DANBURY, Conn. - ECAC Hockey and SportsNet New York (SNY) today announced a plan to broadcast a selection of Men’s and Women’s Hockey events on the regional sports network during the 2024-25 season. This slate, along with a myriad of other regional offerings, makes up a full schedule of over 30 combined ECAC Hockey contests to be broadcast on linear regional television this year.
The first game to kick off the partnership will take place on Friday, November 1 when CornellUniversity hosts the University of North Dakota at historic Lynah Rink in Ithaca, N.Y. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
"We are thrilled to give our alumni and fans the opportunity to follow their teams on SNY," said ECAC Hockey Commissioner Doug Christiansen. "ECAC Hockey has three of the last eleven National Champions for both men and women and we want to showcase the talent across our league. These broadcasts are designed to help recruits see our league and venues while connecting with fans throughout our footprint. Anecdotally, I love the idea of an alum at a New York City restaurant watching their school play and thinking about the great memories they had as a student going to the games."
A full schedule of events will be released in the coming weeks.
In addition to being available on SNY, all games will continue to be streamed on ESPN+ in the United States and on Stretch Internet internationally.
ABOUT ECAC HOCKEY
ECAC Hockey is comprised of a 12-team Division I college men’s hockey conference and a 12-team Division I women’s conference. The league is the only league in Division I college hockey with identical men’s and women’s memberships. Six of the 12 men’s programs have won national titles, which is more championship winning programs than any other league. The women’s league has produced 12 Patty Kazmaier winners in its history and has made 14 Frozen Four appearances in the last 14 years. ECAC Hockey teams have won 3 of the last 11 national championships on both the men’s and women’s sides.
ABOUT SNY
SportsNet New York (SNY) is a regional sports television network serving approximately 8 million homes in the New York Metropolitan area and 12 million homes across the country. Launched in 2006, SNY is owned by Sterling Entertainment Enterprises in partnership with cable providers Charter and Comcast.
SNY is New York’s leader in local sports coverage, broadcasting a full schedule of live sports, news and entertainment programming. It is the official television home of the New York Mets Major League Baseball club, the New York Jets National Football League team and college basketball’s UConn Huskies women’s basketball program. SNY’s programming roster also includes classic sports, critically acclaimed original entertainment, and exclusive interview and magazine content.