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North Andover, Mass. -- Welcome inside Lawler Arena for this midweek clash between the visitors from Boston College and the home-standing Merrimack College Warriors. The two teams are meeting for the first of two regular season matchups tonight.
Despite winning three NCAA Championships since the 2007-08 season, Boston College is just 4-3-1 against Merrimack at Lawler Arena. Four of the eight games have gone to overtime.
BC head coach Jerry York is breaking from his rotation to start freshman Thatcher Demko, the top rated North American goaltender for the 2014 NHL Draft.
Boston College
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Quinn Smith |
Michael Sit | Danny Linell |
| Johnny Gaudreau |
Bill Arnold |
Kevin Hayes |
| Ryan Fitzgerald | Patrick Brown | Austin Cangelosi |
| Chris Calnan | Adam Gilmour | Brendan Silk |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Isaac MacLeod |
Steve Santini |
| Scott Savage |
Michael Matheson |
| Ian McCoshen | Teddy Doherty |
| Goaltenders |
| Thatcher Demko |
| Brian Billett |
Merrimack
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Mike Collins |
Brian Christie | Ben Bahe |
| John Gustafsson | Hampus Gustafsson | Connor Toomey |
| Kyle Singleton | Rhett Bly | Quinn Gould |
| Clayton Jardine |
Vinny Scotti |
Josh Myers |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Craig Wyszomirski | Jordan Heywood |
| Brendan Ellis | Dan Kolomatis |
| Justin Mansfield | Jonathan Lashyn |
| Goaltenders |
| Rasmus Tirronen |
| Sam Marotta |
| Joe Pantalone |
Stats Breakdown
| Merrimack | Boston College | |
| Record | 6-11-3, 1-5-2 HE | 16-4-3, 10-1-1 HE |
| Goals Per Game | 2.00 (11th) | 4.57 (1st) |
| Goals Against Per Game | 2.50 (7th) | 2.39 (6th) |
| Power Play Percentage | 15.2 (9th) | 20.5 (4th) |
| Penalty Kill Percentage | 84.0 (5th) | 90.2 (1st) |
| Leading Goal Scorer | Mike Collins (7) | Johnny Gaudreau (21) |
| Assists Leader | Mike Collins (10) | Hayes/Gaudreau (26) |
| Projected Starting Goalie | Rasmus Tirronen (.923) | Thatcher Demko (.912) |
| NHL Draft Picks | 1 | 10 |
Jeff Cox covers college, junior and high school hockey, NCAA recruiting, NHL Draft prospects and the AHL for SBNation. Follow him on twitter @JeffCoxSBNation.