Merrimack and UMass will play a home-and-home series this weekend.

The two-game set begins tonight at Lawler Arena (7 p.m.) and will finish tomorrow night at the Mullins Center in Amherst (7 p.m.). UMass is the defending Hockey East and defending national champions.

We have the tale of the tape, as well as the keys to the series for Merrimack, plus game notes.