If you live in New England or will be there this weekend, here is the
    cable schedule for NESN and New England Sportschannel.  Between these
    two, you'll be able to see all four conference championship games.
    Get those VCRs warmed up.  I'm sure some of the ECAC/HE games will
    be picked up by some cable companies around the country, just as NESN
    and SC are picking up the Western games.  And lucky folks with access
    to dishes will need this to know when they can catch the ECAC/HE games.
    ALL times listed are EST.  Note that the CCHA games are NOT being
    shown live in New England.
 
    Friday 3/8   5:00 pm NESN Hockey East Semifinal #1 LIVE: Prov-BU
                 8:00 pm NESN Hockey East Semifinal #2 LIVE: Northeastern-Maine
                11:00 pm SC CCHA Semifinal #1 TAPE: W. Mich-LSSU
    Saturday 3/9 1:00 am NESN Hockey East Semifinal #1 TAPE: Prov-BU
                 4:00 am NESN Hockey East Semifinal #2 TAPE: Northeastern-Maine
                 7:00 am SC CCHA Semifinal #2 TAPE: Ferris State-Michigan
                 5:00 pm NESN ECAC Semifinal #1 LIVE: St Lawrence-Cornell
                 8:00 pm NESN ECAC Semifinal #2 LIVE: Harvard-Clarkson
                11:00 pm SC CCHA Championship TAPE: FSU/Mich-WMU/LSSU
    Sunday 3/10  5:00 pm NESN Hockey East Championship LIVE: PC/BU-NU/Maine
                 8:00 pm NESN ECAC Championship LIVE: SLU/Corn-Harv/Clarkson
    Monday 3/11  9:00 am NESN Hockey East Championship TAPE: PC/BU-NU/Maine
                12:00 pm NESN ECAC Championship TAPE: SLU/Corn-Harv/Clarkson
                 8:00 pm NESN WCHA Championship LIVE: Wis/Minn-NoDak/NMU
    Tuesday 3/12 9:00 am NESN WCHA Championship TAPE: Wis/Minn-NoDak/NMU
 
    Program lengths for taped events are listed as three hours, while live
    ones can be anything.  If a game goes into overtime, they will usually
    cut out the between-periods part if necessary to keep the show under
    three hours.
 
    Also, don't expect the 8:00 pm games to start on time any of the three
    nights at the Garden because of warmups, etc.  If you're taping from
    NESN live any of the three nights, I suggest buying some 8-hour tapes.
    You'll also be sorry if the late game goes into overtime and you miss
    it.  Or you could tape Friday's and Sunday's games from the replay
    instead (Saturday's ECAC games will NOT be shown on replay, at least
    not before Tuesday).
 
    The Bruins are hosting Toronto at 1:30 Saturday afternoon, but the first
    ECAC semifinal is scheduled to start at 5:00.  That may end up being
    delayed a bit.
 
 
    - mike, eastern cable guru