[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.
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.
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.
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.