HOCKEY EAST GOES NATIONAL WITH NBC SPORTS

NBC Sports announced its upcoming college hockey season lineup, and while it's discouraging to only see the Eagles make the TV line-up once, the fact that Hockey East playoffs are going to be shown nationally is huge for anyone outside of the NESN footprint. Full schedule below, and you can circle BC at Vermont on February 10th as the BC date:

• Dec. 31 Boston University at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.
• Jan. 6 Dartmouth at RPI, 7:30 p.m.
• Jan. 13 Minnesota Duluth at Nebraska-Omaha, 7:30 p.m.
• Jan. 20 Michigan at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m.
• Jan. 27 Yale at Harvard, 7:30 p.m.
• Feb. 3 Cornell at RPI, 7:30 p.m.
• Feb. 10 Boston College at Vermont, 7:30 p.m.; Minnesota at Denver, 10 p.m.
• Feb. 17 Dartmouth at Yale, 7:30 p.m.
• Feb. 24 Boston University at Vermont, 7:30 p.m.; North Dakota at Denver, 10 p.m.
• March 2 Denver at Nebraska-Omaha, 7:30 p.m.
• Hockey East Tournament
• March 9 Quarterfinals 7:30 p.m.
• March 16 Semifinals 5 and 8 p.m.
• March 17th Finals 8 p.m.

HT to BostInno