Oct. 1, 2010
Notre Dame, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey team will appear on television four times during the 2010-11 season with two telecasts scheduled for Comcast, one national appearances on CBS College Sports and one appearance on Fox Sports Detroit.
Notre Dame will appear on television twice before the Christmas break and twice in the second half of the season. The schedule opens on Sat., Nov. 13 when the Irish travel to Yost Arena to face the Michigan Wolverines in a 7:35 p.m. game that will be televised by Comcast.
The second time the Irish will appear on Comcast comes on Sunday, Dec. 12 when Notre Dame plays host to Northern Michigan at the Joyce Center in a 4:05 p.m. game. Comcast is offered on Comcast’s digital tier 900 to 800,00 homes in Michigan. In the past, the local Comcast outlet in South Bend has provided the games on a local access station.
Notre Dame’s final two televised games will come during the same weekend – Jan. 28-29, 2011 – when the Irish play host to the Miami RedHawks at the Joyce Center. The Friday night game (Jan. 28) will appear nationally on CBS College Sports at 7:35 p.m. Matt Shepard and Dave Starman will handle the play-by-play and color duties and the game can be seen on Dish Network (Channel 152) or DirecTv (Channel 613).
The following night – Jan. 29, at 5:05 p.m. – the Irish and Miami will face off on Fox Sports Detroit. This game is part of a doubleheader as FSD celebrates `Hockey Day in Michigan,” with Michigan State playing Michigan at Joe Louis Arena at 7:35 p.m. Fox Sports Detroit’s coverage of the CCHA goes to over 3.2 million cable and satellite households throughout Michigan, Northwest Ohio and Northern Indiana.
In all, 50 CCHA games will be televised during the 2010-11 season, including 46 regular-season games and four postseason contests. Comcast leads the way with 22 games, including a pair of postseason games.
Fox Sports Detroit will televise nine regular season games, a first-round playoff game and all the action from Joe Louis Arena for the CCHA championship. For the first time ever, all of Fox Sports Detroit’s programming will be in high definition.
CBS College Sports has an eight-game package, including a first-round playoff game on March 4 or 5.
The Big Ten Network has five regular-season games on its’ docket and also will carry “the Big Chill at the Big House” in areas outside Fox Sports Detroit’s footprint on Dec. 11. The Big Ten Network is available to an estimated 75 million homes through agreements with over 300 cable, satellite and telco affiliates in the United States and Canada.
Viewers should check their local cable or satellite systems for channels and locations of each telecast throughout the year.
2010-11 Notre Dame Television Schedule
Saturday, November 13 at Michigan Comcast 7:35 p.m.Sunday, December 12 Northern Michigan Comcast 4:05 p.m.Friday, January 28 Miami CBS College 7:35 p.m.Saturday, January 29 Miami Fox Sports Det. 5:05 p.m.