Brandon Ellsworth ‘22
Sports Editor
With the Hockey East tournament right around the corner, the Merrimack Men’s Ice Hockey is poised to be in a spot. After a tight series sweep against the Catamounts of Vermont, Merrimack has pushed themselves into the 3rd place position in the Hockey East. The Warriors are now tied with the UConn Huskies. There are three games left in the 2021-22 season with New Hampshire (8-12-1) being the first of three, then there is a two game series against Northeastern (11-7-1) in a Away-Home matchup to end the season. Merrimack has beaten the Wildcats in a previous matchup 5-2. But, this will be the first time the Warriors will be facing off against Northeastern this year. With these three teams fighting for the playoff spots this is surely going to be a tight final two weeks in the season. The Warriors have a 51 percent chance of earning a first round bye in the Hockey East playoffs(finishing top-5), with the way the current standings lineup….
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