The Mack Report

Mike and Ian talk about the basketball and hockey playoff matchups. Plus, we have two guests. Up first, Joe Gallo previews the NEC Championship game and then Scott Borek looks ahead to Merrimack's first-round Hockey East game against Northeastern. 1:00 — Mike and Ian talk the basketball and hockey playoff matchups 32:05 — Joe Gallo on Merrimack vs. Wagner in the NEC Championship 40:15 — Scott Bore...

This mini-pod contains audio from Merrimack's press conference that followed Saturday's 6-4 loss to Boston College. Participants included head coach Scott Borek. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.themackreport.com/subscribe

This mini-pod contains audio from Merrimack's press conference that followed Saturday's 61-51 win over Le Moyne in the NEC Semifinals. Participants included head coach Joe Gallo, and freshman Budd Clark. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.themackreport.com/subscribe

This mini-pod contains audio from Merrimack's press conference that followed Wednesday's 72-66 win over Long Island in the NEC Quarterfinals. Participants included head coach Joe Gallo, sophomore Jordan Derkack, and freshman Budd Clark. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.themackreport.com/subscribe

Mike and Ian look ahead to Wednesday's NEC quarterfinal between Merrimack and LIU and also talk about where men's hockey stands ahead of the final regular-season weekend against Boston College. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.themackreport.com/subscribe

Mike and Ian begin this week's show talking about the playoff status for Merrimack men's basketball and men's hockey. Later in the show, Merrimack hockey coach Scott Borek talks about Merrimack's bye week and previews a series against Providence. NOTE: There is about a 6-second portion of the interview with Borek that cut off. In that bit we missed, he said that Matt Copponi, Zachary Borgiel, and...

Mike and Ian break down the playoff picture for Merrimack men's hockey and Merrimack men's basketball. Hockey topics: — Is men's hockey out of the home-ice picture? — The Warriors split a weekend in Vermont. — Hugo Ollas has started three in a row for the Warriors, is he the starter moving forward? — More penalty trouble on Saturday night in a loss at Vermont Basketball topics: — Merrimack has to...

Mike and Ian begin this week's show talking about Merrimack’s split against BU and UNH last weekend, as well as the continued rise of Merrimack men’s basketball in the NEC. Merrimack men’s hockey head coach Scott Borek joins the show to talk about the upcoming weekend against Vermont. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vi...

No Mike this week! Ian takes over and brings you up to date on Merrimack athletics and then sits down with Merrimack men’s basketball coach Joe Gallo. The Warriors are coming off last Saturday’s win over Central Connecticut, which gave them a share of first place in the NEC. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.th...

Mike and Ian begin this week's show talking about Merrimack’s series with Northeastern and where the Warriors go from here. From there they talk about men's basketball's two wins last week and a big home game against Central Connecticut on Saturday. Merrimack head coach Scott Borek joins the show to talk about the upcoming weekend against UMass and UNH. This is a public episode. If you'd like to d...

Mike and Ian begin this week's show talking about the upcoming weekend series for hockey against Northeastern. How big is this weekend? What happened against BC? From there they talk about men's basketball's up-and-down weekend against Wagner and Stonehill. Merrimack alum and assistant coach Chris Ross joins the show to talk about Alumni Day on Saturday and the honoring of Ron Anderson and Richard...

Mike was stuck in Buffalo last week, but Ian helps him through breaking down the Merrimack-UMass weekend, including the Alex Jefferies injury, how the Warriors looked, and who should start in goal this weekend against BC? The boys talk about Merrimack basketball's slip up against Central Connecticut, and football has a few more games (and home games) on the 2024 schedule. Scott Borek joins the sho...

Mike and Ian begin this week’s show with a discussion on Merrimack men’s basketball. * They’ve had a great start to NEC play (2-0) * Are they the favorites to win the NEC? * Where would the Warriors rank in the MAAC? * Where will the Warriors get future size? Recruiting or in the portal? Then they shift to a discussion on men’s hockey. * The special teams have been great since the second half bega...

No guest this week! But that’s ok. Mike and Ian break down Merrimack’s three-game stretch against Brown, Stonehill, and Holy Cross. They look at basketball as the Warriors get set to begin NEC play this week, and sprinkle in some football talk as well, as the 2024 schedule starts to take shape. Our podcast is available on all platforms. You can subscribe by searching “The Mack Report Podcast” in y...

Mike and Ian begin this week's show by talking about the hiring of Mike Gennetti as head football coach. From there, they look at men’s hockey and the loss at Yale from two weeks ago. What needs to get better in the second half for the Warriors? Our podcast is available on all platforms. You can subscribe by searching “The Mack Report Podcast” in your favorite podcast app. You can also download th...

Mike and Ian begin this week's show talking about Merrimack's series at BU last weekend and what's coming up for the Warriors against Yale this weekend. Then they break down an eventful week in men's basketball, including a close loss at Georgetown, a win over UMass Lowell, and the fact that the Warriors led Florida at halftime on Tuesday. Our podcast is available on all platforms. You can subscri...

Joe Gallo joins this special bonus episode this week, talking about Merrimack’s game at Georgetown, some of how the men’s basketball team has progressed in the early season, and looking ahead to Saturday’s game against Lowell at Lawler Arena. Our podcast is available on all platforms. You can subscribe by searching “The Mack Report Podcast” in your favorite podcast app. You can also download the S...

Mike and Ian begin this week's show by talking about Merrimack’s win in the Turkey Leg Classic. They break down the weekend wins over Army and Bentley and look ahead to a big men’s hockey series against BU this weekend. They also talk about men’s basketball’s trip to Samford (this was recorded before the Georgetown game on Wednesday) Scott Borek joins the show to preview Merrimack’s BU series, inc...

Mike and Ian begin this week's show talking about Wednesday's Merrimack-Lowell game and look ahead to the Saturday night finale at the Tsongas Center. Other topics include: * (5:45) What to do with the goaltenders in the future. * (13:05) The environment at Lawler last night. * (18:00) Is 3-on-3 overtime boring? * (23:20) Merrimack men’s basketball’s trip to Ohio State. * (43:45) Finally, Scott Bo...

This week's episode is a big one! We debut a new co-host, the voice of Lawler Arena, Ian Beauchesne. Plus, we have Joe Gallo and Scott Borek on the program. Our conversation with Coach Gallo is a season preview, plus reacting to the Vermont game on Monday. With Coach Borek, we look back at the series against Maine and look ahead to a weekend home-and-home against UConn. Our podcast is available on...

This week, we preview Merrimack’s two-game weekend series against Maine with the head coach of the Warriors, Scott Borek . Our podcast is available on all platforms. You can subscribe by searching “The Mack Report Podcast” in your favorite podcast app. You can also download the Substack App to listen to the show, and read all our content from your mobile device. Want to add our podcast to your fav...

This week, we preview Merrimack’s one-game weekend against Northeastern with the head coach of the Warriors, Scott Borek . Our podcast is available on all platforms. You can subscribe by searching “The Mack Report Podcast” in your favorite podcast app. You can also download the Substack App to listen to the show, and read all our content from your mobile device. Want to add our podcast to your fav...

This week, we preview Merrimack’s weekend against Clarkson and St. Lawrence with the head coach of the Warriors, Scott Borek . Our podcast is available on all platforms. You can subscribe by searching “The Mack Report Podcast” in your favorite podcast app. You can also download the Substack App to listen to the show, and read all our content from your mobile device. Want to add our podcast to your...

This week, we preview Merrimack’s weekend series at Arizona State with the head coach of the Warriors, Scott Borek . Our podcast is available on all platforms. You can subscribe by searching “The Mack Report Podcast” in your favorite podcast app. You can also download the Substack App to listen to the show, and read all of our content from your mobile device. This is a public episode. If you'd lik...

This week we preview the 2023-24 Merrimack men’s hockey season with the head coach of the Warriors, Scott Borek . Our podcast is available on all platforms. You can subscribe by searching “The Mack Report Podcast” in your favorite podcast app. You can also download the Substack App to listen to the show, and read all of our content from your mobile device. This is a public episode. If you'd like t...