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O'brien commits to Merrimack for 2021

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O'brien commits to Merrimack Written By: Noah Cusack-Margolis 3/15/19              A while back Mark Hillier committed to Merrimack from SAC (Saint Andrews College). Just a few days ago teammate Devlin O'brien committed to the Merrimack program for 2021 the same year Hillier is predicted to arrive at Merrimack. Standing at only 5 feet 10 inches and 175 pounds, O'brien is not afraid to take the hit to the body and isn't afraid to fight for the puck against the boards. O'brien is expected to make a very big impact to the Merrimack team right away. Coach borek has been doing an amazing job when it comes to recruiting those grade A players. Currently Merrimack has 29 commits who's projected arrival years are from 2019 to 2021. I was lucky enough to talk to the SAC means hockey coach Mr. David Manning to ask him some questions about his thoughts on Devlin O'brien: Q: How would you describe him as a player? A: “Devlin is a hard working, head

Barrett Commits To Merrimack

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Warrior Interview #8 Written By: Noah Cusack-Margolis The Merrimack College Men's Ice Hockey team receives a verbal commitment from '00 born Nolan Barrett. Barrett a 6ft 1 defenseman currently plays for the Skipjacks Hockey Club U18 team in the USHL U18. As of now Barrett has 5 goals and 10 assists this season with the Skipjacks Hockey Club. Barrett is predicted to arrive at Merrimack in 2020. Merrimack has currently brought in 25 commits 16 of which are expected to arrive next year and it is said that Merrimack is just getting started when it comes with brining in commits from top ranked prospects. - I was lucky enough to catch up with Nolan and ask him a few questions regarding his commitment to Merrimack College. Q: During your recruitment process, what stood out to you when looking at Merrimack versus what other schools had to offer? A: There were a few things that stood out to me about Merrimack vs. other schools. I loved the feel of the school a

Looking ahead

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Looking ahead Written By: Noah Cusack-Margolis Looking ahead: The Merrimack College Warriors are currently 4-10-1, stand 52 nd in the country, and 10 th in hockey east. Merrimack is set to play Providence College and Northeastern University this upcoming weekend on Friday and Saturday. Both Providence and Northeastern are ranked in the top 20 teams in the country, with Providence sitting at 14 and Northeastern sitting at the 13 th spot in the current pairwise rankings. This seasons history against Providence: Merrimack lost the last two games against Providence College with the score of 7-2 at Merrimack on Friday, November 16 th and then fell to the friars again the following night November 17 th with the score of 7-5. On Friday November 16 th when it looked like the Friars would get a shout-out win when Freshmen Chase Gresock got the Warriors on the board with 6:22 left in the third period, Juniors Tyler Irvine and Patrick Kramer got the assists on Gresocks goa

Modry Commits To Merrimack

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Written By: Noah Cusack-Margolis Warrior Interview #7 The Merrimack College Men’s Hockey team has been knocking down the door when it comes to recruiting players. Merrimack currently has 23 commits and are still out recruiting many possible future warriors. On Friday November 23 rd Merrimack received a “big” commitment from 6ft 5 defensemen Jacob Modry. Modry who is a ’99 born defenseman currently plays for the Wenatchee Wild (BCHL) and as of now has 3 goals and 10 assists in 28 games played so far this season. I was lucky enough to catch up with Modry yesterday to ask him a few questions on his commitment to Merrimack. Here are some clips of the interview: Q: During your recruitment process what stood out to you when looking at Merrimack versus what other schools had to offer? A: “What stood out most about Merrimack was how close the guys were and that everybody plays hard and has a high level of compete in their game, I went on a visit to Merrimack and I got

Merrimack Field Hockey 2018 NE10 Champions

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Merrimack Field Hockey are NE10 champions Written By: Noah Cusack-Margolis 11/19/18 On Sunday November 18th 2018 the No.5 ranked and Second seeded Merrimack College Field Hockey team defeated the No. 10 ranked Saint Anslem Hawks in the NE10 championship game. The Warriors (18-3) defeated the Hawks (15-6) 2-1 when Mary McNeil scored the game winning goal with basically no time left on the clock. Senior Mary McNeil was named the NE10 Championship MVP as well as joining fellow senior Delaney Yule on the all-tournament squad. Junior goaltender Katharina Ohmen made 4 saves, three of which came in the second half of the game. Ohmen also landed a spot on the NE10 all-tournament team. Goals Scored for the Warriors: 1st half Time: 10:30 Goal By: Miranda Judd Assisted By: Mary McNeil 2nd half Time: 70:00 Goal By: Mary McNeil Assisted By: N/A Goal Scored for the Hawks: 1st half Time: 15:35 Goal By: Hannah Friend Assisted By: N/A 2nd half N/A Looking ahead: The Warriors wil

Hawks defeat the Warriors on senior night

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Written By: Noah Cusack-Margolis Hawks defeat the Warriors on senior night              On Monday November 5th the Merrimack college Warriors suffered a 4-2 loss against the Saint Anslem Hawks on senior night. Despite the horrible weather the warriors played hard until the very end. Family and friends also had to fight the horrible weather as the honored their three seniors (Samantha Bartush, Mary McNeil and Delaney Yule). The warriors had the 1-0 lead going into the 2nd half of the game but all of the sudden the tables turned and the Hawks came back from trailing 1-0 to scoring 4 very quick goals to get the 4-2 win over the Warriors. Scoring for the Warriors : First half: Goal By Colleen Ellis from Miranda Judd and Juliane Ohmen at 27:19  (1-0) Second half: Goal By Mary McNeil unassisted at 68:05 (4-2) Scoring for the Hawks : First half: No goals reported Second half: Goal By  Maddie Bressler assisted by  Kaeleigh Lord  at 36:17 (1-1) Goal By  Abby Walker   unas

Cherkowski Commits to Merrimack

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Written By: Noah Cusack-Margolis Warrior Interview #6 Merrimack College has been on a role with committing players. Merrimack has 21 commits as of now and the numbers are expected to keep growing at a very fast rate. Merrimack recently received a commitment from ‘00 Nicholas Cherkowski who currently plays for the Vernon Vipers. I recently caught up with Nicholas to interview him on his commitment to Merrimack. Q: During your recruitment process what stood out to you when looking at Merrimack versus what other schools had to offer?  A: Things that stood out to while I was being recruited were the small school feel for example the small class sizes and closely knit community were draws for me. I was also drawn in by the drive and direction of the program. While I was there I felt that the whole program was really striving for more and wanted to become the best they could possibly be and I think that would be a culture I will fit in  well with.  Q: When you