Ed. Note — The following column will run in Wednesday’s edition of The Eagle Tribune The feeling was undeniable on Saturday night. North Andover, Mass. had become a college hockey town. Just shy of 3,100 fans packed Merrimack's Lawler Arena. The building only seats about 2,900. They were there to see one of the top college hockey teams in the nation. That's right, I said it. The Merrimack College Warriors are one of the top college hockey teams in the country.