It was ANNOUNCE (ALMOST) EVERYTHING day over at Hockey East on Thursday as the league dropped a whole bunch of news all at once. After dropping the men’s (BC as preseason #1!) and women’s (BC as preseason #3) coaches polls, the league also announced a major partnership with NESN, giving the New England league a legitimate television home on a network that almost everyone in the region gets.
That’s a huge win for the league, even if not every game will be on the channel. Over 100 Hockey East contests will be on NESN or NESNplus this season, including 21 women’s games.