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 |