Glen Auerbach wrote:
>I have never seen a Michigan game on PASS (I go to the
> games at Yost) except the GLI or CCHA tournaments.  Frustrating
>  because I would like to see an occasional road game without
>  making a road trip.
 
If my memory serves me correctly, PASS broadcast Michigan's road game at
Notre Dame on November 1, 1996.
 
 
>why did they pick UMich vs UAF?  I
>turned the darn thing off after 1 pd and later then turned to
>CNN-SI to see what the final carnage was.  There had to be
>better games, like MSU - LSSU.  Any insight why??
 
It is my belief that the Prime CCHA contract requires that every CCHA team
appear on at least one broadcast.  Since PASS produces the games for Prime it
would appear reasonable to cover either a Michigan-UAF game or a MSU-UAF game
and the MSU New Years Eve game had just been broadcast by Prime.
 
Glenn also wrote:
>PASS always chooses the cheap way
>out.  I have never seen a Michigan game on PASS (I go to the
>games at Yost) except the GLI or CCHA tournaments.
 
Other than broadcasting games from Joe Louis, PASS only broadcasts games from
Yost (Mich), Munn (MSU) and Bowling Green probably because these rinks have
regular facilities for TV broadcasting.  The TV facilities at the Joe are
obvious.  Also, many Bowling Green home games are telecast by a local Toledo
TV station so there must be regular television facilities available.  When
the Michigan game was broadcast from South Bend, I recall that they had to
import a yellow construction crane with a bucket to locate a TV camera high
enough to clear the glass.  Such things are not required at Munn or Yost.
 
Jack Berenzweig
 
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