#Merrimack hockey

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"What's the one thing you really want to work on this year?"

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Minutemen Outlast Warriors

North Andover, MA – The Massachusetts Minutemen rode 26 saves from freshman goalie Michael Hrabal and two-point nights from juniors Lucas Mercuri and Scott Morrow to a 3-2 win over the Merrimack Warriors in front of 2,314 at J. Thom Lawler Arena on the Merrimack campus.  Cole O’Hara gave the visiting Minutemen the early 1-0 lead when he deposited a Jack Musa cross-crease pass past Zachary…

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Women’s Hockey News and Transactions 7/1-7/30

I hope everyone is having a great summer! This will cover major news and transactions in women’s pro/proam hockey around the world, though I may miss some things due to language barrier, so feel free to add! I also try to add a little more context to overseas leagues transactions as I know that may be unfamiliar/news less readily available to some, so the PWHL ones are just lists. A few more minor may be omitted for brevity (ie a player going from a franchises u18 team to the major team)

PWHL (USA/Canada)

Retiring: Amanda Leveille

PWHL Boston has signed: Daniela Pejšová (drafted, luleå) for three years, Emma Greco (PWHL Minnesota) for one year, Hannah Bilka (drafted) for three years, and Sydney Bard (drafted) for three years

PWHL New York has signed: Noora Tulus (drafted, Luleå) for two years, Maja Nylén Persson (drafted, Brynäs) for three years,

PWHL Ottawa has signed: Kateřina Mrázová (extension) for two more years, Gwyneth Phillips (drafted) for two years

PWHL Toronto has signed; Carly Jackson (extension) for one year

PWHL Montreal has signed: Jennifer Gardiner (drafted) for two years, Catherine Dubois (extended) for one year, Claire dalton (extended) for one year,

PWHL Minnesota has no new signings to report since 7/1

Lauren Williams named as a PWHL New York assistant coach after several years working behind the bench with Mount Royal University and Stonehill college

Minnesota has fired several bench coaches and are looking into allegation of misconduct from coach Ken Klee

SDHL (Sweden)

Malia Schneider (who played for both Brynäs and PWHL Ottawa last year) joins SDE HF. Joining her is American forward Liliane Perrault, who was briefly with Froluna last year and scored at a point per game clip

Joining a strong SDE defense core is veteran Dominique Kremer, returning to the SDHL after playing for PWHL Minnesota and serving as captain to the Buffalo Beauts

HV71 adds Canadian Forward Kennedy Bobyck from Minnesota State University and Canadian defender Teghan Inglis, who captained Merrimack last year

Japanese national team forward Akane Shiga (PWHL Ottawa) joins Luleå

Finnish national team forward Kiira Yrjänen joins Leksands IF after playing for HV71 last season. Also joining her is one of USports top scorers last year, Canadian forward Lillian George

American forward Kaitlyn O’Donohoe joins Brynäs after a strong five years at Colgate

Skellefteå extends SDHL veteran Ronja Mogren. They also sign American forward Mikayla Lantto who graduated from LIU this last season.

Lisa Östman and Ellen Laurence have both left Djurgården

Djugården also added four players. Three are young Swedes who played for AIK last year: Alva Hellqvist, Tuva Kärrhage, and Isabelle Leijonhielm. Leijonhielm is the biggest name, having some success with the u18 team for Sweden last year. The other added player is 19 year old Czech national team player Tereza Pistekova who played in HPK in Finland last year and had over a point per game pace.

Alexander Hanning returns to Linköping as an assistant coach on a two year deal, having been successful with head coach Thomas Pettersen in the past

Shay Maloney, drafted by PWHL Boston, is back with Leksands IF but with a clause that she can leave to play in PWHL Boston if she earns a spot

Naisten Liiga (Finland)

Retiring: Kiekko Espoo forward Zaida Holmström, who was the long time captain of Mestis team JYP for 6 years. 19 year old Bianca Kanerva, who played for both the Finnish u18 team and Kiekko Espoo last year, has also retired to focus more on her education

Japanese defender Kokoro Ota joins KalPa, She previously played for the Japanese U18 team and for the Seibu Princess Rabbits

KalPa brings back starting goaltender Aino Laitinen and signs Salla Sivula who was one of the main goalies last year for Ilves

Oona Havana has left Kärpät to join the university of Vermont. She was a point per game in 2023 in Naisten Liiga at 17 years old and made the senior national team, but did not play last year due to injury

Written in Finnish, but i highly recommend this article about Viivi Iso-Kouvola talking about Naisten Liiga's current problem and Finnish women's hockey and the financial situation. Currently, most teams are still pay to play, with only HIFK and HPK as exceptions, leaving players to rely on family and sponsorship. As such, the majority of players do not have long term plans to stay in the league and are interested in playing in other leagues instead.

SWHL/PostFinance Women League (Switzerland)

A very active month for ZSC Lions Frauen! Their many addition include former Czech national team captain Alena Polenská (Mills), who played in Russia last year, Josefine Holmgren, a Swedish defender who played in the SDHL for a long time before joining HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls last year and becoming one of their top producers, and Sonja Inkamp, a fast riser in the Swiss leagues who had two goals for the U18 team in the u18 women's worlds last year

Rosalie Bégin-Cyr has joined Neuchâtel Hockey Academy Dames after six strong years in Usports where she won a championship with Concordia University

Some expected but still nice to see confirmed returns, from top 20 goalscorers in the league last seaso: - Sinja Leemann, Alina Marti, Sandy Heim and Lisa Rüedi for ZSC Lions Frauen -Maija Otamo, Emma Ingold, Saskia Maurer, Lara Christen, and Estelle Duvin for SC Bern Frauen -Jenna Kaila, Romy Eggimann for HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls -Cassandra Rensch for HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies

EWHL (Central/Eastern Europe + Others)

Speaking of teams that did a lot, MAC Budapest did a ton! This includes: Netherlands national team defender Jet Milders, 19 year old Hungarian goaltender Bianka Bogati who was on the national team but has not appeared in a game yet, university of st thomas graduate and defender Isabel Lippai, Sacred Heart Graduate and American forward Sophie Lupone

SKN Sabres St.Pölten signs Slovenian forward Gaja Pezdir, who impressed at the D1B Worlds and played for Lakers Kärnten last year. They also add Hungarian natioanl team forward Kinga Jókai Szilágyi who played for Skellefteå AIK in Sweden's second tier league and helped them earn SDHL promotion

EV Bozen Eagles sign Kristin Della Rovere from PWHL Ottawa and Italian national team forward Sara Kaneppele, who had played with them previously but spent the past two years in Germany

EC Graz Huskies sign Ukranian national team forward Daria Tsymyrenko, who played a big role on a stacked HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls team last year, and 16 year old Czech defender Hana Panešová who made her international debut with the Czech U18 team last year at worlds and played in both boys and womens leagues in Czechia last year

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accidentally fell into a rabbit hole on simon loof and this man’s lore is insane. he was born in sweden but attended merrimack college in massachusetts, where he played on a hockey team and was pretty well known for it and at one point adam lambert (country singer in the u.s. and lgbtq+ activist) was following him on instagram during those days. he has a spotify account and has been releasing music on it for years now but he only has like 500 streamers monthly. obviously he models and some of the pictures had me gasping aloud. and he used to have an entirely different look on instagram in those hockey days before he got signed to management for acting and he deleted his account or just deleted all his posts. i’ve accidentally stalked this poor man

(also he’s 28 and a gemini and geminis and scorpios are generally known to have great compatibility in friendship but that’s not quite the case in romantic relationships 🫣)

Thank you for your research. 🔬Something is up with these two and it’s quite obvious. The posts are well orchestrated and the comments have me like. 👀 Maybe I’m wrong though and Omar felt like posting a vacay diary this year. 🤷‍♀️

We will see what comes next. 🍿🥤 Also BTB in the comments. 🤨

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Wheeling Nailers Sign Forward Filip Forsmark

The Wheeling Nailers, proud ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, are excited to announce their 14th player signing of the 2024 offseason. Wheeling has signed forward Filip Forsmark to an ECHL contract. Forsmark, 26, made his professional debut this past spring, when he skated in two games with the Allen Americans. He recorded four shots on goal in those contests and had an even +/-. Prior to that, Filip played four seasons of NCAA hockey at Merrimack College. While with the Warriors, the forward produced 26 goals, 48, assists, and 74 points, and played in 123 of 126 possible games. Forsmark led Merrimack with 13 points in 18 games as a freshman during the abbreviated 2020-21 campaign, then had his best collegiate totals as a sophomore, when he finished with 11 goals, 16 assists, and 27 points. The native of Skovde, Sweden has spent the last seven years in North America, as he first crossed the ocean as a 19-year old in 2017 to begin his junior career with the USHL's Tri-City Storm. Forsmark finished second in scoring for the Storm in 2018-19, as the team finished with the best regular season record in the league and reached the conference final round of the playoffs. A fun personal fact about Filip is that he has two brothers, who both play professionally in Sweden. His older brother Oscar plays for HC Lidköping, while his younger brother Carl plays for Guldsmedshytte SK. Filip Forsmark and the Wheeling Nailers will open the 2024-25 season on the road against the Maine Mariners on Friday, October 18th. The team's home opener is Saturday, November 2nd against the Bloomington Bison at 7:10. Season memberships and other terrific ticket plans for the 2024-25 season are available now by calling (304) 234-GOAL. The Wheeling Nailers, considered one of the top things to do in Wheeling, West Virginia, provide affordable family entertainment for fans throughout the Ohio Valley. Read the full article

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8 Games In 14 Days - Goffstown Hockey

– 8 Games In 14 Days – Goffstown Hockey – – Goffstown at Merrimack – West Side Arena – Manchester, NH – After trudging through a 37-day span where they played only 3 league games, the Goffstown hockey team just finished an often heart-stopping stretch of hockey with 8 games in 14 days. Talk about a balanced schedule.     Continue reading 8 Games In 14 Days – Goffstown Hockey

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Lincoln-Sudbury beats the clock, holds off Billerica/Chelmsford girls’ hockey in a Merrimack Valley/Dual County Large win

http://dlvr.it/T0KCkt

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New Merrimack Warriors Hockey Crocs Clogs - BiShop from Tagotee.net 🔥 See more: here

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2023 NHL Draft Results: Picks 201-224

201st overall, Detroit: Emmitt Finnie (Kamloops Blazers/Lethbridge, Alberta) 202nd overall, St. Louis: Nikita Susuyev (Khimik Voskresensk/Moscow, Russia) 203rd overall, San José: Yegor Rimashevsky (M.H.K. Dynamo Moscow/Zhlobin, Belarus) 204th overall, Ottawa: Owen Beckner (Salmon Arm Silverbacks/Victoria, British Columbia) 205th overall, Buffalo: Norwin Panocha (Eisbären Berlin/Bayreuth, Germany) 206th overall, Washington: Antoine Keller (Genève-Servette C.D.H. U20/Dijon, France) 207th overall, Ottawa: Vladimir Nikitin (X.K. Barys A20/Astana, Kazakhstan) 208th overall, Calgary: Axel Hurtig (Rögle Bandyklubb/Gundal Och Högås, Sweden) 209th overall, New York Islanders: Dennis Good-Bogg (Allmänna Idrottsklubben Ishockeyförening J20/Stockholm, Sweden) 210th overall, Winnipeg: Connor Levis (Kamloops Blazers/Vancouver, British Columbia) 211th overall, Tampa Bay: Ethan Hay (Flint Firebirds/Waterloo, Ontario) 212th overall, Seattle: Zaccharya Wisdom (Cedar Rapids RoughRiders/Toronto, Ontario) 213th overall, Minnesota: Jimmy Clark (Green Bay Gamblers/Edina, Minnesota) 214th overall, Boston: Casper Nässén (Västerås I.K. J20/Norrtälje Stad, Sweden) 215th overall, Ottawa: Nick VanTassell (Green Bay Gamblers/Bernards Township, New Jersey) 216th overall, Edmonton: Matt Copponi (Merrimack College Warriors/Mansfield, Massachusetts) 217th overall, Pittsburgh: Emil Järventie (Ilves/Tampere, Finland) 218th overall, Nashville: Aiden Fink (Brooks Bandits/Calgary, Alberta) 219th overall, Colorado: Maroš Jedlička (H.K.M. Zvolen/Trnava, Slovakia) 220th overall, Boston: Kristian Kostadinski (Frölunda Hockeyklubb J20/Göteborg, Sweden) 221st overall, Dallas: Sebastian Bradshaw (Elite Hockey Academy U18/Clarington, Ontario) 222nd overall, Carolina: Yegor Velmakin (Buran Voronezh/Moscow, Russia) 223rd overall, Pittsburgh: Kalle Kangas (Helsingin Jokerit A20/Vantaa, Finland) 224th overall, Columbus: Tyler Peddle (Drummondville Voltigeurs/Antigonish, Nova Scotia)

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Around Hockey East: BC wins Battle of Comm. Ave, Merrimack continues to surge

Around Hockey East: BC wins Battle of Comm. Ave, Merrimack continues to surge

12.2.22 MHOC vs. Merrimack by Benjamin Roy On Friday night, the UConn Mens Hockey team suffered their first home regulation loss of the season as they fell to the Merrimack Warriors 7-3. Following this loss, the team falls to 11-4-3 on the season. The last weekend before winter break featured a lot of big Hockey East conference matchups including one of the best rivalries in college hockey:…

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Simon Loof by by Camilla Naumburg

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NCAA DI Commitments - September 3rd

University of Maine (HE) 2020-21 Brayden Sinclair, D || Maryland Black Bears (NAHL)

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Merrimack College (ECAC) 2022-23 Zach Bookman, D || Rochester Coalition 18U (Midget)

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Northeastern University (HE) 2022-23 Vinny Borgesi, D || Selects Hockey Academy 15U (Midget)

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[kmartography]

i present to you, my favorite video of all time. the Merrimack vs. maine opening round. number 23 (the objective best man on the team) gets into an awkward situation and literally NONE of the guys know what’s going on