ORONO - Mike Banwell will play tonight for the University of Maine men's hockey team, after a mistake was made on the official box score from last night's 7-2 loss to No. 1 Boston University. Banwell was given a game misconduct after receiving a spearing penalty halfway through the third period. The penalty was announced as a game disqualification and was recorded on the official score sheet as a game disqualification.

But according to Peter Souris, Hockey East's director of public relations, a spearing penalty no longer results in a game disqualification.

"It was, all along, a game misconduct," Souris said. "It was announced incorrectly and awarded incorrectly, and it was in the box score incorrectly. But that wasn't caught until (Saturday) morning."

A game disqualification results in a one-game automatic suspension in college hockey, but a game misconduct does not.

Still gone for Maine, however, are forward/defenseman Will O'Neill and defenseman Jeff Dimmen, who received game disqualifications last night. O'Neill has centered Maine's third line in the past four games, and will be replaced by David de Kastrozza, who has played in 14 games this season.

Brett Carriere, who centered Maine's fourth line for the past four games, moves back to defense to fill in for Dimmen. Carriere will team with Banwell, while Keif Orsini will play at fourth-line center. Orsini was cleared to play after recovering from a concussion.

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Defenseman Matt Duffy and forward Chris Hahn have been named alternate captains for the Black Bears, effective this weekend. Both have the letter "A" stitched to their sweaters tonight.

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Speaking of sweaters ... Maine is honoring the military tonight by wearing black jerseys with powder blue numbers on the back and black socks.

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Lineups for tonight:
Maine
Forwards
Brian Flynn-Tanner House-Gustav Nyquist
Robby Dee-Chris Hahn-Spencer Abbott
Nick Payson-David de Kastrozza-Lem Randall
Kyle Solomon-Keif Orsini-Jeff Marshall

Defense
Ryan Hegarty-Matt Duffy
Josh Van Dyk-Simon Danis-Pepin
Mike Banwell-Brett Carriere

Goalies
Dave Wilson
Scott Darling
Josh Seeley

Boston University
Forwards
Chris Higgins-Colin Wilson-Jason Lawrence
John McCarthy-Nick Bonino-Brandon Yip
Andrew Glass-Chris Connolly-Vinny Saponari
Zach Cohen-Luke Popko-Kevin Gilroy

Defense
Steve Smolinsky-Matt Gilroy
Colby Cohen-Kevin Shattenkirk
David Warsofsky-Eric Gryba

Goalies
Grant Rollheiser
Kieran Millan
Adam Kraus

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