NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The Merrimack College men's ice hockey team will look to get back on track when it opens a home-and-home weekend series against Boston College starting Friday night at Lawler Rink. Game time is 7 p.m.
PARKING AND SECURITY ADVISORY
Due to enhanced security regulations in place on campus, fans are encouraged to arrive to Lawler Rink
EARLY on game nights. The Lawler Rink security staff reserves the right to check
ALL bags and ask guests to leave inappropriate or prohibited items in their car or outside of the gates.
All guests are subject to search.
Please note the following parking restrictions for Saturday night's game:
- Lot F (MAC) is reserved for BLUE LINE CLUB MEMBERS ONLY.
- Lot G (Deegan/Fenton Road) is reserved for GAME DAY STAFF ONLY.
- Fans are encouraged to park in Lot H (Sakowich) or Lot M (Athletics District)!
Click here to view campus map.
Ticket Prices
Adults: $28
Youth (U-14)/Senior (65+): $23
Merrimack Students w/ valid Mack Card:
FREE while supplies last!
NOTE: Tickets may be purchased
online, by phone (
978-837-5324) or on game day at the Box Office. Box Office opens at 10 a.m. both days.
BEER & WINE NOW ON SALE AT LAWLER RINK!
Merrimack is pleased to announce that beer and wine sales will be available at Lawler Rink this season!
Open to all patrons of legal drinking age (21+), beer and wine stations will be available both in the DiCroce Family Lobby (the main Box Office lobby on game days), as well as the Hall of Fame Lobby on the opposite end of Lawler Rink. Both locations will open one hour before puck drop and will close at the end of the second intermission.
A valid game ticket is required for access to either location.
PLEASE NOTE: Beer/wine station sales will be limited to CASH ONLY this weekend!
WEEKEND PROMOTIONS
- FLASH SALE! ATTENTION FANS -- from now until 12 p.m. on Friday (Nov. 2), ALL TICKET PRICES HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO $18! You can purchase your tickets online or by calling 978-837-5324 (note business hours). Don't wait! After 12 p.m. Friday, ticket prices return to their normal rates!
- SCOUT NIGHT: Admission for all Boys/Girls Scouts is just $10 Friday! All Scouts receive a FREE Merrimack Scout Patch (while supplies last). For special group rates, call 978-837-3441!
Five Things To Know
- Merrimack finished the month of October with two victories but was a few bounces of the puck away from finding itself in the win column more often, as all but two of the seven games the Warriors played last month were one-goal games.
- Merrimack is tied for the nation lead with one-goal games played; only New Hampshire has played as many one-goal affairs (5) as Merrimack has.
- Junior Tyler Irvine owns the team lead in scoring with six points; he has recorded a point in all but two of the team's first seven games. After not lighting the lamp in his first two seasons as a Warrior, junior Patrick Kramer is the team's lead goal-scorer with three tallies after he potted a pair in last Saturday's game against UMass. It was his first-ever multi-goal game. Irvine and junior classmate Logan Coomes have both recorded four assists for the team lead in that category.
- Senior Craig Pantano has started six of the team's seven games so far; he owns a 2-4-0 record in those starts with a .913 save percentage and 2.43 goals against average.
- This weekend's opponent, Boston College, has had a rough go of it out of the gate. The Eagles have just five goals in four games and have been shut out three times in that span, including a 7-0 blanking against Saint Cloud State last Thursday.
Inside the Matchup:
| Merrimack (2-5-0, 1-2-0 HEA) |
Category |
Boston College (0-4-0, 0-0-0 HEA) |
| 10/27 vs. #16 UMass (L, 4-3 OT) |
Last Time Out |
10/25 vs. #2 St. Cloud (L, 7-0) |
| 2.14 |
Scoring Offense |
1.25 |
| 2.57 |
Scoring Defense |
4.50 |
| 28.0 |
Shots/Game |
28.8 |
| 25.4 |
Shots Allowed/Game |
28.0 |
| 6-37 |
PPG-Chances |
2-13 |
| 16.2% |
PP% |
15.4% |
| 24-33 |
PK-Chances |
11-13 |
| 72.7% |
PK% |
84.6% |
| 40-91 |
Penalties-PIM |
16-32 |
| 13.0 |
PIM/Game |
8.0 |
| 61 |
Blocked Shots |
54 |
| 193-259 |
Faceoffs (W-L) |
133-114 |
| 42.7% |
Faceoff % |
53.8% |
Up Next
After concluding the weekend series at Kelley Rink on Saturday (Nov. 3) at 7 p.m., Merrimack heads to Minnesota to resume its non-conference schedule with a pair of games at Bemidji State. The series starts Friday (Nov. 9) at 8 p.m. Eastern.
