ECAC TV ?

[jkahn]

Starting this thread to get info regarding any known TV broadcasts.  Each of the last two years a Saturday quarterfinal was shown ('02 Yale @ Cornell on Empire and NESN and '03 RPI @ Cornell on NESN and YES).  Also, the Friday semis seem at this point unknown.  Perhaps we need to be calling the possible stations to indicate our interest.

[Al DeFlorio]

Jeff Kahn '70 wrote:

Starting this thread to get info regarding any known TV broadcasts.  Each of the last two years a Saturday quarterfinal was shown ('02 Yale @ Cornell on Empire and NESN and '03 RPI @ Cornell on NESN and YES).  Also, the Friday semis seem at this point unknown.  Perhaps we need to be calling the possible stations to indicate our interest.

What worries me is that the most important game, the ECAC final, has been "sold" to CSTV as a single game.  One wonders if there's enough incentive for someone like NESN or FSNE or Empire to pick up the leftovers.  This has the makings of another ECAC fiasco.

[jkahn]

Perhaps good news is that the Sabres don't play on Friday the 19th (the ECAC semi-finals date), so Empire at least doesn't have that commitment blocking the possibility of picking up the games.  The Sabres also don't conflict with the quarterfinals, as their only game that weekend is at noon on Saturday.

[Tub(a)]

Jeff Kahn '70 wrote:

Perhaps good news is that the Sabres don't play on Friday the 19th (the ECAC semi-finals date), so Empire at least doesn't have that commitment blocking the possibility of picking up the games.  The Sabres also don't conflict with the quarterfinals, as their only game that weekend is at noon on Saturday.

As a Sabres fan, I can tell you that any night they don't play is good news for my health  ::yark::

[jkahn]

I received the following from Empire Sports in response to an e-mail and voicemail regarding ECAC telecasts:
[Q]Here's the deal, ECAC Semi #1 will be LIVE Friday at 3:30pm.  ECAC Semi #2 will run delayed Saturday morning.  
 
Also Saturday, BOTH Women's games will air LIVE...but the Sabres play that night so the Men's Championship will air delayed Sunday afternoon.[/Q]
I've e-mailed back Empire Sports asking why the delay on semi # 2, as the Sabres are off that night.  They can be e-mailed at emp@empiresports.com and the phone number is 716 558-8444.

[jtwcornell91]

Good news.  Has anybody checked with NESN?

[jkahn]

[Q]Has anybody checked with NESN?[/Q]
Just checked their website
http://www.boston.com/sports/nesn/programming/onair/category_view.html?COLLEGE_HOCKEY
which shows Hockey East games on March 5, 13, 19 and 20.  The 19th and 20th would be in the same timeslots as the ECAC final four, so we're out of luck there.

[billhoward]

The conflict with Hockey East may be the killer.

Maybe the world needs CSTV2 for overflow.

[jtwcornell91]

Hmm.  HE was on FSNE for the past few years, and the ECAC was on NESN.  Wonder if FSNE/FSNY/MSG/YES will pick up the other semi.

[dss28]

It doesn't look as though FSN is going to be of much help, either, but I could be wrong.

[edit: just spent some time poking around FoxSport's website... but I could be wrong, especially in light of the two more recent posts.]



Post Edited (03-02-04 16:07)

[atb9]

Dying to know what YES will do since that is optimal for me to record from...  ;-)

[Killer]

Adam Brown wrote:

Dying to know what YES will do since that is optimal for me to record from...  ;-)

If you even ask about getting YES here in the Boston area, they seem to want to hunt you down as traitorous Yankee fans...of course, that would be accurate.  Go Yanks!

[cbuckser]

According to the ECAC website, a to-be-determined quarterfinal game will be televised on CN8 on Friday, March 12.

CN8 will broadcast the semifinal games and ECAC Championship live. Empire Sports Net will broadcast the semifinals and championship game a day later than the games are played.

Leafs TV and Adelphia Cable in Hanover and Burlington will also broadcast playoff games.  

http://hockey.ecac.org/Page_for_Men/releases/Weekly_Releases/2003-04/2003-04_Division_I_Men-s_IH_Weekly_Release_22.pdf



Post Edited (03-02-04 19:40)

[billhoward]

Here's the Comcast (CN8) schedule off its site. This is the Mid-Atlantic region listings (NY NJ PA MD DE) as opposed to New England:

http://www.cn8.tv/channel/article.asp?lChannelID=660&subhead=schedule

Fri., Nov 21 7:30pm New Hampshire @ Northeastern
Sat., Jan 3 7:00pm Boston C. @ Northeastern
Sat., Jan 10 7:00pm St. Lawrence @ Yale  
Fri., Mar 12 8:00pm ECAC Tournament Quarterfinal
Fri., Mar 19 4:30pm ECAC Tournament Semifinal #1
Fri., Mar 19 7:45pm ECAC Tournament Semifinal #2
Sat., Mar 20 8:00pm ECAC Tournament Final

Imagine that. The cable guys doing something right for a change.

Scary, though, if Comcast really does take over Disney. Wonder if the same technicians who fix your cable woes will be in charge of QC at Magic Mountain. ("We'll be there to fix it between 8am and noon. No we can't call ahead to tell you when we're on the way.")

[judy]

Comcast is EVIL!!!!
Does anyone know if there's anyway to get CN8 on DirecTV?