AMHERST With last night’s road win over UMass, the Merrimack men’s hockey team moved up to No. 5 in the national Pairwise rankings. It’s December. Merrimack hasn’t had a team ranked this high in the Pairwise, this late into the season, since 2012.
STORRS, Conn. Behind seven goals from seven different players, Merrimack beat UConn 7-3 on Friday night at the XL Center in downtown Hartford to salvage a split in the home-and-home series that began on Tuesday in North Andover. The Warriors fell behind 1-0 early in the first period when
NORTH ANDOVER Connecticut defeated Merrimack 3-1 on Tuesday night at Lawler Arena. Alex Jefferies scored for the Warriors, who lost for the first time in seven games. Inside this post are TMR’s Three Stars, goal breakdowns (and highlights) as well as final notes.
NORTH ANDOVER As it turned out, Matt Copponi’s first-period goal was all that No. 19 Merrimack needed to beat Maine, 1-0, at Lawler Arena on Friday night. It was all the Warriors needed because sophomore goaltender Hugo Ollas made 33 saves to earn his second career shutout.
AMHERST The story keeps rewriting itself. UMass beat Merrimack last night, 3-2, in overtime at the Mullins Center. It was the 11th win in the last 13 meetings for the Minutemen. It was also the 11th time in the last 13 meetings that the game was only decided by one goal.