The 2025–26 Merrimack Warriors Men's ice hockey season was the 70th season of play for the program, the 37th at the Division I level, and the 37th in Hockey East. The Warriors represented Merrimack College in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their home games at the J. Thom Lawler Rink and were coached by Scott Borek, in his 8th season.

During the season the Warriors won their first ever Hockey East Tournament championship and made their fourth NCAA DI tournament appearance.

Season The Warriors started off the season 5-10, however they went on to finish the regular season strong going 12-5-2 and finished 10-12-2 in hockey east play.

During the 2026 Hockey East men's tournament the Warriors knocked off UMass Lowell 5-3 in the opening round and then beat the #1 seed Providence College 3-2 in overtime to reach the semifinals at the TD Garden. The Warriors then beat UMass 2-0 in the semifinals to make their third Hockey East championship game appearance. The Warriors would defeat UConn in the championship game 2-1. Winning their first ever hockey east tournament title along with becoming the first ever #8 seed to do so.

Merrimack goalie Max Ludgren was named tournament MVP after having a shutout in the semifinals vs. UMass and making 49 saves on 50 shots in the championship game.

The Warriors were defeated by North Dakota in the opening round of the 2026 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament 3-0.

Departures Zach Bookman Defenseman Transferred to Western Michigan Ethan Bono Forward Transferred to Rensselaer Michael Citara Forward Graduate transfer to Alaska Colby Enns Defenseman Graduation (signed with Iowa Heartlanders) Trevor Griebel Defenseman/Forward Transferred to Long Island Jordan Hughesman Forward Left program (retired) Josef Myšák Defenseman Graduation (signed with HC Energie Karlovy Vary) Harrison Roy Forward Graduation (signed with Deggendorfer SC) David Sacco Forward Transferred to Vermont Antonio Venuto Forward Graduation (signed with Kalamazoo Wings) Hunter Wallace Forward Transferred to Niagara Max Wattvil Defenseman Transferred to Robert Morris Tyler Young Forward Transferred to North Dakota Ivan Zivlak Defenseman Graduation (signed with IF Troja-Ljungby)

Recruiting Daniel Astapovich Forward 20 Birmingham, MI Trent Ballentyne Defenseman 21 London, ON Riley Bassen Forward 20 Frisco, TX Ethan Beyer Defenseman 21 Philadelphia, PA Matthew Campbell Defenseman 22 North Vancouver, BC; transfer from Michigan Tech Nolan Flamand Forward 21 Saskatoon, SK Joey Henneberry Forward 20 Halifax, NS Trevor Hoskin Forward 21 Belleville, ON; transfer from Niagara; selected 106th overall in 2024 Parker Lalonde Forward 21 Aberdeen, SK Hunter Mayo Defenseman 21 Martensville, SK Filip Nordberg Defenseman 21 Stockholm, SWE; selected 64th overall in 2022 Austin Oravetz Defenseman 22 Canonsburg, PA; transfer from Michigan State Ben Yurchuk Forward 20 Montréal, QC

Roster As of September 13, 2025.

Standings

Schedule and results

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Rankings

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