ecac playoff broadcasts

[Jim Hyla]

jumping the gun here... but are the ECAC semis and finals going to be on a cable TV station? Last year wasn't in on one of the Fox College Sport networks? Or is the whole darn tournament PAY-FOR-VIEW at $10/game?

Even if Cornell wasn't in the finals, I'd watch on cable or ESPN3. But will not pay $$ unless Cornell is in it.

And KUDOS to RPI.TV. I also hope they said to the Boxcast people that they were NOT available for technical assistance (a little bit of sabatoge would be okay too).

Check the ECAC site here and you find this:

TELEVISION

ECAC Hockey has partnered with American Sports Network (ASN) to televise the 2016 semifinals and championship game March 18-19 at the 1980 Rink - Herb Brooks Arena, Lake Placid N.Y.

Eric Frede will be the play-by-play announcer with Colby Cohen providing color commentary.

Stay tuned to find the ASN channel in your area.

And you do realize that if RPI TV sabotaged (check the spelling) the broadcasts, they'd only be hurting their own fans, don't you?

Jim... my intent was for RPI.TV to make it harder for BOXCAST to do a high quality game.. LIke RPI.TV does. Why make it easier for a company hired by the ECAC? The ECAC has shown (to me at least) that they really are not in touch with the fan base especially those of us who still follow the league but do not live in ECAC-country.

I know it would fall on deaf ears at the ECAC (I've given up emailing Steve Hagwell about the shitty arrangements they have for ECAC playoff games). May be RPI.TV fans are more vocal, have more clout and can complain to the ECAC about this crappy arrangement (and their unwillingness to pay RPI.TV for their talents in providing a feed to stream).

I already looked, ASN is not available in my area for Florida/Comcast sucks cable system. Never heard of it until a few hours ago.

If I was an RPI fan and heard that RPI TV worked to give me an inferior broadcast from Boxcast, I'd be upset. Why take the low road and make your fans upset? Better to do what they did and produce a good product to watch afterwards, as well as telling everyone what happened. Look at the good press they got. What do you think would have been said if they sabotaged?