No. 2 Boston College Men’s Hockey vs Merrimack: Lines, TV Info, Intermission Updates
The No. 2 Boston College Eagles (12-3-1, 6-2-1 HE) men’s hockey team returns to action on Friday night as it hosts the Merrimack Warriors (7-10-1, 3-5-1) to start a home-and-home series.
The contest will be the first time in a month that Boston College has taken the ice. The team’s last game was on Dec. 9 which resulted in a 3-2 victory over UMass Lowell to end the first semester.
The Warriors had a holiday break for nearly three weeks, however have already played two games in the New Year, a 5-2 win over Army on Jan. 3 and a 2-1 win over Dartmouth on Jan. 5.
In the first half of the season, Boston College recorded series sweeps over No. 10 St. Cloud State and No. 7 Maine, splits with No. 1 Michigan State and Northeastern, stand alone wins over AIC, No. 4 Western Michigan, No. 5 Providence, Dartmouth, and split two stand alone games with UConn. The team also won and tied with No. 8 UMass Lowell to end the first semester.
As for Merrimack, the team has had one series sweep over UConn, series splits against Minnesota State Mankato and Alaska Anchorage, got swept by Maine, has tallied stand alone wins over Northeastern, Army, and Dartmouth, stand alone losses to Stonehill (2), UMass Lowell, Boston University (2), and Harvard as well as tied a single game with New Hampshire.
This will be the 106th and 107th matchup between the two programs. Boston College leads the all-time series 73-25-7.
Broadcast Info
TV- ESPN+
Radio- WEEI 850 AM
Lines
Boston College Lines | ||
|---|---|---|
LW Gabe Perreault | C James Hagens | RW Ryan Leonard |
Oskar Jellvik | Andre Gasseau | Teddy Stiga |
Jake Sondreal | Mike Posma | Will Vote |
Brady Berard | Dean Letourneau | Connor Joyce |
D Michael Hagens | D Eamon Powell | G Jacob Fowler |
Aidan Hreschuk | Aram Minnetian | Jan Korec |
Will Skahan | Lukas Gustafsson | Alex Musielak |
Nolan Joyce |
Intermission Updates
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2nd
- After a goal by Eagles forward Brady Berard to go up 2-0, Merrimack scores three unanswered goals to take the lead at the second intermission.
1st
- Boston College leads Merrimack 1-0 after the opening frame. Forward Oskar Jellvik put the Eagles on the board at the 13:08 mark. The score was assisted by Aram Minnetian and Teddy Stiga.
Pregame
- Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. ET.
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