Wildcats Fall to Merrimack

Saturday, February 20

North Andover, Mass.

4:00 PM

University of New Hampshire

5-13-3, 5-13-3HEA

Merrimack

4-10-2, 4-10-2HEA

New Hampshire

Merrimack

Ryan Verrier scored his second goal of the season.

2/20/2021 7:54:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Engarås and Verrier each score a goal for the Wildcats.

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Six different Warriors scored a goal as the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team fell to Merrimack, 6-2 at Lawler Rink on Saturday afternoon. Junior forward Filip Engarås (Stockholm, Sweden) and junior defenseman Ryan Verrier (Reading, Mass.) both posted goals for the Wildcats.

The Wildcats fall to 5-13-3 (5-13-3 HE), while the Warriors improve to 4-10-2 (4-10-2 HE).

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Score: Merrimack 6, New Hampshire 2
Records: UNH (5-13-3, 5-13-3 HE), MC (4-10-2, 4-10-2 HE)
Location: North Andover, Mass. (Lawler Rink)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021

BOXSCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Logan Drevitch wristed the puck to the top right corner of the net on the power play at 11:11 to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead in the first period.
Filip Forsmark batted the puck into the net on the power play at 13:31 of the first to extend the Warrior lead to 2-0.
UNH outshot Merrimack 7-5 in the first period. The Wildcats were 0-3 on the power play as the Warriors went 2-2.
Merrimack's Chase Gresock one-timed the puck to the bottom of the net on the power play at 16:00 to give the Warriors a 3-0 lead in the second period.
Merrimack outshot UNH by a 10-7 margin, while the Wildcats went 0-2 on the power play and the Warriors went 1-1.
Merrimack had a shorthanded odd man rush at 2:04 of the third but were unable to capitalize as Robinson made an outstanding save on Conor Lovett's shot.
Engarås one-timed a shot from senior forward Kohei Sato (Nishitokyo, Japan) at 8:08 of the third to get the 'Cats on the board, making the score 3-1. Junior defenseman Will MacKinnon (Plymouth, Mich.) also notched an assist on the goal.
Just 1:35 later at 9:43, Verrier wristed a shot from the dot to the top right corner of the net to bring the 'Cats within one goal at 3-2. Junior forwards Angus Crookshank (North Vancouver, British Columbia) and Jackson Pierson (Zionsville, Ind.) each posted assists on the goal.
Max Newton slapped the puck into the net at 10:55 giving the Warriors a 4-2 lead.
Merrimack's Liam Walsh buried the puck off his own rebound at 12:51 on the power play to extend the Warrior lead to 5-2.
At 14:11, Ben Brar lifted the puck to find the back of the net for the last goal of the game to give Merrimack a 6-2 advantage.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Senior goalie Mike Robinson (Bedford, N.H.)made 19 saves while recorded 24 to earn the win.
New Hampshire outshot Merrimack, 26-25.
The Wildcats went 0-6 on the power play as the Warriors went 4-4.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

Crookshank extended his point streak to five games. He has five goals and six assists for 11 points during this stretch.

HEALTH CARE WORKERS APPRECIATION:

Thanks to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, the UNH men's and women's hockey programs are able to salute the sports medicine professionals who have helped the Wildcats compete and kept our student-athletes and Seacoast community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic by virtually putting them in the Whittemore Center crowd for the rest of the 2020-21 season as 'Cat Cutouts. Check out the gallery of these community heroes by CLICKING HERE.
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