After falling in the quarters to BU, Mack ends its season with a 16-19-2 record, tying its best mark ever since joining Hockey East. The addition of Stephane Da Costa to the team provided a spark to a team that hadn't seen playoff action in six years.
Mack will be back in the mix of things in Hockey East, and they played like a team possessed this weekend. The series was incredibly tough and physical, and you had to be impressed with the way Merrimack not only stood up to the defending national champs on their rink but how they ran into the playoffs to begin with.
They gave the Terriers all they could handle this weekend, a disappointing end to an otherwise encouraging year for the Warriors.
I'm glad the Terriers don't have to contend with Stephane Da Costa, Chris Barton and Joe Cannata any more. I'm even happier that Eric Gryba won't have to deal with the likes of Kyle Bigos and Ryan Flanigan getting under his skin. I'm not glad we can't make fun of Joe Cucci's name next weekend, but I'm pretty pumped he won't be shooting on Millan.
Now it's time for BU to turn their attention to Hobey Nyquist and the Maine Black Bears, back-up goalies and all. Story lines abound, and we'll get to all of them leading up to Friday night at 8 PM.
2010 TERRIERS ELIMINATION COUNT
Northeastern Huskies -- 3/6/10
Merrimack Warriors -- 3/14/10
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