North Andover, Mass. -- The Merrimack College men's ice hockey team will face Quinnipiac University on Friday, March 24 at 5:30 PM at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, CT in the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship.
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The winner will play the winner of Harvard and Ohio State on Sunday, March 26 at 4:00 PM with a trip to the Frozen Four in Tampa on the line.
This marks the third time that Merrimack will compete in the NCAA Tournament and first in over a decade. In 1988, Merrimack defeated future Hockey East opponents Northeastern 10-8 on aggregate (5-3 L, 7-3 W) before falling to Lake Superior State in the quarterfinals 8-5 (4-3 W, 5-1 L). In 2011, the Warriors fell to Notre Dame 4-3 in overtime in the first round.
Merrimack and Quinnipiac will play for the first time since 2015. The Warriors own a 4-3-0 record over the Bobcats and have won the last three matchups between the two.
Merrimack (23-13-1) earned an at-large bid to the national tournament after falling 3-2 in the Hockey East Championship game to Boston University in overtime at the TD Garden on March 18. The Bobcats (30-4-3) lost in the ECAC Hockey semifinals to eventual champion Colgate 2-1 in double overtime on March 17.
The Warriors finished the regular season as the number two seed in Hockey East, the highest ever finish in program history. Merrimack defeated Boston College 1-0 in the quarterfinals in front of a sold out Lawler in double overtime then defeated UMass Lowell 2-1 in double overtime in the semi finals at the TD Garden.
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