> >The 1989 Championship game was the first to be broadcast nationally on
>  ESPN.
 
> I beg to differ.
 
> I can't remember what year it was, but I seem to recall watching the
> NCAA championship game when Bowling Green won it all.  That was in the
> early-to-mid eighties, and I was in South Carolina at the time, so I'm
> positive it was on ESPN.
 
Once upon a time, USA was a cable sports network (and EPSN was
ENTERTAINMENT Sports Programing Network), and I am sure that USA
carried one (maybe more) NCAA Hockey championship games. It *might*
have been from Providence?
 
	--david