The Clicker Goes Back to School

We're headed to Madison tonight. At least, the Big Screen in the Lounge will be our window to the world of college hockey, as North Dakota faces Wisconsin tonight at 8 pm (Eastern) on Fox College Sports Central. (On YouTube is any number of entries featuring footage of the gentlemanly art of airing of grievances: Badger-Sioux style.)

Here at the Lounge, in addition to the local New York sports channels, the NHL Network and the NHL Center Ice package, gets Versus for a full-metal jacket of NHL. The Lounge also gets Fox College Sports (Pacific, Central and Atlantic channels), CBS College Sports and ESPNU, all of which means college hockey and some high school games from Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Tonight, the pick to click is the match with two Top-15 programs, both from the far superior Western Collegiate Hockey Association. (You must remember, I grew up in Denver Pioneer country, so the WCHA is THE league to me.) There's a lot of history and a lot of issues between the two programs. There will be contact tonight. Guaranteed.

The modestly sized HD monitor will draw the Colorado Avalanche/Columbus Blue Jackets game (7 pm Eastern, Center Ice). Calgary Flames/Phoenix Coyotes (9 pm Eastern, Center Ice) will be joined in progress on the Big Screen.

Dallas Stars at Anaheim Ducks (10 pm Eastern, Center Ice) gets the modestly sized HD monitor. The rest of the NHL gets live look-ins.