirkes)                     9:49
 
Penalties:
Brown:  3 for 6 min.
UNB:      5 for 10 min.
 
Second Period Scoring:
Brown   Kersey (Bent, Petricig)                          2:16
Brown   Dirkes (Labarre)                                  13:46
 
Brown   Smith (Bent, Pratt)  (PP)                     15:28
Brown   Lawler (Kohansky, Dirkes)                   16:07
Brown   Kersey (unassisted)  (SH)                    19:35
 
Penalties:
Brown:  4 for 8 min.
UNB:      3 for 6 min.
 
Third Period Scoring:
Brown   Lawler (unassisted)  (SH)                     4:38
Brown   Petricig (Kersey)                                 6:24
Brown   Giblin (Brackenridge, Longfield)  (PP)   8:54
 
Penalties:
Brown:  2 for 4 min.
UNB:      1 for 2 min.
 
Saves:
Brown   Stirling        11      (40 min.)
Brown   McNally         4       (10:50 min.)
Brown   Eklund            5        (9:10 min.)
UNB       Gormley       25
 
        The Bears now prepare for their season opener against the Harvard
Crimson at Bright Arena in Cambridge, MA this Friday evening.  The game
will represent the 127th renewal of the longest standing continuous
collegiate ice hockey rivalry and will inaugurate the 1998-99 ECAC Division
I conference schedule as well as the Ivy Hockey title chase.  Always an
eagerly-awaited contest, this travel partner match-up typically provides an
early indication of ECAC strength and initiates a string of five Ivy
contests in the first six games of the 1998-99 season for both teams.
Drop the puck.....it should be worth the wait!
 
 
Bill Corrigan
 
LET'S GO BRUNO!
 
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