UNH Plays Home-And-Home Series with Merrimack

WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
NEW HAMPSHIRE (7-7-2, 5-6-1 Hockey East) vs. MERRIMACK (4-12-2, 1-10-2 Hockey East)
Friday, Dec. 6 – 6 P.M. – Lawler Rink - North Andover, Mass.– CBS College Sports

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Saturday, Dec. 7 – 3 P.M. – Whittemore Center Arena – Durham, N.H. – CBS College Sports

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DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team faces its final weekend series of 2019, as the Wildcats travel to Merrimack College to face the Warriors on Friday evening, December 6 at 6 P.M. The two teams face off the following Saturday, December 7 at the Whittemore Center, with puck drop slated for 3 P.M.

For tickets to the home game on Saturday, November 7 at 3 P.M. or any other UNH home game, visit UNHWildcats.com/tickets or call (603)862-4000.

UNH and Merrimack face off for the first time in the 2019-20 season. New Hampshire is coming off a bye week, after taking down then-#9 Harvard on November 22, 3-1. Merrimack played one game on Thanksgiving weekend, a 1-0 loss to Holy Cross as the two teams wrapped up their season series.

LAST TIME OUT

The Wildcats had Thanksgiving weekend off after taking a break from Hockey East action, facing off with #9 Harvard in Cambridge.
UNH got out to an early lead after a first period goal by Taylor Wenczkowski (Rochester, N.H.) on a delayed penalty gave the 'Cats the advantage going into the first intermission.
New Hampshire extended its lead 8:28 into the second on a two-on-two freshman rush of Tamara Thiérus (Saint-Jérôme, Quebec) and Annie Berry (Milton, Mass.). Thiérus brought the puck up ice into the neutral zone and sent it to Berry on the left, who gave it right back to Thiérus who ripped a back-hander that bounced through the pads of the Harvard netminder.
The goal by Thiérus would end up being the eventual game-winner as Harvard cut the UNH lead back to one with a goal 15 minutes into the second period; with the Wildcats on a power play, the Crimson got a turnover and a short-handed goal.
UNH added insurance just 45 seconds into the final frame. A save from goaltender Ava Boutilier (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) bounced off the boards up-ice to Grace Middleton (Midland, Mich.) who skated into the offensive zone with teammates beside her. She passed on the pass and took a shot that bounced off the stick of a defender and through the goaltender's pads for the 3-1 lead.
Boutilier finished the afternoon tying her career-high in 45 saves, and adding in her first career assist on the goal.

DOWN BUT NOT OUT
The Wildcats have faced 72 opponent power play opportunities, allowing only six goals; that's good for a .917 penalty kill percentage, ranked #7 in the country.

ABOUT MERRIMACK

The Warriors (North Andover, Mass.) come into the weekend off a loss to Holy Cross on Sunday; they are 4-12-2 on the season, 4-7-1 at home and 0-5-1 on the road.
Merrimack is 1-4-0 in its last five contests and 1-10-2 in conference play so far this season.
The all-time series is brief with only 12 all-time meetings between the two programs. New Hampshire leads the all-time series 8-3-1, with a 4-1-1 record playing at the Whittemore Center and a 4-2-0 record at Lawler Rink.
The Warriors are efficient on the power play with 27.7% efficiency, with 17 goals on 75 chances.

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