Wakefield, Mass. - Hockey East announced on Wednesday the league's composite television schedule for the current 2011-12 season.
New England college hockey fans will have access to a league-record 80 telecasts involving Hockey East teams in the 28th season of league
play, highlighted by the recently signed national contract with NBC Sports Network and the New England Sports Network (NESN) as the regional
rightsholder, to go along with national coverage on the CBS Sports Network. All games in the three league packages will be broadcast in high
definition (HD) for the first time ever.
The league will also receive valuable regional and local exposure in New England on Cox Sports in Providence, WABI-TV in Bangor, Maine, the CW
in Portland, Maine, WBIN-TV in Derry, N.H., which reaches in Boston, WCAX-TV in Burlington, Vt and CBS Now in the Western Massachusetts.
The Hockey East Association is a 10-team Division I college men's hockey conference founded in 1984 and an eight-team Division I women's
league which began play in 2002-03. The men's league has won seven NCAA championships in the past 19 years. Since 1999, Hockey East has
won five NCAA Championships and have placed 18 teams in the Frozen Four, along with 45 teams in the NCAA Tournament.
| 2011-2012 HOCKEY EAST COMPOSITE TV
SCHEDULE |
| Date |
Game |
TV |
Time |
| Oct.
7 |
Merrimack at Maine |
WABI, TheCW |
7:00 |
| Oct. 7 |
Boston College vs. Michigan State |
FSSN, FCS |
5:00 |
| Oct.
8 |
Boston College vs. North Dakota |
FSSN, FCS |
8:30 |
| Oct. 14 |
Boston University at Providence |
NESN |
7:00 |
| Oct. 14 |
Denver at Boston College |
CBSCS |
7:30 |
| Oct.
14 |
Bentley at Massachusetts |
CBS3 |
7:00 |
| Oct.
14 |
Maine at North Dakota |
FSSN, FCS |
8:30 |
| Oct. 15 |
Maine at North Dakota |
FSSN, FCS |
8:00 |
| Oct. 21 |
Minnesota Duluth at Providence |
Cox |
7:00 |
| Oct. 21 |
Vermont at Minnesota |
NESN,FSN |
7:00 |
| Oct. 21 |
New Hampshire at St. Cloud State |
Charter Cable |
8:30 |
| Oct. 22 |
New Hampshire at St. Cloud State |
Charter Cable |
8:00 |
| Oct. 23 |
Vermont at Minnesota |
NESN,FSN |
2:00 |
| Oct. 28 |
Boston University at Massachusetts |
NESN |
7:00 |
| Oct. 28 |
Providence at Maine |
WABI,TheCW |
7:00 |
| Oct. 29 |
Providence at Maine |
WABI,TheCW |
7:00 |
| Oct. 29 |
Merrimack at Vermont |
WCAX |
7:00 |
| Nov. 5 |
Vermont at Providence |
Cox |
7:00 |
| Nov. 5 |
Boston College at Massachusetts |
CBS3 |
7:00 |
| Nov. 11 |
UMass Lowell at Maine |
WABI,TheCW |
7:00 |
| Nov. 12 |
Northeastern at Massachusetts |
CBS3 |
7:00 |
| Nov. 12 |
New Hampshire at Vermont |
WCAX |
7:00 |
| Nov. 13 |
Boston University at Boston College |
CBSCS |
4:00 |
| Nov.
18 |
UMass Lowell at New Hampshire |
WBIN |
7:00 |
| Nov.
18 |
Vermont at Boston University |
NESN |
7:00 |
| Nov. 18 |
Boston College at Notre Dame |
CBSCS |
7:30 |
| Nov. 22 |
Massachusetts at Vermont |
WCAX |
7:00 |
| Nov. 25 |
Maine at New Hampshire (women) |
WBIN |
7:00 |
| Nov.
26 |
Massachusetts at Quinnipiac |
NESN |
3:30 |
| Dec. 2 |
Harvard at Massachusetts |
CBS3 |
7:00 |
| Dec. 2 |
Merrimack at Providence |
Cox |
7:00 |
| Dec. 2 |
Boston University at Boston College |
CBSCS |
7:30 |
| Dec. 3 |
Maine at Vermont |
WCAX |
7:00 |
| Dec. 3 |
Boston University at Providence (women) |
Cox |
7:00 |
| Dec. 7 |
Yale at Massachusetts |
CBS3 |
7:00 |
| Dec. 8 |
Boston University at New Hampshire |
WBIN |
7:00 |
| Dec. 10 |
Boston University at Maine |
CBSCS |
7:30 |
| Dec. 17 |
Union at Merrimack |
WBIN |
4:00 |
| Dec. 17 |
St. Lawrence at Vermont |
WCAX |
7:00 |
| Dec. 29 |
Lake Superior at Vermont |
WCAX |
7:00 |
| Dec. 30 |
Ferris State at Vermont |
WCAX |
7:00 |
| Dec. 30 |
Boston College vs. MSU/MTU
Potential GLI Championship Game |
FCS |
7:30 |
| Dec. 31 |
Boston University at Notre Dame |
NBCSN |
7:00 |
| Jan. 7 |
Vermont vs. Massachusetts
at Fenway Park |
NESN |
4:00 |
| Jan. 7 |
New Hampshire vs. Maine
at Fenway Park |
NESN |
7:30 |
| Jan. 11 |
New Hampshire at Providence |
Cox |
7:00 |
| Jan. 13 |
Boston University at Northeastern |
NESN |
7:30 |
| Jan. 13 |
Connecticut at New Hampshire (women) |
WBIN |
7:00 |
| Jan. 14 |
Maine at Merrimack |
WBIN |
7:00 |
| Jan. 20 |
Providence at Boston University |
NESN |
7:30 |
| Jan. 21 |
Bosdton College at Maine |
NESN |
4:00 |
| Jan. 21 |
Merrimack at New Hampshire |
WBIN |
7:00 |
| Jan. 24 |
UMass Lowell at Providence |
Cox |
7:00 |
| Jan. 27 |
New Hampshire at Boston College |
NESN |
7:30 |
| Jan. 28 |
Boston College at New Hampshire |
WBIN |
7:00 |
| Jan. 28 |
Maine at Boston University |
CBSCS |
7:30 |
| Jan. 29 |
Providence at Merrimack |
WBIN |
4:00 |
| Feb. 3 |
Providence at New Hampshire |
CBSCS |
7:30 |
| Feb. 4 |
Vermont at UMass Lowell |
NESN |
7:00 |
| Feb. 6 |
Harvard vs. Boston University
Beanpot |
NESN |
5:00 |
| Feb. 6 |
Northeastern vs. Boston College
Beanpot |
NESN |
8:00 |
| Feb. 10 |
Boston College at Vermont |
NBCSN |
7:30 |
| Feb. 10 |
Maine at Providence |
Cox |
7:00 |
| Feb. 10 |
Northeastern at New Hampshire |
WBIN |
7:00 |
| Feb. 11 |
New Hampshire at Merrimack |
NESN |
7:00 |
| Feb. 11 |
Boston Universiy at Vermont (women) |
WCAX |
7:00 |
| Feb. 13 |
Beanpot Championship Game |
NESN |
7:30 |
| Feb. 17 |
Massachusetts at Maine |
WABI, TheCW |
7:00 |
| Feb. 17 |
Vermont at New Hampshire |
WBIN |
7:00 |
| Feb. 18 |
Flex Game TBD |
NESN |
7:30 |
| Feb. 24 |
Boston University at Vermont |
NBCSN |
7:30 |
| Feb. 25 |
Flex Game TBD |
NESN |
3:30 |
| Mar. 2 |
Vermont at Boston College |
CBSCS |
7:30 |
| Mar. 3 |
Flex Game TBD |
NESN |
4:00 |
| Mar. 3 |
Vermont at Boston College |
CBSCS |
7:00 |
| Mar. 4 |
WHEA Championship Game
Delayed Broadcast |
NESN |
4:00 |
| Mar. 9 |
Hockey East Quarterfinal Game |
NBCSN |
7:30 |
| Mar. 10 |
Hockey East Quarterfinal Game |
NESN |
4:00 |
| Mar. 16 |
Hockey East Semifinal Game #1 |
NESN/NBCSN |
5:00 |
| Mar. 16 |
Hockey East Semifinal Game #2 |
NESN/NBCSN |
8:00 |
| Mar. 17 |
Hockey East Championship Game |
NESN/NBCSN |
8:00 |
