Box Score / Post-Game Comments

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Junior goaltender Bryce Merriam stopped all 36 shots he faced and Nick Bailen recorded a goal and an assist to lead the Rensselaer men's hockey team to a 3-0 victory over Brown University, this evening at Meehan Auditorium. With the win, the Engineers improve to 5-17-1 overall (2-8-1 ECAC Hockey), while the Bears drop to 7-8-3 (4-5-2 ECAC Hockey).

Bailen (Fredonia, NY/Indiana Ice) netted the eventual game-winning tally, 1:39 into the second period, when his shot from the high slot ricocheted off the crossbar and into the goal off the back of Brown sophomore netminder Marco De Filippo (Auronzo Di Cadore, Italy). The power-play marker, which was Bailen's fifth of the season, was assisted by freshman Jacob Laliberte (Rockland, ON/Cornwall Colts) and sophomore Brock Higgs (Kingston, ON/Kingston Voyageurs).

Junior Marty O'Grady (London, ON/Wellington Dukes) made it 2-0, less than two and a half minutes later, picking up a rebound off a Higgs deflection in front and burying his second of the year. Once again with the man-advantage Bailen took a shot from the point that Higgs redirected on goal. O'Grady then stuck home the rebound.

The Engineers capped the scoring at 18:30 of the final stanza, as freshman Zach Schroeder (Prior Lake, MN/Saint Thomas Academy) claimed a loose puck in the Bears' zone and finished into an empty net for a 3-0 lead. The unassisted goal was his fourth of the season.

Rensselaer finished 2 for 5 on the power-play, while Brown went 0 for 3. Merriam (4-12-0) was terrific in the first and third periods, making 14 and 16 stops in those frames, respectively. He earned his second career shutout, with the first coming against the Bears earlier this season. De Filippo (1-1-2) was forced to make 12 of his 30 saves in the third period.

The Engineers return to the ice on tomorrow night, when they visit Yale (7pm). Brown hosts #12 Union tomorrow (7pm).