Battle for League Championship on NHL Network
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The 2011 ECAC Hockey Championship game between Dartmouth (22-10) and Cornell (29-2-1) shall air live in HD at 3 p.m. from Lynah Rink on the NHL Network.
The game features No. 3 seed Dartmouth, which ranks No. 10 in the latest national poll, facing top-seeded Cornell, the No. 2-ranked team in the nation. The Big Green advanced to the championship game by defeating Harvard, 4-1, Thursday in semifinals action in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cornell earned its berth in the championship game by fending off Quinnipiac, 4-3, Thursday in semifinals play at Lynah Rink. The two teams split the regular-season series -- Cornell posting a 6-1 triumph November 6 at Lynah Rink; Dartmouth scoring a 4-2 win February 18 at Thompson Arena.
The 2011 ECAC Hockey Championship game is being produced by Cox
Sports TV and will feature Mike Logan handling the play-by-play
commentary and Sonny Watrous as the game’s on-air analyst.
The NHL Network is available on most US cable systems. It is
channel 215 on Direct TV and 403 on Dish Network.
ABOUT NHL NETWORK
NHL Network is a television specialty channel devoted to the
National Hockey League (NHL) and the sport of ice hockey that
launched in the United States in 2007. NHL Network is one of four
U.S. cable network devoted to just one major sports league.
ABOUT ECAC HOCKEY
ECAC Hockey boasts elite student-athletes and teams from 12 of the
nation's most prestigious institutions - Brown University, Clarkson
University, Colgate University, Cornell University, Dartmouth
College, Harvard University, Princeton University, Quinnipiac
University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, St. Lawrence
University, Union College, and Yale University.
