Brown Bears men's ice hockey

Brown's first hockey team

First Brown University hockey team in 1897–98. From left: Robert Steere, Harris Bucklin, Jesse Pevear, Irving Hunt, Albert Barrows, Charles Cooke, Horace Day.

Plaque in Meehan Auditorium honors the first game

The men's ice hockey team at Brown is one of the country's oldest programs, having played their first game in 1898.[3] By 1906, however, the team had lost 16 straight contests, failing to score a goal in 9 games during that stretch. The program suspended operations after 1906 and remained shuttered for 20 years. When the team returned to the ice they brought with them their first official head coach. Though James Gardner only lasted one season behind the bench the team performed much better with a hand at the tiller and quickly built up to be a respected program. In 1939 the team again suspended operations, but this time it was due to the onset of World War II. Brown's team remained out of commission for the entire duration of the war and didn't return until several years after its conclusion, finally hitting the ice again in 1947.

In only 4 years the team climbed all the way to 17–5 record, receiving the top eastern seed for the 1951 NCAA tournament. Though they ultimately fell in the title game Brown had become one of the better teams in college hockey and, excluding a brief period in the earls '60s, would remain so for the next 30 years. When the 1980s rolled around the Bears result started turning sour and Brown found itself looking up at the rest of college hockey. Since 1981 Brown has produced only six winning seasons and more than half of their campaigns have ended with single-digit win totals. The Bears had a brief resurgence in the mid-1990s, managing to make the tournament in 1993 but bowed out after only 1 game.

Brown has sent five members of its team to the Olympics. Three former players, Donald Whiston (Silver, 1952), Robert Gaudreau (1968) and Mike Mastrullo (1984 and 1992) represented their respective nations as players, former player Tim Bothwell was an assistant coach on the gold medal-winning 2006 Canadian women's team and former assistant coach Jack Ferreira was an assistant GM for the US men's team in 1998.

The following is a list of Brown's men's ice hockey players who were elected into the Brown University Athletic Hall of Fame (graduating class in parenthesis).[6]

As of the completion of 2018–19 season[8]

As of September 1, 2020.[9]

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1		James Durham	Freshman	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-03-27	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Des Moines (USHL)	—
2		Luke Krys	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-09-27	Ridgefield, Connecticut	Salisbury (USHS–CT)	—
3		Luke Albert	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	1998-08-17	Fergus, Ontario	Bonnyville (AJHL)	—
4		Anea Ferrario (A)	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-08-09	Ogden, Utah	Sioux City (USHL)	—
5		Ben Taylor	Senior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1997-04-25	Falmouth, Massachusetts	Nanaimo (BCHL)	—
6		Tony Stillwell (C)	Senior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1997-04-18	Green Bay, Wisconsin	Green Bay (USHL)	—
7		Justin Jallen	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1998-01-06	St. Paul, Minnesota	Northeast (NAHL)	—
9		Connor Marshall	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-10-10	Parkland, Florida	Northeast (NAHL)	—
10		Jonny Russell	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	1998-01-31	Traverse City, Michigan	Des Moines (USHL)	—
11		Nathan Plessis	Sophomore	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1998-02-28	Salmon Arm, British Columbia	Brooks (AJHL)	—
12		Matt Sutton	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-05-26	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Omaha (USHL)	—
14		Chris Berger	Senior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1998-04-14	Buffalo, New York	Des Moines (USHL)	—
15		Tony Andreozzi	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2000-04-16	Winchester, Massachusetts	Salmon Arm (BCHL)	—
16		Tristan Crozier (C)	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1998-02-23	Calgary, Alberta	Nanaimo (BCHL)	—
17		Bradley Cocca	Sophomore	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1999-08-13	Toronto, Ontario	Merritt (BCHL)	—
18		Jake Harris	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	1998-04-10	Toronto, Ontario	Nanaimo (BCHL)	—
19		Samuli Niinisaari	Sophomore	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1998-08-11	Hamina, Finland	Lincoln (USHL)	—
20		Joachim Weberg	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1996-06-21	Oslo, Norway	Jersey (USPHL)	—
21		Alec Mehr	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1997-01-11	Los Angeles, California	Bloomington (USHL)	—
22		Matty Holmes	Sophomore	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1999-02-22	Rye, New York	Chilliwack (BCHL)	—
23		Jackson Munro	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-02-11	Vancouver, British Columbia	Alberni Valley (BCHL)	—
24		Dorian Dawson	Junior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1997-05-29	Collingwood, Ontario	Sioux City (USHL)	—
25		Michael Maloney	Junior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-02-17	McHenry, Illinois	Omaha (USHL)	—
26		James Crossman	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1998-11-23	Denver, Colorado	Jamestown (NAHL)	—
27		Jordan Tonelli	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-06-30	Armonk, New York	Cedar Rapids (USHL)	—
28		Colin Burston	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1997-03-28	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Wenatchee (BCHL)	—
29		Cole Quisenberry	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-03-22	Denver, Colorado	Chicago (USHL)	—
33		Gabriel Vinal	Junior	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-01-12	Syracuse, New York	Aberdeen (NAHL)	—
35		Luke Kania (A)	Senior	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1996-01-24	Chicago, Illinois	Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL)	—

The following is a list of Brown's men's ice hockey alumni who played in the NHL/WHA.[6]

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  Yann Danis
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  Bobby Farnham
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  Ryan Garbutt
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  Harry Zolnierczyk