Matt Brown (ice hockey)

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Matt Brown
Born (1999-08-09) August 9, 1999 (age 24)
Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, USA
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
AHL team Lehigh Valley Phantoms
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2023–present

Matthew Brown (born August 9, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey left winger who plays for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL). He previously played college ice hockey at Boston University. He was an All-American for BU in 2023. [1]

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Playing career

Born in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, Brown played junior hockey in and around his home town of Tenafly, graduating from Tenafly High School in 2017. [2] Afterwards, he travelled west and joined the Dubuque Fighting Saints but lased just 6 scoreless games before changing leagues and finishing out the year with the Odessa Jackalopes. For his final season of juniors, Brown gave the USHL one more try and saw much greater success with the Des Moines Buccaneers. He led the club in scoring and was a point per game player, helping the team reach the second round of the playoffs.

The following fall, Brown began attending the University of Massachusetts Lowell and led the team in scoring as a freshman. While his overall total was unremarkable, Brown helped to put the club in position for a potential NCAA tournament berth. Lowell finished the 3rd in the Hockey East standings that season and were preparing for their postseason run, however, before any games could be played the remainder of the campaign was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. [3] Brown returned for the abbreviated Covid season in 2021 but neither he nor the River Hawks were quite up to the standards set before the pandemic.

That summer, Brown decided to use the new NCAA transfer rules and switched to Boston University. [4] Hopes were high for Brown but he got off to a slow start and then sat out for over a month and didn't return until after Thanksgiving. [5] His scoring increased afterwards and he appeared to be rounding into form, however, his life changed on January 30 when his mother, Debbie, died at the age of 51. [6] Brown was able to collect himself long enough to score the deciding goal in the Beanpot semifinal against Harvard.

After a summer to come to term with the new reality, Brown was also had to contend with a 3rd head coach in 4 years as BU brought in Jay Pandolfo as the new bench boss. The new system, as well as the arrival of freshman phenom Lane Hutson, helped Brown raise his profile and post career numbers across the board. He nearly doubled his totals in all three categories and finished in the top-10 in the nation. While also helping BU win both the regular season and conference tournament titles, Brown was named to the All-American second team and assisted on the overtime winner in the Hockey East championship. Brown helped BU reach the Frozen Four for the first time in 8 years but could not stop the team from losing to the #1 overall seed.

Brown signed with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League on April 13, 2023. [7] [8] [9] He split his first professional season between Lehigh Valley and the ECHL's Reading Royals, representing Reading in the 2024 ECHL All-Star Game. [10]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2017–18 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 60002—————
2017–18 Odessa Jackalopes NAHL 411625411831010
2018–19 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL573027571054260
2019–20 Massachusetts Lowell HE 336182410—————
2020–21 Massachusetts LowellHE19851310—————
2021–22 Boston University HE24710174—————
2022–23 Boston UniversityHE391631476—————
2023–24 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 130222—————
2023–24 Reading Royals ECHL 3813284112—————
AHL totals130222—————

Awards and honors

AwardYearRef
College
All-Hockey East First Team 2022–23 [11]
AHCA East Second Team All-American 2022–23 [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2022-23 Men's CCM Hockey Division I All-Americans". ahcahockey.com. April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  2. ↑ Shwalb, Bob. "Tenafly's Brown finding hockey swagger in NAHL", The Record , December 22, 2017. Accessed May 2, 2023. "Matt Brown already knew what a jackalope was. Good thing, because last month, the Wood-Ridge native and Tenafly graduate became a member of the Odessa (Texas) Jackalopes of the North American Hockey League."
  3. ↑ "Hockey East Men's Tournament Cancelled - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Matt Brown Joins Men's Ice Hockey Program". Boston University Terriers. July 15, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  5. ↑ "#37 Matt Brown". College Hockey Inc. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Days After Death Of Mother, BU's Matt Brown 'Difference-Maker' In Beanpot". NESN. February 7, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  7. ↑ Rotruck, Bob (April 14, 2023). "Transaction: Matt Brown Signs PTO". Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  8. ↑ Rotruck, Bob (December 9, 2023). "Transactions: Brown and Millman Join Phantoms". Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  9. ↑ Rotruck, Bob (February 8, 2024). "Transactions: Brown Recalled to Phantoms, Wisdom to Reading". Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Matt Brown selected to 2024 ECHL All-Star Classic". Reading Royals. January 3, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  11. ↑ "HOCKEY EAST NAMES 2022-23 MEN'S ALL-STAR TEAMS". Hockey East. March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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