Last night's 3-1 win over UMass Lowell was Merrimack's seventh Hockey East win of the season (7-11-0). It guarantees the Warriors their highest win total in league games since at least 2002-03, when the Warriors finished 7-13-4 - a 7th place finish.
Merrimack's highest win total in league came in 1996-97, when the Warriors finished with 11 wins (11-11-2). They had eight wins in 1992-93.
With nine games remaining, a 5-4 record would give the Warriors their highest league win total since joining Hockey East. Just one more win would give them a tie for the second highest and a record of 2-7 down the stretch would be Merrimack's second-highest win total (9) since joining the league. The 1996-97 season has been the only one in which Merrimack has earned double-digit Hockey East wins.
A 5-4 record would finish Merrimack's league record at 12-15-0 -- 24 points.
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- Mike McMahon
- Mike has covered Merrimack College's hockey program for The Eagle-Tribune since Sept. 2006. He also covers the Boston Bruins and Merrimack Valley sports. Mike has also written for College Hockey News since March 2006.
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Good to see. I loved that 96-97 team with Jakopin, Laroche, Kesselring, Johnson, Krauss, Scoville, Stringer, Cohen, Weichselbaumer with Legault and Thibeault in net.
That squad also could have had three other great players who left early in McKenna, Peca, and Poirier.
Hopefully the current team can take at least two points away from Burlington this weekend.
Also, I'll ask again, where is Simon Demers?
Beck and Porter were also great members of that 96-97 season. Team had a ton of firepower and two strong goalies, but the defense was what held it back.
Demers is healthy - to my knowledge. As far as I know, it's a coaches' decision as to why he hasn't been in the lineup.
the kid has a canon, I'd like to see him in there soon, he had a nasty slap shot from the blue line against BC I think
The concern - it's my belief - has little to do with him on the offensive side of the puck. He's a talented puck carrier and as you said, Mike, has a heck of a shot.
The other thing - if Demers finds his way back into the lineup, which of the defensemen do you sit? Fraser Allan is healthy again after offseason knee surgery.
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