A big weekend series began on Friday night at Tsongas Center as the UMass Lowell River Hawks (16-12-3) played host to Merrimack College (19-12-1). The River Hawks came into this weekend with two games in hand in the league. Those games will be made up this weekend. The Warriors arrived in Lowell off a weekend […]
The Hobey Baker Award is college hockey’s biggest individual prize. 82 nominees were selected to take part in the first phase of this process. Fan voting, along with votes from every division one head hockey coach, will trim the number from 82 to 10 by March 15. The voting itself comes to an end on […]
It has been a bit of a tough road for the Merrimack Warriors (15-7-1,10-3-0 in Hockey East) since the Christmas break. They have gone 0-3-1 since returning to action. On Friday night, the Warriors gave up a season-high eight goals in an 8-3 loss to the Providence College Friars (12-6-6, 7-3-5). In Merrimack’s last three […]
It was the Hockey East quarterfinals yesterday. Two teams separated by 30 minutes faced off for an opportunity to head to the TD Garden and a spot in next weekend’s Semifinals. This is the fifth time that the two programs have met in the postseason. Both teams have won twice, and during the regular season, […]
It’s always a special night when the seniors get one last chance to perform in front of the home crowd. Such was the case on Saturday night as the Merrimack College (18-14-1, 13-11-0 HEA) hockey seniors were honored before their game with the #13 Northeastern Huskies (24-11-1, 15-8-1). There was more at stake than giving […]
If you are a fan of college sports then Merrimack College was the place to be on Friday night. Both the men’s basketball and hockey teams were in action. There was good news on one end and not-so-good news on the other. First, the basketball Warriors took on Bryant College and played as coach Joe […]
As we have come to understand, schedules in any sport can and make changes in the blink of an eye. The Merrimack College Warrior hockey team faced this over this weekend. Originally, the team was to play a couple of hockey teams from upstate New York in Clarkston and St. Lawrence. However, both games […]
It might be a little strange to play an exhibition hockey game during the middle of your regular season. That is exactly what the Merrimack College Warriors did on Sunday afternoon. The United States National Development team came to Lawler Rink to get some work in before the holiday break. This was the second game […]