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Durham, NH -- Welcome inside the Whittemore Center for tonight's nonconference matchup between the Brown Bears from the ECAC and the home-standing New Hampshire Wildcats of Hockey East. New Hampshire is 20-14-2 all-time against Brown, but the Bears won the last game between the two teams, 5-2, on December 30, 2011.
Brown's offense is paced by forwards Matt Lorito, Mark Naclerio and Nick Lappin. Defenseman Dennis Robertson, a Toronto Maple Leafs prospect, is a strong two-way blue liner. Senior Marco De Filippo will start in net for Brendan Whittet's team.
New Hampshire is off to an uncharacteristically slow start, but the Wildcats are coming off their best weekend yet. UNH swept UMass, 4-1 and 9-0 to even its Hockey East record and snap a six game winless streak overall. Defensemen Eric Knodel and Trevor van Riemsdyk are two very productive defensemen, but Justin Agosta had a very good weekend against the Minutemen. Grayson Downing has been playing banged up, but had a hat trick on Saturday at UMass. Jeff Wyer will start in net for Dick Umile's Wildcats.
Breaking Down the Matchup
| Brown | New Hampshire | |
| Record | 2-2-1, 1-1-0 ECAC | 3-5-1, 2-2-0 HE |
| Road/Home Records | 1-1-0 (Away) | 1-2-1 (Home) |
| Goals Per Game | 3.50 (14th) | 3.22 (17th) |
| Goals Against Per Game | 2.83 (31st) | 2.33 (16th) |
| Power Play Percentage | 15.6 (43rd) | 19.6 (25th) |
| Penalty Kill Percentage | 73.3 (52nd) | 75.0 (50th) |
| Top Scorer | Mark Naclerio (5-6--11) | Kevin Goumas (4-5--9) |
| Starting Goaltender | Marco De Filippo (2.38/.939) | Casey De Smith (2.30/.914) |
BROWN
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Garnet Hathaway | Matt Lorito | Mike Juola |
| Zack Pryzbek | Mark Naclerio | Massimo Lamacchia |
| Matt Harlow | Mark Hourihan | Kyle Kramer |
| Joe Prescott | Davey Middleton | Andrew Doane |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Dennis Robertson | Jake Goldberg |
| Aleksi Rossi | Matt Wahl |
| Kyle Quick | Tyler Wood |
| Goaltenders |
| Marco De Filippo |
| Tyler Steel |
| Tim Ernst |
NEW HAMPSHIRE
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Dalton Speelman | Grayson Downing | Tyler Kelleher |
| Nick Sorkin | Kevin Goumas | Matt Willows |
| Casey Thrush | Kyle Smith | Jeff Silengo |
| Dan Correale | Maxim Gaudreault | Jay Camper |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Eric Knodel | Trevor van Riemsdyk |
| Harry Quast | Justin Agosta |
| Matias Cleland | Brett Pesce |
| Goaltenders |
| Jeff Wyer |
| Casey De Smith |
| Jamie Regan |
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