College Hockey Friday in the Lounge

It's a good night, with Detroit visiting Buffalo as the main early game in the NHL, so I will put that one on my iPhone (7:30 Eastern/NHL Network). The Big Screen in the Lounge is reserved for the college doubleheader on the CBS College Sports channel.

The doubleheader begins at 7:30 with Boston University visiting Boston College. It's not a Beanpot game, but there is an ample serving of hate ready to be served at this event. At 10 pm Eastern on the same channel, the Denver Pioneers visit the Colorado College Tigers.

I may be far, far away from Colorado Springs, but I will be there in spirit for the team of my youth, the mighty Pie-OHs of DU.

If those games don't quite do it for you -- man, tough crowd -- then at 8 pm on Fox College Sports Atlantic, the Minnesota Golden Gophers play host to the Minnesota State Mavericks, who have long outgrown the name Mankato State.

And should you want to see the ladies lace them up, Fox College Sports Central has women with sticks on ice at 8 pm when Minnesota faces North Dakota in Grand Forks.

The medium-size HD monitor will have the Islanders/Blackhawks game (8:30 Eastern, MSG Plus) until the Flyers and Ducks get underway.

The rest of the NHL will get live look-ins on the iPhone and the HD monitor. That's the lineup. My line starts.