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Schmidt named Hockey East Player of the Week

Posted: Monday, December 13, 2004 9:44 pm EST

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-- Junior defenseman and captain Bryan Schmidt (Bloomington, Minn.) was named as the CCM Hockey Player of the Week by Hockey East for the week ending December 12, 2004.

Schmidt scored two goals, including the game winner with 8.6 seconds left in regulation, as Merrimack defeated Princeton, 4-3, last Friday. He added two assists for a four point night with his other goal snapping a 2-2 tie to put the Warriors ahead, 3-2, with just 8.8 seconds remaining in the second period.

Despite being held scoreless the next night in Merrimack's 4-2 win over Princeton, Schmidt was +2 on the night and +5 for the weekend. He now has nine goals, almost twice as many as any other defenseman in NCAA Division I hockey, and nine assists for 18 points. Schmidt is tied for the national lead in points by a defenseman and third in points per game (1.00).

Also honored with a selection to the Hockey East Honor Roll as a runner-up for weekly honors was sophomore goaltender Jim Healey (Holyrood, Newfoundland). Healey stopped 58 of 63 shots on the weekend to help the Warriors to their first weekend sweep of the season.

On the weekend, Schmidt and Healey led Merrimack in killing off 12 of 13 penalties against Princeton, which entered the series with the second ranked power play in Division I. Merrimack's penalty kill moved up from seventh to fourth nationally (88.9%). The Warriors have now lost just one of their last six games (3-1-2).

Merrimack returns to action on Wed. Dec. 22 at Minnesota in the Dodge Holiday Classic. Game time is 7:05 p.m. Central time.

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