#9/10 Terriers take on Merrimack tonight at
Agganis Arena with puck drop set for 7:30 p.m. BU dropped a 4-3 decision to the
Warriors earlier in the season and will be looking to avoid a repeat and to
gain an important two points in the Hockey East race.
The game, which will be streamed on TerrierTV
(subscription), marks BU’s Annual Autism Awareness Night, highlighted by a silentauction for the Autism Speaks jersey wornby Jack Eichel during last season's Autism Awareness game. BU hockey has
supported Autism
Speaks through numerous activities since 2004 and its players wear the
Autism Speaks logo on their jerseys.
After a strong start to the season, Merrimack
has struggled in recent weeks, losing the last nine straight and winning just
once in the last 14 games. Their offense is led by seniors Brian Christie (18
points) and Ben Bahe (15) and junior Hampus Gustafsson (15), while Collin Delia
has handled most of the netminding duties.
Since second semester began, BU has enjoyed its best scoring balance of
the season from its forwards. First liners Danny O’Regan and Jakob
Forsbacka Karlsson have 28 and 22 points respectively, while Matt Lane (photo) and Ahti
Oksanen have powered the line with 13 goals apiece. Third line center Bobo
Carpenter, who has five goals in his last eight games and linemate Robbie
Baillargeon now are in double figures with 10 points each.
The Daily Free Press tweeted that newcomer
Oskar Andrén, who scored his first points as a Terrier last Saturday against
Maine, will join JFK and O’Regan on the top line tonight. Senior Sean Maguire is expected to make his eighth consecutive start in goal.
Tonight's BU line-up.
Andrén -JFK-O'Regan
Oksanen-Lane-Greenway
Cloonan -Carpenter-Baillargeon
Phelps-Moran-Kelley
Grzelcyk-McAvoy
Hickey-Fortunato
Somerby-Diffley
Maguire
Oksanen-Lane-Greenway
Cloonan -Carpenter-Baillargeon
Phelps-Moran-Kelley
Grzelcyk-McAvoy
Hickey-Fortunato
Somerby-Diffley
Maguire
► Tonight BU will honor Jim Prior for
his 30 seasons as game announcer at Walter Brown Arena and now at Agganis
Arena.
● GoTerriers.com preview,
Game
Notes, GameTracker,
TerrierTV,
Terrier Sports Radio Network Webcast,
@BUGameDay
● Boston Hockey Blog live in-game blog
● Daily Free Press preview
● WTBU Sports game preview
podcast
● College Hockey News Tale
of the Tape
● USCHO: Hockey
East Picks and Predictions
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