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Opening Shift: UNH and Merrimack trending up, other NCAA takeaways

By Joshua KumminsJanuary 17, 2022

Colton Huard
UNH freshman defenseman Colton Huard has lit the lamp in his last three games. (Photo by China Wong/UNH Athletics)

The climb up the Hockey East standings starts with a big weekend.

For New Hampshire and Merrimack, what better way to begin an upward trend than with a sweep? Both teams had opened 2022 on winning notes in non-conference play before carrying the positive results into their first league games of the calendar year, sweeping nationally-ranked Boston College and Providence teams, respectively.

The ninth-place Wildcats have played more games than the two teams above them in the race, but their 15 points are just four shy of fourth after this past weekend’s 3-2 and 5-2 triumphs over BC. Merrimack and UConn sit three points above, tied for seventh.

Tags: Atlantic Hockey, College, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, Merrimack, New Hampshire, Opening Shift

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