Eight former University hockey players may be expected to feature in play on the New Arena ice tonight when the B. A. A. stacks up against the fast St. Nicholas club from New York city. The contest, which will open at 8.15 o'clock, is the first game in the Eastern series of the National Amateur Hockey Association.

For the Boston aggregation Joseph Stubbs '20, Alexander Bright '19, Augustus Doty '16, George Percy '18, J. I. Wylde '17, and T. H. Rice '17, are likely players, while the St. Nicholas six counts among its members two former Crimson captains, Frederick Huntington '12 and J. E. P. Morgan '17.