UConn men’s hockey is set to begin it’s sixth season of Hockey East play with its season opener at Sacred Heart on Saturday. The Huskies were in Boston for Hockey East’s media day before hosting their own on Friday.
Here’s what stood out from the two events:
Hockey East announces television deal with NESN
The biggest news to come out of Hockey East’s media day was a multi-year partnership between the conference and NESN that will put 100 men’s and women’s games on NESN and NESN+ over the 2019-20 season along with “extensive postseason coverage”.