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2019–20 Merrimack Warriors
men's ice hockey season
Conference10th Hockey East
Home iceJ. Thom Lawler Rink
Rankings
USCHO.comNR
USA Today/
US Hockey Magazine		NR
Record
Overall9–22–3
Conference7–14–3
Home4–11–2
Road5–11–1
Neutral0–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachScott Borek
Assistant coachesJosh Ciocco
Dan Jewell
Jim McNiff
Captain(s)Chase Gresock
Tyler Irvine
Sami Tavernier
Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2019-20 Merrimack Warriors Men's ice hockey season was the 65th season of play for the program, the 31st at the Division I level, and the 31st season in the Hockey East conference. The Warriors represented Merrimack College and were coached by Scott Borek, in his 2nd season.

Roster

As of January 1, 2020.[1]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 Finland Jere Huhtamaa Freshman G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2000-04-10 Helsinki, Finland Jokerit U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga) —
2 Massachusetts Patrick Holway Junior D 6' 5" (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1996-10-01 Cohasset, Massachusetts Maine Black Bears (HEA) DET, 170th overall 2015
3 Michigan Declan Carlile Freshman D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-05-18 Hartland, Michigan Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) —
4 Massachusetts Tyler Drevitch (C) Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1995-08-01 Middleborough, Massachusetts Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL) —
5 California Jacob Modry Freshman D 6' 5" (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1999-01-23 El Segundo, California Wenatchee Wild (BCHL) —
6 Alberta Zach Vinnell Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-04-03 Cochrane, Alberta Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL) —
7 Ontario Zach Uens Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2001-05-13 Belleville, Ontario Wellington Dukes (OJHL) —
8 Ontario Liam Dennison Freshman D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-02-07 Manotick, Ontario Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) —
9 Pennsylvania Liam Walsh Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-07-14 Bridgeville, Pennsylvania Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) —
11 Michigan Tyler Irvine (C) Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1996-05-15 Livonia, Michigan Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) —
12 Pennsylvania Jordan Seyfert Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1999-04-03 Annville, Pennsylvania Fargo Force (USHL) —
13 Ohio Chase Gresock (C) Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-08-13 Powell, Ohio Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) —
14 Massachusetts Patrick Kramer Senior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997-03-06 Bridgewater, Massachusetts Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) —
15 Sweden Hugo Esselin Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-07-15 Stockholm, Sweden Djurgårdens IF Hockey J20 (J20 SuperElit) —
16 Ontario Regan Kimens Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-03-28 Vaughan, Ontario Coquitlam Express (BCHL) —
17 Michigan Mac Welsher Freshman F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-04-24 Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) —
18 British Columbia Ben Brar Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-11-19 Abbotsford, British Columbia Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL) —
20 Wisconsin Griff Jeszka Senior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1995-03-12 Muskego, Wisconsin Massachusetts Minutemen (HEA) —
21 Massachusetts Christian Simeone Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1997-02-12 Milton, Massachusetts Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL) —
22 Massachusetts Logan Drevitch Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1998-04-14 Middleborough, Massachusetts Boston Bandits (NCDC) —
24 Illinois Ryan Nolan Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1998-07-14 Winnetka, Illinois Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL) —
25 France Sami Tavernier (C) Senior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-04-25 Morzine, France Topeka Roadrunners (NAHL) —
26 Saskatchewan Tyler Heidt Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-11-07 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Melfort Mustangs (SJHL) —
27 New York (state) Dominic Dockery Junior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997-01-02 Lockport, New York Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) —
28 Sweden Filip Forsmark Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1998-06-23 Skövde, Sweden Tri-City Storm (USHL) —
29 Massachusetts James Corcoran Freshman G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1998-02-23 Walpole, Massachusetts The Winchendon School (USHS–MA) —
30 New Jersey Troy Kobryn Freshman G 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-02-14 Hillsborough, New Jersey Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) —

Standings

2019–20 Hockey East Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Boston College † 24 17 6 1 35 93 48 34 24 8 2 136 71
#9 Massachusetts 24 14 8 2 30 69 49 34 21 11 2 107 67
#12 Massachusetts–Lowell 24 12 7 5 29 60 60 34 18 10 6 90 79
#15 Maine 24 12 9 3 27 56 56 34 18 11 5 89 75
Connecticut 24 12 10 2 26 71 75 34 15 15 4 102 106
Boston University 24 10 9 5 25 69 64 34 13 13 8 103 98
#19 Northeastern 24 11 12 1 23 66 71 34 18 13 3 98 92
Providence 24 10 11 3 23 70 63 34 16 12 6 102 78
New Hampshire 24 9 12 3 21 54 69 34 15 15 4 91 97
Merrimack 24 7 14 3 17 63 77 34 9 22 3 85 123
Vermont 24 2 18 4 8 44 83 34 5 23 6 59 100
Championship: March 21, 2020
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and Results

[2]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
October 5 8:07 PM at Lake Superior State* Taffy Abel Arena • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Huhtamaa L 2–6  1,860 0–1–0
October 6 6:07 PM at Lake Superior State* Taffy Abel Arena • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan   Kobryn L 3–4  1,435 0–2–0
October 12 7:00 PM vs. #16 Wisconsin* J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Corcoran L 5–11  2,106 0–3–0
October 17 7:05 PM at Holy Cross* Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts NESN+ Kobryn W 3–1  1,550 1–3–0
October 19 7:00 PM at RIT* Blue Cross Arena • Rochester, New York   Kobryn L 0–4  9,805 1–4–0
October 25 7:00 PM vs. New Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Huhtamaa L 2–3 OT 1,866 1–5–0 (0–1–0)
November 1 7:15 PM vs. Connecticut J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Huhtamaa L 2–3  1,734 1–6–0 (0–2–0)
November 3 2:05 PM at Connecticut XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut   Huhtamaa W 3–2  3,387 2–6–0 (1–2–0)
November 8 7:05 PM at #13 Northeastern J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Huhtamaa T 1–1 OT 2,014 2–6–1 (1–2–1)
November 9 3:31 PM at #13 Northeastern Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts   Huhtamaa L 1–3  2,175 2–7–1 (1–3–1)
November 22 7:00 PM at #7 Massachusetts Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts NESN Kobryn T 2–2 OT 2,904 2–7–2 (1–3–2)
November 23 7:05 PM vs. #7 Massachusetts J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Kobryn L 2–3  2,412 2–8–2 (1–4–2)
November 29 7:05 PM vs. Penn State* J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Kobryn L 0–7  1,961 2–9–2 (1–4–2)
November 30 7:05 PM vs. Rensselaer* J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Huhtamaa W 5–1  1,301 3–9–2 (1–4–2)
December 7 7:00 PM vs. New Hampshire J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Huhtamaa W 4–2  1,748 4–9–2 (2–4–2)
December 8 7:00 PM at New Hampshire Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire NESN Huhtamaa L 2–5  4,074 4–10–2 (2–5–2)
December 13 7:00 PM at Union* Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York   Huhtamaa L 2–3  1,505 4–11–2 (2–5–2)
December 29 4:00 PM vs. #10 Minnesota–Duluth* J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Kobryn L 1–4  1,903 4–12–2 (2–5–2)
December 30 4:00 PM vs. #10 Minnesota–Duluth* J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Huhtamaa L 1–5  1,707 4–13–2 (2–5–2)
January 4 5:00 PM vs. #13 Massachusetts–Lowell J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Kobryn L 1–3  2,142 4–14–2 (2–6–2)
January 7 7:00 PM at Connecticut XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut   Kobryn W 6–2  2,953 5–14–2 (3–6–2)
January 17 7:05 PM vs. Boston University J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Kobryn L 2–3  2,503 5–15–2 (3–7–2)
January 18 6:00 PM at #13 Massachusetts–Lowell Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts   Huhtamaa L 4–6  4,219 5–16–2 (3–8–2)
January 24 7:00 PM vs. Vermont J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts NESN Huhtamaa T 5–5 OT 1,857 5–16–3 (3–8–3)
January 25 7:00 PM vs. Vermont J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Kobryn W 4–3 OT 2,133 6–16–3 (4–8–3)
January 31 7:00 PM at Maine Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine WPME Kobryn L 2–6  3,513 6–17–3 (4–9–3)
February 1 7:00 PM at Maine Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine   Huhtamaa L 2–3  4,303 6–18–3 (4–10–3)
February 7 7:30 PM at Boston University Agganis Arena • Boston, Massachusetts   Huhtamaa W 5–1  3,499 7–18–3 (5–10–3)
February 8 7:00 PM vs. #14 Massachusetts–Lowell J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts NESN Huhtamaa L 3–4  2,064 7–19–3 (5–11–3)
February 14 7:00 PM at #7 Boston College J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Huhtamaa L 2–3  2,011 7–20–3 (5–12–3)
February 15 4:32 PM at #7 Boston College Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts NESN Huhtamaa L 2–6  5,498 7–21–3 (5–13–3)
February 21 7:15 PM at #15 Providence Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island   Kobryn W 2–0  2,905 8–21–3 (6–13–3)
February 22 7:05 PM vs. #15 Providence J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Kobryn W 3–2  2,344 9–21–3 (7–13–3)
February 27 7:02 PM at #4 Boston College Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts NESN Kobryn L 1–6  3,124 9–22–3 (7–14–3)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Scoring Statistics[3]

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Tyler Irvine RW 32 13 14 27 12
Chase Gresock F 28 11 11 22 10
Declan Carlile D 34 4 18 22 22
Sami Tavernier RW 34 6 15 21 43
Logan Drevitch LW 34 7 11 18 32
Zach Uens D 34 4 14 18 68
Regan Kimens LW 33 6 8 14 14
Mac Welsher C 31 7 5 12 10
Liam Walsh LW 30 5 5 10 43
Ben Brar F 32 5 5 10 15
Patrick Holway D 17 3 7 10 10
Zach Vinnell D 33 1 7 8 18
Dominic Dockery D 29 1 6 7 8
Jordan Seyfert C 16 3 3 6 10
Tyler Drevitch C 34 2 3 5 16
Liam Dennison D 31 1 4 5 23
Hugo Esselin C 31 2 2 4 8
Patrick Kramer C 9 1 3 4 18
Griff Jeszka F 25 2 1 3 6
Ryan Nolan F 18 1 2 3 6
Jacob Modry D 26 0 3 3 6
Christian Simeone F 9 0 2 2 9
Joey Cassetti LW 14 0 2 2 14
Troy Kobryn G 19 0 1 1 0
Tyler Heidt D 31 0 1 1 8
James Corcoran G 1 0 0 0 0
Jere Huhtamaa G 21 0 0 0 0
Bench - 34 - - - 6
Total

Goaltending statistics

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Troy Kobryn 19 927 4 9 1 51 424 1 .893 3.30
Jere Huhtamaa 21 1088 5 12 2 63 401 0 .864 3.47
James Corcoran 1 20 0 1 0 6 7 0 .538 17.50
Empty Net - 22 - - - 3 - - - -
Total 34 2058 9 22 3 123 832 1 .871 3.58

Rankings[4]

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings
Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (Final)
USCHO.com NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -
USA Today NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR -

References

  1. ^ "2019–20 Merrimack College Men's Ice Hockey Roster". Merrimack Warriors.
  2. ^ "Merrimack Warriors (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "Merrimack College 2019-2020 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
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