BENTLEY COMES TO TOWN
This weekend, the Lakers take on a familiar opponent in the Bentley Falcons. In the all-time series against Bentley, the Lakers have a record of 33-15-8, including a current three-game winning streak.

"We've had a good week of practice and I know this will be a challenge for our young team against Bentley," said head coach Rick Gotkin.

Last season, Mercyhurst went 0-3-1 against Bentley during the regular season, but defeated them in a three-game series, 2-1.
 
In Game 1, the Lakers won 1-0 in an exciting battle where Ryan Misiak '15 found the back of the net at 4:46 in overtime. The next da,y Bentley took game two, 5-3, which sent the quarterfinals matchup into a deciding game three. Bentley was up 2-0 late in the third, but Mercyhurst was not ready for their season to end. Forwards Matthew Zay '15 and Chris Bodo '15 scored 14 seconds apart to tie the game at 2-2 before Nardo Nagtzaam scored the game-winning goal with only five seconds remaining in regulation. That goal sent the Lakers to AHA semifinals.
 
This season, Mercyhurst traveled to Bentley in October and swept the series with scores of 3-1 and 3-2. Freshman Taylor Best recorded three goals during that sweep.
 
Mercyhurst is currently on a two-game winning streak in which it swept American International. Bentley is coming off of a win and tie against Sacred Heart University.
 
"I'm confident that if we play as well as we can, we'll have a very good chance," said Gotkin.
 

BARACH ON FIRE
Mercyhurst freshman Derek Barach has won a trio of awards for his brilliant performance during the month of January. He was awarded Mercyhurst Male Athlete of the Week, Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week and Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Month.

During the month of January, Barach recorded four goals and 11 points, which puts him and redshirt-sophomore Jack Riley in the lead for the most points on the team (24).

FRENCH LEADING BENTLEY 
Bentley junior Max French leads Bentley in points with 35 and has recorded points in 4 of his last 5 games.