No. 12/13 Men's Hockey Falls 4-3 To Brown

Saturday, February 14

Meehan Auditorium / Providence, RI

4:00 PM

Dartmouth College

17-7-2, 11-5-2

Brown

5-19-2, 4-12-2

Dartmouth

Brown

2/14/2026 9:22:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

By: Dan Richeal

PROVIDENCE, RI—No. 12/13 Dartmouth men's hockey fell 4-3 to Brown on Saturday night in Providence.

The Bears took the early lead just 6:19 into the game.

Despite giving up the goal, the Big Green responded just seven seconds later. Off the faceoff the puck found Colin Grable, he fed the puck up to Hayden Stavroff who gained the zone. Stavroff then dropped the puck to Hank Cleaves in the slot and H. Cleaves made no mistake for his 11^th goal of the season. Stavroff notched his 12th assist while it was Grable's 11^th.

The rest of the frame did not see any goals as shots were 11-10 in favor of Brown.

4:53 into the second period, the Bears took the 2-1 lead while on the power play.

Just past the 11-minute mark of the second period, H. Cleaves notched his second goal of the night. While on the power play, CJ Foley dopped the puck for Stavroff in the Dartmouth zone. Stavroff flew though the neutral zone and split the defenders. H. Cleaves joined him and created a mini two on one. Stavroff found H. Cleaves and he tapped home his 12^th goal of the season while both Stavroff and Foley earned their 13^th assists of the year.

With 2:02 left in the frame, Brown took the 3-2 lead and held it into the intermission.

The Big Green outshot Brown 12-6 in the second period and had a 22-17 lead in shots.

Dartmouth looked to tie game, but it took until the 18:31 mark of the third period. While on the power play and with the net empty the Big Green had Brown scrambling in their zone. Stavroff found Matt Fusco down low in the left circle. Fusco picked his head up and found Nikita Nikora in the right circle uncovered with the goalie out of position. Nikora controlled the puck and wristed home his sixth goal of the year. Fusco picked up his first assist of the season while Stavroff notched his third of the game.

Brown scored the eventual game winning goal with 52.7 seconds left in regulation.

The Big Green outshot Brown 32-26 in the game.

Emmett Croteau made 22 saves in the game including 10 in the opening frame.

Dartmouth went 2-6 on the power play while having eight shots on the man advantage.

The Big Green close out their five-game road trip with a pair of games in the Capital Region of New York next weekend. Dartmouth takes on RPI on Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 PM before playing Union on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 5 PM.