WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner [email protected] Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Associate Commissioner of Operations [email protected] Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials [email protected] Doug Spencer September 24, 2013/For Release at 3:00 pm CT Assoc. Commissioner for Public Relations WCHATV POWERED BY AMERICA ONE O 608 829-0100 • C 303 475-9283 • F 608 829-0200 SPORTS SET TO LAUNCH FOR 2013-14 [email protected] SEASON Administrative Office Address FOLLOW WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION MEN’S MSC 8302, WCHA LIVE GAME ACTION ALL SEASON LONG VIA WCHA.COM AND 2211 S. Josephine Street AMERICAONESPORTS.COM Denver, CO 80208-8302 O 303 871-4491 • F 303 871-4770 MADISON, Wis. – With the dawning of a new era in its storied 62-year history, the men’s HOME OF A RECORD Western Collegiate Hockey Association today announced an exciting new partnership with 37 MEN’S NATIONAL America ONE Sports and its first-ever conference-wide broadband initiative. WCHATV CHAMPIONSHIP powered by America ONE Sports will provide fans around the world an opportunity to TEAMS SINCE 1951 watch league-member games live throughout the 2013-14 season via broadband telecast 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, distribution to their PC and MAC computers and iOS and Android devices. 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, WCHATV powered by America ONE Sports will enable fans from Bowling Green to 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, Fairbanks and Huntsville to Houghton to watch every game of the regular season live and 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, on-demand, including all 140 conference match-ups. Fans will be able to access WCHATV 2011 powered by America ONE Sports via portals at WCHA.com, americaonesports.com and through the official athletic websites of all WCHA member men’s teams. Most games will MEN’S MEMBER TEAMS also be available in High Definition. University of Alabama in Huntsville “This is a tremendous development for the WCHA and its member men’s teams,” University of Alaska Anchorage said Commissioner Bruce M. McLeod, “and we couldn’t be more excited to partner with University of Alaska Fairbanks America ONE Sports to showcase our league, our universities, teams and student-athletes, Bowling Green State University our outstanding on-ice product and our long and proud tradition to fans everywhere. I want to commend both Bruce LeVine and the great folks at America ONE Sports and the Lake Superior State University Michigan Technological University leadership of our member teams for bringing live WCHA hockey to fruition.” Minnesota State University “America ONE Sports is honored to partner with such a tradition-rich conference as Northern Michigan University the WCHA,” said Bruce LeVine, America ONE Sports Director of Programming. “We look 2014 WCHA FINAL FIVE forward to working with the conference and its 10 member schools to bring top grade college hockey via state of the art technology to fans around the world.” March 21-22 • Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, MI Subscribers to WCHATV powered by America ONE Sports will be able to access games through traditional web browsers on PC and MAC computers and iOS and Android visit us on the web at: devices. Requirements for viewing games are available at the America ONE test site at: WCHA.COM http://support.americaone.com/index.php?/Troubleshooter/Step/View/1. WCHA.COM/MOBILE Each live event may be viewed beginning 10 minutes prior to start time and all events are in Eastern Standard Time (EST). Fans can buy any of three pass levels – Day Pass, Monthly Pass or Full Season Pass (see special Full Season Pass offer below) – for either mobile or PC/MAC devices. All passes include on-demand viewing. Any pass purchased will allow fans to watch all WCHA events played in WCHA venues during that time period. Only live events can be viewed on

– con’t WCHA M RELEASE • WCHATV POWERED BY AMERICA ONE SPORTS • 092413 mobile devices. For each game sold on a pay-per-view/pass system basis to individual users throughout the season, the price structure for the regular season is as follows: a. Day Pass – 24 hours (Noon ET of the day purchased to Noon ET of the next day): $8 per pass plus a $1 daily option for mobile delivery. Day Pass makes available all games from any given night and comes with on-demand from the previous 24 hours. b. Monthly Pass – viewing for 30 days from day of purchase: $45 per pass plus a $1 daily option for mobile delivery. Monthly or Season Passes comes with on-demand access for previous 30 days events. c. Full Season Pass – $150 per pass plus a $1 daily option for mobile delivery. If purchased by October 1, a Full Season Pass is available at a special price of $125. Monthly or Season Passes makes available on-demand games from the previous 30 days. America ONE Sports is a world leader in LIVE Broadband Sports, bringing fans more than 5,500 live and exclusive events per year from over 100 colleges across the United States, and live professional sports including hockey, football and soccer from 70 teams and hundreds of pro leagues from Asia and Europe. America ONE Sports is owned and operated by ONE Media Corp., a privately owned company based in Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX. The company also owns and operates ONE World Sports, a sports network delivering exclusive world-class sports live from around the globe; ONE CONNXT, a global HD/SD broadcast video transport technology and services solution; America ONE Television, a general entertainment and sports broadcast television network. As college hockey’s most tradition-rich and successful conference, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association marks its 62nd season of competition in 2013-14. Home to a record 37 men’s national championship teams, a record 16 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winners and more than 350 All-Americans and 450 National Hockey League alums since its founding in 1951, WCHA men’s member teams are the Alabama Huntsville Chargers, Alaska Anchorage Seawolves, Alaska Nanooks, Bemidji State Beavers, Bowling Green Falcons, Ferris State Bulldogs, Lake Superior State Lakers, , Minnesota State Mavericks and Northern Michigan Wildcats. For more information please visit: WCHA – www.wcha.com America ONE Sports – http://www.americaonesports.com WCHA on America ONE Sports – http://www.americaonesports.com/package_wcha.asp University of Alabama in Huntsville – http://www.uahchargers.com University of Alaska Anchorage – http://www.goseawolves.com University of Alaska – http://alaskananooks.com Bemidji State University – http://www.bsubeavers.com Bowling Green State University – http://www.bgsufalcons.com Ferris State University – http://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com Lake Superior State University – http://www.lssulakers.com Michigan Technological University – http://www.michigantechhuskies.com Minnesota State University – http://www.msumavericks.com Northern Michigan University – http://www.nmuwildcats.com

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