Last year, Aquino was named to the New England Division I All Star Team after scoring 24 goals and adding 20 assists for 44 points in 36 games to lead Merrimack. He was also named to the All Hockey East Second Team as a sophomore in 2001. He leaves the school with career statistics of 56 goals and 59 assists for 115 points in 110 career games.<\/p>\n
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For Merrimack coach Chris Serino, returning to the bench this season after receiving a clean bill of health in his fight with cancer, the news was not unexpected but still disappointing.<\/p>\n
“We’re disappointed to lose him,” Serino told the Eagle-Tribune<\/i>, “but we’re all behind him 100 percent and wish him well.<\/p>\n
“He’s doing what he wants to do. Obviously, we’re sad to see him go because he’s a big part of our team. But at the same time, we support him completely. When you recruit these kids, you want them to realize their dreams, and for these kids it’s to play in the NHL. That’s what Anthony is trying to do.”<\/p>\n
“I can honestly say my three years at Merrimack was the best three years of my life,” Aquino said. “I owe a lot to Chris Serino, my teammates and the school. On the ice and off the ice, it was a great experience.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Merrimack senior captain Anthony Aquino has decided not to return to the Hockey East school this season. Instead, he will attend the training camp of the Dallas Stars, who drafted him in the third round in 2001. Aquino will attend the camp without a contract and look to either make the club or play with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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