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Boston, Mass. -- Northeastern hosts Vermont on Friday night for the first of a two-game series this weekend between the two clubs. In a little bit of an oddity tonight's game will count towards the Hockey East standings while tomorrow's contest will go down as an out-of-conference game. League teams were left scrambling to fill voids in the schedule once Notre Dame joined the conference and Hockey East went from 27 to 20 league games.
Northeastern defeated Vermont, 3-0, last month in Burlington at the Gutterson Fieldhouse despite being outshot, 44-24. Clay Witt was phenomenal and the Huskies capitalized on their chances while the Catamounts whistled some good opportunities just wide.
Both teams come have been stellar since the end of November. The Huskies are 7-1-3 since Nov. 22 while the Catamounts are 8-2-2 in the same stretch. UVM's only two losses are against Northeastern and last weakend at red hot Colgate.
Clay Witt will get the nod between the pipes for Northeastern while Brody Hoffman gets the start for Vermont. Let's check out the line combinations for each team tonight.
VERMONT
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Brendan Bradley |
Chris McCarthy |
Mario Puskarich |
| Tom Forgione | Jonathan Turk |
Pete Massar |
| Connor Brickley | Jake Fallon | Brady Shaw |
| H.T. Lenz | Matt White | Colin Markison |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Rob Hamilton | Michael Paliotta |
| Nick Luukko | Nick Bruneteau |
| Caylen Walls | Yvan Pattyn |
| Goaltenders |
| Brody Hoffman |
| Mike Santaguida |
| Pat Feeley |
NORTHEASTERN
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
|
Kevin Roy |
John Stevens |
Braden Pimm |
| Zach Aston-Reese |
Mike Szmatula |
Torin Snyderman |
| Mike McMurtry |
Dalen Hedges |
Adam Reid |
| Ryan Belonger |
Tanner Pond |
Nathan Ferriero |
| Left Defense | Right Defense |
| Mike Gunn | John Manson |
| Dax Lauwers |
Matt Benning |
| Dustin Darou | Colton Saucerman |
| Goaltenders |
|
Clay Witt |
| Derick Roy |
| Bryan Mountain |
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