Hockey East semifinals preview: New Hampshire, Providence line charts

During the Hockey East regular season, Providence and New Hampshire split a pair of games that were played at Schneider Arena, with the Wildcats winning the first game 3-2 in overtime, and then the Friars bouncing back for a 4-2 the very next night.

On Friday, the two teams will play a rubber match with the stakes much higher, as the winner of this tilt at TD Garden will advance to play in the Hockey East championship game on Saturday. New Hampshire is also very much a fringe team for the field of 16 for the NCAA tournament, but can do a lot to help their footing with a strong showing this weekend.

Here are your lines for tonight's matchup:

New Hampshire

Nick Sorkin — Kevin Goumas — Matt Willows

Dalton Speelman — Grayson Downing — Tyler Kelleher

Casey Thrush — Kyle Smith — Jeff Silengo

Dan Correale — Max Gaudreault — Jay Camper

Eric Knodel — Brett Pesce

Matt Cleland — Dylan Maller

Harry Quast — Justin Agosta

Casey DeSmith

Providence

Stefan Demopoulos — Mark Jankoswki — Trevor Mingoia

Nick Saracino — Ross Mauermann — Shane Luke

Brandon Tanev — Noel Acciari — Derek Army

Steven McParland — Kevin Rooney — Drew Brown

Kyle McKenzie — Steven Shamanski

John Gilmour — Kevin Hart

Tom Parisi — Anthony Florentino

Jon Gillies

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