Boston University at Merrimack: Pregame Notes and Line Combinations

Boston University and Merrimack conclude the first semester portion of their schedules this weekend with a home-and-home series that begins Friday evening at Lawler Rink in a game that can be seen nationally on ESPN3 and Fox College Sports and locally on WBIN-TV.

The Terriers own a commanding 81-16-7 record in the all-time series including 27-9-4 in North Andover. Merrimack took three of four points from BU last season, winning 3-2 at Lawler Rink before skating to a 1-1 tie the following night at Agganis Arena.

No. 2/3 Boston University (9-3-1, 6-1-1 HE)

Ahti Oksanen - Jack Eichel - Danny O'Regan
Evan Rodrigues - Cason Hohmann - J.J. Puccinich
Chase Phelps - Matt Lane - Nick Roberto
A.J. Greer - Mike Moran - J.D. Carrabino

Matt Grzelcyk - John MacLeod
Brandon Fortunato - Brandon Hickey
Doyle Somerby - Brien Diffley

Matt O'Connor - Connor LaCouvee - Anthony Moccia

No. 18 Merrimack (10-4-1, 4-3-0 HE)

Brian Christie - Hampus Gustafsson - Ben Bahe
Jace Hennig - Brett Seney - Mathieu Tibbet
Clayton Jardine - Alfred Larsson - Quinn Gould
Kyle Singleton - Vinny Scoti - Chris Leblanc

Jared Kolquist - Dan Kolomatis
Marc Biega - Jonathan Lashyn
Justin Mansfield - Aaron Titcomb

Collin Delia - Rasmus Tirronen - Joe Pantalone

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