With senior goaler Scott Stirling back in the Brown net for the first
time since a groin pill sidelined him at 10:56 of the first period in
the season opener at Meehan Auditorium on October 30th (Harvard
prevailed that night, 1-0, by virtue of the power play goal on which
Stirling injured himself while attempting to make the save), the
underdog Bears outplayed the surprised Crimson, 4-2, in the teams'
rematch at Bright Arena this evening to gain their first ECAC victory.
 
After a scoreless first period, Bear senior co-captain Tyler Garrow
scored on Crimson goaltender J. R. Prestfilippo out of a goalmouth
scramble at 9:07 of the middle stanza.  Harvard matched the Brown score
on Scott Turco's shot from the slot that beat Stirling through a screen
at 15:35 and the Bears' Matt Kohansky pounced on a loose puck in the
crease to beat Prestifilippo at 19:05 of the period to give Brown a 2-1
lead after two.
 
The third period belonged to Brown as Greg Hayes fired a blazer from the
left point at 5:14 that Prestifilippo did not react to, and co-captain
Michael Bent tallied the prettiest goal of the night at the 10:00 mark
as he rifled a low, ice-level shot from fifteen feet out that caught the
right corner of the net between Prestifilippo's pad and the post.  The
Crimson closed out the scoring when Brett Nowak's off-angle wrister beat
Stirling to the far right corner of the net at 19:18 after Harvard had
pulled Presifilippo at 18:59 in favor of a sixth attacker.
 
Both Brown and Harvard make the Capital District swing next weekend to
take on Union and Rensselaer.
 
SCORING:
1st Period: None
 
2nd Period:
Brown   Tyler Garrow (Jeff Lawler)  9:07
Harvard Scott Turco (Jared Cantanucci)  15:35
Brown   Matt Kohansky (Michael Bent, Jon Zielinski)
            19:05
 
3rd Period:
Brown    Greg Hayes (Doug Janjevich)  5:14
Brown    Michael Bent (unassisted)  10:00
Harvard  Brett Nowak (Matt Scorsune)  19:18
 
SAVES:
                    1           2            3           Total
 
Stirling          9         10           10             29
Prestifilippo  6           6             4            16
 
PENALTIES:
Brown    3 for 6 min.
Harvard  4 for 8 min.
 
POWER PLAYS:
Brown    0/4
Harvard  0/3
 
Bill Corrigan
 
LET'S GO BRUNO!
 
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