National Collegiate Hockey Conference

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY CONFERENCE 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Fax: 719-645-8206 www.NCHCHockey.com Director of Communications: Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 For Immediate Release NCHC Reveals 2017-18 CBS Sports Network Television Schedule Network to broadcast 14 games, including Frozen Faceoff; each NCHC team to host a televised contest

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - For the fifth consecutive season, CBS Sports Network will once again serve as the premier national television partner of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) with the network set to televise 14 NCHC games throughout the 2017-18 campaign.

All eight NCHC teams will host at least one nationally televised contest on CBS Sports Network during the upcoming season. In addition, CBS Sports Network will also once again air both semifinals and the championship game of the 2018 NCHC Frozen Faceoff live from Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn., the new home of the conference’s championship weekend. Defending NCAA national champion and NCHC regular-season champion Denver will be featured a conference-most five times on CBS Sports Network throughout the regular season.

CBS Sports Network’s coverage of the NCHC begins during the second half of the season, as NCHC teams battle it out for the Penrose Cup. Ten of the 11 televised regular-season games will take place on Fridays, with one Saturday non-conference contest to be featured, as well. CBS Sports Network will also showcase the NCHC in a pair of doubleheader telecasts during the regular season, in addition to the Frozen Faceoff semifinals.

The 2017-18 CBS Sports Network schedule gets underway with a pair of games the first weekend in January, opening at Ralph Engel- stad Arena with Omaha at North Dakota on Friday, Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. CT. The following night, St. Cloud State hosts in-state rival and Big Ten foe Minnesota at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in the lone Saturday and lone non-conference game on CBS Sports Network this season.

Two weeks later, CBS Sports Network will air an NCHC doubleheader on Friday, Jan. 19 as Colorado College travels to Western Michi- gan, while Minnesota Duluth welcomes North Dakota in the nightcap. The doubleheader begins at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT.

On Friday, Jan. 26, CBS Sports Network returns to Grand Forks for a showdown between the last two NCAA national champions as North Dakota entertains rival Denver. The following Friday, Minnesota Duluth heads west for a meeting with the Pioneers in a re- match of last season’s NCAA National Championship Game.

The second NCHC regular-season doubleheader on CBS Sports Network is set for Friday, Feb. 16 as North Dakota makes the return trip to Omaha to start the night, while the Battle for the Gold Pan caps the broadcast as Denver makes the short trek down I-25 to square off with rival Colorado College at Broadmoor World Arena. The doubleheader gets underway at 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT.

The NCHC on CBS Sports Network regular-season schedule closes on Friday, March 2, which is the final weekend of the regular season, as Miami heads to Magness Arena to tangle with Denver.

As in seasons past, CBS Sports Network will then televise the crowning of the NCHC Tournament champion at the NCHC Frozen Faceoff, airing both semifinals and the championship game live from Xcel Energy Center. The two semifinals will take place on Friday, March 16 with the first semifinal set for 5 p.m. ET (4 p.m. local) and the second slated for 8:30 p.m. ET. The championship game will then take place the next day, Saturday, March 17, with the broadcast also starting at 8:30 p.m. ET.

To view the full CBS Sports Network TV schedule, visit NCHCHockey.com/tvschedule. --more-- @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey /TheNCHC @TheNCHC NCHC.tv CBS Sports Network is widely available through all major cable, satellite and telco distributors as well as via OTT streaming service providers YouTube TV, fuboTV and Hulu. Additionally, a live CBS Sports Network stream is available through CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports App by authenticating with select providers. For more information, including a full programming schedule, go to www. cbssportsnetwork.com.

Other television schedules for the NCHC will be released in the coming weeks. Fans can watch even more NCHC action on NCHC.tv, where over 140 NCHC games will be streamed live during the 2017-18 season. To subscribe to NCHC.tv, visit NCHC.tv/packages.

The NCHC enters its fifth season of competition after having at least half its members make the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season in 2016-17, including two NCHC teams playing for the national championship. The NCHC drops the puck on the 2017- 18 season with five exhibition games on Saturday, Sept. 30 while the regular season begins Friday, Oct. 6 with six NCHC teams in action.

2017-18 CBS Sports Network TV Schedule Date Game Time (ET) Fri., Jan. 5, 2018 Omaha at North Dakota 8:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 6, 2018 Minnesota at St. Cloud State 7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 19, 2018 Colorado College at Western Michigan 6:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 19, 2018 North Dakota at Minnesota Duluth 9:00 p.m. Fri., Jan. 26, 2018 Denver at North Dakota 8:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 2, 2018 Minnesota Duluth at Denver 9:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 9, 2018 St. Cloud State at Miami 8:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16, 2018 North Dakota at Omaha 7:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16, 2018 Denver at Colorado College 10:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23, 2018 Denver at St. Cloud State 8:30 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2, 2018 Miami at Denver 10:00 p.m. Fri., Mar. 16, 2018 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 1 5:00 p.m. Fri., Mar. 16, 2018 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 2 8:30 p.m. Sat., Mar. 17, 2018 Frozen Faceoff Championship 8:30 p.m.

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