The XYZ's of Watching College Hockey

I saw this list posted yesterday by Steve LePore on SBNation and I had to pat myself on the back.

There is a boatload of college hockey on TV this season, but only if you have the right cable channels piped into your home.

And rest assured, the Lounge has them all. (But you knew that, didn't you.)

Fox College Sports Channels (3): check.
NBC Sports Network: check.
CBS Sports Network: check.
Big Ten Network: check.
ESPNU: check.

And should either MSG or MSG Plus show ECAC games this season, I have those, too. And if one of those regional games be replayed on the NHL Network, the Lounge will have them as well.

So, either you find your way into the Lounge, or you had better start dialing some numbers to get the full metal jacket of hockey, NCAA style, this season. It's time to see which team will match the excitement of Union College's efforts last season.

Here is LePore's list of national games (All times Eastern) for U.S. college hockey:

Oct. 12
7 pm Notre Dame vs. Maine/Army vs. Nebraska-Omaha (NBCSN)

Oct. 13
7:30 pm Ice Breaker Tournament Championship (NBCSN)

Nov. 9
7:30 pm Boston University vs. Merrimack (FCS)

Nov. 15
7:30 pm Notre Dame vs. Michigan (CBSSN)

Nov. 16
7:30 pm Harvard vs. Cornell (NBCSN)

Nov. 17
9 pm Wisconsin vs. Minnesota (BTN)

Nov. 23
7:30 pm Colgate vs. Merrimack (FCS)

Nov. 30
7:30 p.m. Boston College vs. Boston University (NBCSN)
8 p.m. Vermont vs. Maine (CBSSN)
10 p.m. Wisconsin vs. Denver (NBCSN)

Dec. 1
7:30 p.m. Boston University vs. Boston College (NBCSN)

Dec. 7
7:30 pm Michigan State vs. Notre Dame (NBCSN)
7:30 p.m. Harvard vs. Merrimack (FCS)

Dec. 8
8 pm Maine vs. Boston University (NBCSN)

Dec. 14
7:30 p.m. Western Michigan vs. Michigan (NBCSN)

Jan. 4
7:30 p.m. Colorado College vs. Nebraska-Omaha (NBCSN)
7:30 p.m. Robert Morris vs. Army (CBSSN)

Jan. 5
7:30 pm Merrimack vs. Vermont (CBSSN)

Jan. 11
7:30 pm Union vs. Princeton (NBCSN)
9 pm Alaska-Anchorage vs. Minnesota (BTN)
10 pm Nebraska-Omaha vs. Denver (NBCSN)

Jan. 12
6 pm Army vs. Air Force (CBSSN)

Jan. 18
7:30 pm Harvard vs. Yale (NBCSN)

Jan. 19
7 pm Alaska-Anchorage vs. Notre Dame (CBSSN)

Jan. 25
7:30 pm Yale vs. Cornell (NBCSN)
7:30 pm Ferris State v. Notre Dame (CBSSN)
8 pm Minnesota State vs. Minnesota (BTN)

Feb. 1
7:30 pm Dartmouth vs. Union (NBCSN)

Feb. 8
7:30 pm North Dakota vs. Nebraska-Omaha (NBCSN)
7:30 pm Michigan vs. Notre Dame (CBSSN)

Feb. 10
4 pm Providence vs. New Hampshire (CBSSN)

Feb. 15
7:30 pm Boston University vs. Maine (NBCSN)
7:30 pm Notre Dame vs. Miami (CBSSN)

Feb. 17
4:30 pm Minnesota vs. Wisconsin (at Soldier Field) (BTN)

Feb. 22
7:30 pm Yale vs. Quinnipiac (NBCSN)
7:30 pm Notre Dame vs. Western Michigan (CBSSN)
10 pm North Dakota vs. Denver (NBCSN)

Feb. 23
4 pm New Hampshire vs. Vermont (CBSSN)
8 pm Minnesota-Duluth vs. Minnesota (BTN)

Feb. 24
4 pm Boston College vs. Merrimack (CBSSN)

March 1
7:30 pm Wisconsin vs. Nebraska-Omaha (NBCSN)
7:30 pm Ferris State vs. Michigan (CBSSN)
8 pm Denver vs. Minnesota (BTN)

March 3
4 pm Massachusetts-Lowell vs. Merrimack (CBSSN)

March 8
7:30 pm Maine vs. New Hampshire (NBCSN)
7:30 pm Boston University vs. Northeastern (CBSSN)
7:30 pm Massachusetts vs. Merrimack (FCS)

March 15
7 pm Hockey East quarterfinal (NBCSN)

March 22
4 and 7 pm Hockey East semifinals (NBCSN)

March 23
7 pm Hockey East final (NBCSN)

March 24
9 pm NCAA tournament selection show (ESPNU)