Pregame: Merrimack welcomes UNH for Hockey East opener

Merrimack and New Hampshire open their Hockey East schedules tonight at Lawler Arena.

Merrimack is coming off a split with Minnesota State last weekend in Mankato. UNH opened its season last weekend with a 2-1 overtime win over Bentley.

Vann Yuhas will make his NCAA debut tonight on the left side of Luke Weilandt (who moves to center) and David Sacco.

There was more a line shakeup with Ethan Bono moving up to play with Caden Cranston and Harrison Roy, who moved to the wing.

The only line that stay together was Antonio Venuto-Michael Emerson-Michael Citara.

Ryan Keyes will also make his first career start for the Warriors. Spencer Marquis is his backup.

UNH will be without Ryan Conmy, who led the Wildcats in scoring last season.

Details

Puck Drop: 7 p.m. ET
Watch: Midco Sports Plus (w/ Matt Dean)
Watch U.S.: ESPN+ (w/ Mike Machnik and Mike McMahon)
Watch Int’l: International feed
Venue: Lawler Arena (2,549)
Location: North Andover, Mass.

Officials: Walker Holton (R), Geoffrey Miller (R), Derek Arnold (L), Jeff McCorkle (L)

Merrimack’s Lines

F Scratches: Hillier (inj), Hughesman, Pierre, Richard (inj)
D Scratches: King, Wattvil
G Scratches: Wallstrom (inj), Lundgren (sus.)