NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The Merrimack Warriors look to gain traction with a home-and-home against the Providence College Friars on Friday and Saturday.
The teams are facing off for the first time since facing off in the Hockey East quarterfinals in March, when Providence took the series.
Five Things to Know:
• Senior
Mikyla Grant-Mentis is currently tied for second in national goal scoring and leads Hockey East with 12 goals in 14 games this season. The senior is third on the Hockey East points leaderboard with 19.
• Merrimack scored three power play goals in Friday's game against Holy Cross, with tallies from
Courtney Maud, Grant-Mentis and
Chloe Cook.
• In nine conference games this season, junior
Dominika Laskova has posted all eight of her points on the year, with a goal and seven assists.
• The Warriors posted 47 shots on goal in Friday's game, the highest for the team since putting up 41 shots in a 4-1 win against Union on Sept. 28, 2018.
• Merrimack is looking for its first win against Providence since Feb. 2018, winning 4-1.
A Look at the Friars:
The Friars come into Lawler after snapping a three game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over Vermont on Sunday for their third Hockey East win of the year. Providence entered that contest off of a loss at Maine on Friday, with a back-and-forth contest ending with an overtime loss for the Friars.
Providence's offense has once again been lead by junior Maureen Murphy, with seven goals and 11 points in 11 games and senior Whitney Dove, with 11 points in 13 games. The team has also gotten contributions from Sara Hjalmarsson, with five goals and eight points, while both Haley Lunny and Bailey Burton have seven points for the Friars this year.
In goal, senior Clare Minnerath has earned 10 starts for the team, turning a 4-4-2 record and 2.61 goals against. In Hockey East play, time has been split between Minnerath and sophomore Sandra Abstreiter, who has earned a 1-2-0 record and 1.98 GAA in conference play. The pair split time in the games last weekend, with Minnerath earning the win against Vermont.
Inside the Matchup
| Merrimack (3-9-2, 1-7-2 HEAW) |
Category |
Holy Cross (5-6-2, 3-4-0 HEAW) |
| 4-3 L, (11/15 vs Holy Cross) |
Last Game |
3-2 W (11/17 vs Vermont) |
| 2.21 |
Scoring Offense |
2.23 |
| 3.57 |
Scoring Defense |
2.54 |
| 27.4 |
Shots/Game |
23.9 |
| 31.4 |
Shots Allowed/Game |
2.54 |
| 14-60 |
PPG-Chances |
8-50 |
| 23.3% |
PP% |
16% |
| 44-55 |
PK-Chances |
38-50 |
| 80.0% |
PK% |
76.0% |
| 57-128 |
Penalties-PIM |
55-132 |
| 9.1 |
PIM/Game |
10.2 |
Up Next
Merrimack will take on Brown on Wednesday, November 27 in a non-conference tilt with puck drop at 5 p.m. at Lawler.
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