Game Day: BU visits Merrimack--UPDATED

Terriers return to conference action tonight, traveling to Lawlor Arena for a matchup with Merrimack College. Last season BU won two of the three regular-season meetings between the teams. Game time is 7:30 p.m. for contest, which will air locally on WBIN-TV.

The Warriors are led by junior forward Mike Collins, Hockey East’s top scorer with 12 points and a one-time teammate of BU’s Garrett Noonan with both Catholic Memorial High School and the BCHL Vernon Vipers’ 2010 RBC Cup Champions.

Boston Hockey Blog reports that Matt O’Connor will start in goal for BU, that Mike Moran will return to the lineup and that Alexx Privitera will sit out the game due to a team infraction.
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● GoTerriers.com preview, game notes, WWZN Webcast (delayed), Live Stats, Twitter Updates                

● Daily Free Press preview

● WTBU Sports preview

● USCHO Hockey East picks

● Boston Globe feature on Terrier freshmen

● College Hockey News’ The Week Ahead in Hockey East

Coach Jack Parker, commenting on the issue of diving and embellishing, told the Boston Hockey Blog he advocates view review to discourage those practices. USCHO also has addressed the issue with Hockey East officals coordinator Dan Schachte.

Women’s program

Terriers take on New Hampshire tonight in their fourth road game of the season. Game time is 7 p.m.  BU will once again be without co-captain Marie-Philip Poulin who is in Finland with Team Canada, but there’s plenty of firepower left.

●GoTerriers.com preview, game notes, WTBU Webcast, Terrier TV Webcast, Live Stats

● Daily Free Press preview

Poulin (10 points) and freshman Sarah Lefort  (16 points) were named, respectively, Hockey East Co-player of the Month and Rookie of the Month for October.