NBC has long been known as the home of Notre Dame football. NBC and their NBC Sports Network have also become known as the home for hockey. Starting tonight, you'll see sort of marriage of those two well known NBC-related brands.

In a move that was announced years ago but never gone into detail upon, NBCSN will become the home of Notre Dame hockey, in much the same way as NBC is the home of the Fighting Irish football team. Over the next three season, NBCSN will air 12 Notre Dame home games. In an interesting addition to the deal, eight other Fighting Irish home games will air exclusively on the NBC Sports Live Extra app. It joins select EPL matches as part of the programming NBC has built up solely for their streaming app.

NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra, overall, will broadcast about 30 college hockey games this season. Between NBCSN, CBSSN, BTN and a little help from ESPN and Fox affiliated networks, the sport is really beginning to come into its own. However, I must express a little annoyance that the conference who produced both participants in college hockey's national championship game, the ECAC, are largely left untelevised.

2013-14 NBC Sports College Hockey Schedule

Date/Time Game Network
Oct. 11, 8 p.m. ET Western Michigan vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. ET Michigan Tech vs. Notre Dame NBC Sports Live Extra
Oct. 25, 8 p.m. ET UMass vs. Maine NBCSN
Nov. 1, 8 p.m. ET Northeastern vs. Boston College NBCSN
Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. ET Minnesota vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Nov. 9, 7 p.m. ET Minnesota vs. Notre Dame NBC Sports Live Extra
Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m. ET Merrimack vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Nov. 16, 7 p.m. ET Merrimack vs. Notre Dame NBC Sports Live Extra
Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m. ET North Dakota vs. Boston University NBCSN
Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m. ET Alabama-Huntsville vs. Notre Dame NBC Sports Live Extra
Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m. ET Shillelagh Tournament Final NBC Sports Live Extra
Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. ET UMass vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Dec. 7, 6:30 p.m. ET UMass vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. ET Colorado College vs. Wisconsin NBCSN
Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m. ET Alabama-Huntsville vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Jan. 11, 7 p.m. ET Alabama-Huntsville vs. Notre Dame NBC Sports Live Extra
Jan. 11, 8 p.m. ET Yale vs. Harvard NBCSN
Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. ET Lake Superior State vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Jan. 18, 6:30 p.m. ET Penn State vs. Michigan State NBCSN
Jan. 18, 7 p.m. ET Lake Superior State vs. Notre Dame NBC Sports Live Extra
Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m. ET Northeastern vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Jan. 25, 7 p.m. ET Northeastern vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m. ET Boston University vs. UMass NBCSN
Feb. 1, 6:30 p.m. ET Wisconsin vs. Michigan NBCSN
Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m. ET Maine vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Feb. 8, 8 p.m. ET Maine vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Feb. 14, 7 p.m. ET Boston University vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Feb. 15, 8 p.m. ET Wisconsin vs. Ohio State NBCSN
Feb. 21, 7 p.m. ET Boston University vs. Notre Dame NBCSN
Feb. 22, 7 p.m. ET Boston University vs. Notre Dame NBC Sports Live Extra
Mar. 1, TBD Penn State vs. Minnesota NBCSN

 

About Steve Lepore

Steve Lepore is a writer for Bloguin and a correspondent for SiriusXM NHL Network Radio.