Merrimack Valley (Penacook, NH)       previews home


GENERAL
Nickname: Pride
Colors: Blue/White
Coach: Sean O'Brien
League: Division II - North (moving from Division II - East)
Playoff Division: II
Playoff Division Rank: #15

RATINGS
2015 Final Power Rating: -5
2015 National Rank: #9111
2015 State Rank: #36
Roster-Based (Players Back/Lost) Rough Rating Adjustment: +0.3
Reg Season Schedule Strength Downward Rating Adjustment: -1.1
2016 Starting Power Rating: -4.7
2016 National Rank: #8935
2016 State Rank: #42
Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2015 Rating): -5.2
Dynasty National Rank: #9835
2016 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: better by 0.5
Dynasty Record: 44-73 (36-63 in league)

HISTORICAL
2015 Overall Record: 3-5
2015 League Record/Finish: 3-1 (2nd)
2015 Points For Average: 26.3
2015 Points Against Average: 31.8
2015 Differential: -5.5
2015 Wins: #10611 Kingswood (Wolfeboro) (49-20), #12189 Pembroke (20-6), #13659 Manchester West (Manchester) (43-6)
2015 Losses: #980 Aquinas [St. Thomas] (Dover) (48-14), #3843 Kennett [A. Crosby] (Conway) (54-24), #5208 Kearsarge (North Sutton) (46-26), #5281 Plymouth (35-20), #7002 Laconia (39-14)
2015 Opponents W-L: 38-35
Winning Streak Entering 2016 Season: none

SCHEDULE
2016 Schedule: 9/2 Lebanon, 9/9 at Hanover, 9/16 Kennett [A. Crosby] (Conway), 9/24 at Hollis-Brookline (Hollis), 10/1 at Plymouth, 10/7 Kingswood (Wolfeboro), 10/15 at Bow, 10/21 Belmont-Gilford (Belmont), 10/28 Pembroke
Highest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Kennett [A. Crosby] (Conway) (17.2), Lebanon (16.8), Plymouth (12.9)
Lowest-Rated 2016 Regular Season Opponents: Pembroke (-22), Kingswood (Wolfeboro) (-9.3), Hollis-Brookline (Hollis) (-2.9)
2015 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 1.6
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 2.6
2016 vs. 2015 Schedule Strength Comparison: +1
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #28
2016 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #7044
2016 Projected Regular Season Record: 3-6
2016 Projected League Finish: 8th
2016 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%



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