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SPORTSCHANNEL NEW ENGLAND AND HOCKEY EAST
ANNOUNCE 1997-98 GAME of the WEEK SCHEDULE
Woburn (September 22, 1997) -- The best of college hockey returns to
television this winter when the Hockey East Game of the Week airs on
SportsChannel New England. Details of the SCNE-HEA partnership were
released today by Marc Edwards, Senior Vice-President and General
Manager of SportsChannel New England, and Joe Bertagna, Commissioner of
Hockey East.
Under the agreement signed by both parties, SportsChannel agrees to
produce as many as 48 Hockey East games over the next three seasons,
combining a nine-week Game of the Week package with up to six
tournament games annually.
We at SportsChannel are extremely excited about our new Hockey East
relationship and television coverage, said Edwards. Our viewers are
going to see local college teams that dominate NCAA hockey on a
national level. By adding the best local college hockey to our program
line-up, it allows SportsChannel to continue its commitment and bring
quality local sports to the New England fan.
The 1997-98 package will debut on Saturday, January 10, 1998 when the
Black Bears of Maine visit the Eagles of Boston College. Seven of the
nine Hockey East schools are featured in the six announced games.
Everyone in the conference is thrilled at this exciting new
partnership, offered first-year Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna.
We will reach more homes than ever before and this means that more
New England hockey fans will be able to see the best college hockey in
the country.
An announcement about on-air talent is expected by early October.
Hockey East on SportsChannel New England
1997-98 Regular Season
Sat. Jan. 10 Maine @ BC (Conte Forum) 7:00 pm*
Fri. Jan. 16 BU @ NU (Matthews Arena) 7:00 pm
Fri. Jan. 23 Maine @ BU (Walter Brown Arena) 7:00 pm
Tue. Jan. 27 BC @ UNH (Whittemore Center) 7:00 pm
Fri. Feb. 6 PC @ BC (Conte Forum) 7:00 pm
Fri. Feb. 13 MA-Lowell @ BU (Walter Brown Arena) 7:00 pm
Fri. Feb. 20 Wild Card (TBA) 7:00 pm
Sat. Feb. 28 Wild Card (TBA) 7:00 pm*
Sat. Mar. 7 Wild Card (TBA) 7:00 pm
14th Annual Hockey East Championship Tournament
Thu. Mar. 12 Quarterfinal (Campus site) 7:00 pm
Sat. Mar. 14 Quarterfinal (Campus site) 7:00 pm
Sun. Mar. 15 Quarterfinal (Campus site, if necessary) 7:00 pm
Fri. Mar. 20 Semifinal #1 (Fleet Center) 5:00 pm
Fri. Mar. 20 Semifinal #2 (Fleet Center) 8:00 pm
Sat. Mar. 21 Championship Game (Fleet Center) 8:00 pm
*Possible 8 pm face-off
SportsChannel New England, the regional cable television sports
network, serves 2.6 million cable subscribers on 215 affiliated cable
systems throughout New England. It is the cable home of the Boston
Celtics and the New England Revolution and carries an extensive
schedule of college and professional sports as well as soccer, boxing,
auto racing, rugby and other sports series and specials.
SportsChannel New England can be found on the Internet at
www.sportschannel.com.
SportsChannel Regional Network operates regional sports services in
Chicago, New England, New York, Ohio, and Philadelphia (PRISM), and San
Francisco. SportsChannel Florida is affiliated with SportsChannel
Regional Network and is managed by Front Row Communications, Inc. of
Fort Lauderdale. SportsChannel Regional Network is also affiliated with
PRIME SportsChannel Networks. SportsChannel is managed by Rainbow
Programming Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cablevision
Systems Corporation.
Hockey East is one of the four NCAA Division I hockey conferences
competing for national championships and providing talent to the
National Hockey League. Two Hockey East member institutions have won
NCAA titles this decade: Maine in 1993 and Boston University in 1995.
The Hockey East alumni currently shining in the NHL are Brian Leetch of
the New York Rangers (Boston College), Tomy Amonte and Keith Tkachuk of
the Chicago Black Hawks and Phoenix Coyotes, respectively (Boston
University), and Paul Kariya of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks (Maine).
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Deron Treadwell - [log in to unmask]
University of Maine
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