Pregame: Merrimack at UMass

Merrimack is in Amherst tonight for a 7 p.m. puck drop against the UMass Minutemen. Merrimack will roll out almost an identical lineup to last Friday’s 7-3 win at UConn. The only exceptions are that Trevor Griebel will skate as the extra defenseman. Last Friday, the Warriors went with an extra forward (Tyler Young).

It’s expected that Hugo Ollas will start between the pipes for the Warriors, as Merrimack has been rotating between Ollas and Zachary Borgiel and Borgiel started last Friday’s game.

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Merrimack’s Lines

Forwards

7 Ottoville Leppanen — 21 Matt Copponi — 19 Alex Jefferies
18 Ben Brar — 13 Will Calverley — 28 Filip Forsmark
17 Mac Welsher — 10 Mark Hillier — 9 Ryan Leibold
11 Mick Messner — 16 Tristan Crozier — 12 Jordan Seyfert

Defensemen

27 Adam Arveson — 26 Ivan Zivlak
20 Slava Demin — 2 Christian Felton
4 Mike Brown — 3 Zach Bookman
5 Trevor Griebel

Goaltenders

1 Hugo Ollas
29 Zachary Borgiel
30 Steven Bacovsky