Merrimack Faculty’s ice hockey group went fairly deep into its bench for a beginning goalie this week.
The Division I hockey program began scholar supervisor Spencer Marquis in opposition to Stonehill on Sunday. Marquis was solely simply set to start his job as a supervisor, as Sunday was imagined to be his first official sport as a part of the tools employees.
However after beginning goalkeeper Max Lundgren was suspended by the NCAA for taking part in one minor professional sport in Sweden earlier than he enrolled, the group ended up with a gaping gap on the place. Backup goalkeeper Nils Wallstrom is coping with damage, whereas third-stringer Ryan Keyes, who was anticipated to get the beginning, abruptly discovered himself coping with an NCAA eligibility situation.
So, out of desperation, Marquis’ companies have been wanted in-net for Merrimack, not within the laundry room.
The senior stepped in and had a whopping 22 saves for Merrimack in his first ever NCAA sport en path to an in depth 3-2 loss.
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The Merrimack Warriors elevate their sticks earlier than a sport in opposition to the Boston College Terriers at Lawler Rink on Dec. 1, 2023, in North Andover, Massachusetts. (Richard T Gagnon/Getty Photos)
“Not the consequence we wished, however it’s a dream come true for me,” he stated. “It has been the craziest 48 hours of my life,” Marquis stated after the sport, by way of the Mack Report. “Each child grows up dreaming of enjoying school hockey. I bought my probability just a little completely different than another individuals, however it was a as soon as in a lifetime alternative.”
Marquis had final performed hockey for Brunswick Excessive Faculty in 2020, and did not even get the prospect to observe with Merrimack for his begin.
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Merrimack was compelled to get inventive throughout their sport. (iStock)
“I am pleased to be part of it,” he stated. “They knew I performed goalie in highschool and so they stated to me that I’d want to decorate as a backup. Then it was that I may need to begin. All of it occurred actually shortly.”
Regardless of the loss, he made a sequence of clutch saves that gave his group an opportunity to win all through regulation. Nonetheless, he gave up the game-tying purpose with simply 8.9 seconds left within the sport, then the game-ender in additional time to Stonehill’s Devlin O’Brien.
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Head coach Scott Borek of the Merrimack Warriors stands behind the bench throughout a sport in opposition to the UMass Lowell River Hawks on the Tsongas Heart on Nov. 18, 2023, in Lowell, Massachusetts. (Richard T Gagnon/Getty Photos)
Nonetheless, Merrimack coach Scott Borek praised the efficiency after the sport.
“Spencer performed nice,” Borek stated. “He gave us an opportunity to win the hockey sport. I am so upset for him. He performed so laborious and got here out of nowhere to do this for us. I really feel horrible for him. He deserved to win the hockey sport, and we weren’t capable of get that carried out for him.”
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