1994-95 Merrimack schedule (tentative 4/11/94)
 
Fri Oct 21  at Dalhousie (nc)           TBA
Sat Oct 22  at Dalhousie (nc)           TBA
Fri Oct 28  at Colgate (nc)             7:30
Sun Oct 30     RPI (nc)                 2:00
Fri Nov  4     PROVIDENCE               7:00
Sat Nov  5  at Providence               7:00
Fri Nov 11  at New Hampshire            7:00
Sat Nov 12     NEW HAMPSHIRE            7:00
Tue Nov 15     MASS LOWELL              7:00
Fri Nov 18  at Northeastern             7:00
Sat Nov 19     NORTHEASTERN             7:00
Sat Nov 26     SALEM STATE (nc)         7:00
Fri Dec  2  at Mass Amherst             7:00
Sat Dec  3  at Mass Amherst             7:00
Fri Dec  9     MAINE                    7:00
Sat Dec 10     MAINE                    7:00
Thu Dec 29  at RPI Inv [Troy, NY] (nc)  TBA
               (RPI, Maine, Miami)
Fri Dec 30  at RPI Inv [Troy, NY] (nc)  TBA
Tue Jan  3  at Mass Lowell              7:00
Fri Jan  6  at Army (nc)                7:00
Sun Jan  8     NEW HAMPSHIRE            7:00
Fri Jan 13  at Boston University        7:00
Sun Jan 15     MASS LOWELL              7:00
Fri Jan 20  at Alaska-Fairbanks (nc)    TBA
Sat Jan 21  at Alaska-Fairbanks (nc)    TBA
Fri Jan 27     AIR FORCE (nc)           7:00
Sat Jan 28     AIR FORCE (nc)           7:00
Fri Feb  3  at Northeastern             7:00
Sat Feb  4  at Providence               7:00
Fri Feb 10     MASS AMHERST             7:00
Sun Feb 12  at Maine                    TBA
Fri Feb 17  at Boston College           7:00
Sat Feb 18     BOSTON COLLEGE           7:00
Fri Feb 24     BOSTON UNIVERSITY        7:00
Sat Feb 25  at Boston University        7:00
Fri Mar  3     BOSTON COLLEGE           7:00
Thu Mar  9- Hockey East Quarterfinals   TBA
Sat Mar 11
Fri Mar 17  Hockey East Semifinals [Boston, MA]
Sat Mar 18  Hockey East Cons/Champ [Boston, MA]
 
36 games are listed.  2 are in Alaska, so I guess the pair at
Dalhousie will count in the overall record (I think the foreign tour
exemption was used last year to play in the Ottawa tourney).
 
Nonconference games break down as follows:
ECAC: at Colgate, RPI
INDEP: at Alaska-Fairbanks (2), Army, Air Force (2)
DivIII: Salem State
CANADIAN: at Dalhousie (2)
Unknown: at RPI Inv (vs 2 of Maine, RPI, Miami)
 
Merrimack will visit new HE member Mass Amherst twice this season and
host the Minutemen once.  It is interesting that both road games for
MC will be played on the same weekend - I wonder if other HE teams who
play at UMass twice will be doing the same thing.
 
I have heard that Miami's appearance in the RPI Inv is tentative.
 
I like this schedule.  One example: Merrimack has played pairs of
games against BU and Maine early in the season each of the last three
years.  That effectively put the Warriors in the hole 0-4, and they've
been a team that has played better in the second half than the first.
In 1994-95, Merrimack hosts Maine for the 15th and 16th games of the
season.  They play at BU in the 22nd game and at Maine in the 31st
game.  Finally, they play a home and home with BU as the season's 34th
& 35th games.  So these two opponents that have tormented Merrimack
over the last 5 years won't be met for the most part until the second
half of the season.
 
HE directors are meeting Wednesday, but no word on whether the playoff
format (possibly to be changed with the addition of a ninth team) will
be discussed.
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