Merrimack to field D-I women’s team starting with 2015-16 season

Merrimack announced Thursday that the women’s program’s first varsity season in Hockey East will begin with the 2015-16 season. Erin Hamlen will be the Warriors’ first head coach. “We are excited to bring a quality women’s hockey program to Hockey East,” said Merrimack president Christopher E. Hopey, Ph.D., in a statement. “This varsity program will … Read more

Gibson leaves Harvard for Merrimack AD post

Jeremy Gibson, former senior associate athletic director at Harvard, is the new director of athletics at Merrimack and will begin in his new position July 1. At Harvard, Gibson had oversight of many varsity programs, including men’s and women’s hockey.

Hockey East hands one-game suspensions to Merrimack’s Bigos, BC’s Silk

Hockey East announced Wednesday a pair of one-game suspensions to Merrimack senior defenseman Kyle Bigos and Boston College freshman forward Brendan Silk. Bigos received his second game misconduct on March 4 against Massachusetts-Lowell and then a third in the form of league supplemental discipline. He is eligible to return to the Warriors’ lineup on Saturday, … Read more

Massachusetts-Northeastern game for Feb. 8 postponed to Feb. 19

Massachusetts’ home game scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Mullins Center against Northeastern has been postponed due to the impending snow storm. The game will now be played on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. The Minutemen’s road game at Merrimack on Saturday, Feb. 9 is still slated to be played … Read more

11 nominees unveiled for 2013 Hockey Humanitarian Award

Two repeat nominees are among the 11 college hockey players up for the 18th annual Hockey Humanitarian Award. St. Anselm’s J. Tucker Mullin and Alaska’s Kaare Odegard, both seniors, have been nominated again for the award, which recognizes college hockey’s top citizen. The full list of nominees: Jason Beattie, Niagara senior Brett Beebe, Western Michigan … Read more

Report: Merrimack to add new women’s program?

According to a story published in the Eagle Tribune, an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education will see Merrimack add six new women’s athletic teams after a Title IX probe found that the college’s number of male athletes significantly outnumber its female athletes. Of the six sports to be added, the college has already … Read more

Following investigation, Hofmann resigns as Merrimack athletic director

Glenn Hofmann has resigned as Merrimack athletic director, a school source said Tuesday, eight weeks after being put on paid leave. Also Tuesday, interim athletic director Dean O’Keefe promoted men’s hockey coach Mark Dennehy and women’s basketball coach Monique LeBlanc to associate athletic director positions. Both will keep their coaching responsibilities. Hofmann was on paid … Read more