Merrimack Lands Scoring Forward Caden Dabrowski

Merrimack added another piece to its future forward group on Tuesday when 2008-born forward Caden Dabrowski announced his commitment to the Warriors.

The Crystal Lake, Ill., native has been a scoring machine at every stop. Listed at 5-foot-10, 170 pounds, Dabrowski piled up gaudy numbers last season with the Chicago Mission 16U AAA squad, finishing with 86 points (51 goals, 35 assists) in 67 games. His 51 goals and 86 points led the team in both categories.

The Dubuque Fighting Saints saw enough to grab him in the fourth round of the 2025 USHL Entry Draft, giving Dabrowski a Tier I junior option before arriving in North Andover.

With his commitment, Merrimack now has five forwards in its ’08 class — a group that already looks like one of the program’s most promising in recent memory. It continues a trend for the Warriors, who have aggressively targeted high-end scorers early in the recruiting cycle. The Warriors made similar moves with Jack Good (‘06), Luke Goukler ‘06), Gavin Clark (‘08), and Easton Daneault (‘08), just to name a few. That’s a strategy more reminiscent of Hockey East powers like Boston University and Boston College than Merrimack teams of the past.

For clarity’s sake, there’s no relation between Caden and 2007-born Merrimack recruit Matthew Dabrowski.