The (roughly) complete guide to NCAA DI College Hockey Streaming

I wanted to provide a comprehensive resource to the streaming options available since they still seem to be piecemeal. Please let me know if any of these are inaccurate so I can update the post.

National

ESPN - WatchESPN. In addition to NCAA Tournament games and a select package of Big Ten home games, ESPN also acquires occasional individual games for their ESPN3 service. Only games being televised on one of the ESPN linear channels (e.g. ESPNU, ESPNEWS, etc.) require a cable subscription^(for the most part). Games designated as ESPN3 streams are available through participating ISPs without a cable subscription, although a cable subscription does also allow access to ESPN3 games, even if you happen to have the few ISPs which don't allow access to ESPN3 with just an internet subscription.

American Sports Network - AmericanSportsNet.com; ASN live streams selected games they carry on their website. This is primarily limited to postseason games in college hockey.

CBSSN - Watch CBSSN. Limited to select cable providers.

NBCSN - NBC Sports. Televises Hockey East final rounds outside of New England (where the rights are held by NESN). Also streams Notre Dame games on NBCSN and CSN Chicago

Conference Wide Packages

Atlantic Hockey - AtlanticHockey.tv - Paid subscription service.
Big Ten - BTN2Go, BTNPlus. BTN2Go requires a cable subscription which includes the BTN, and includes all conference games, and non-conference games televised on the regional Fox Sports Networks. BTNPlus requires a separate paid subscription but does not require a cable subscription, and includes Michigan State, Minnesota and Wisconsin games not televised on BTN or partner networks.
NCHC - NCHC.tv - includes all conference games not on CBSSN. Paid subscription service.
WCHA - WCHA.tv - Paid subscription service.

The remaining conferences (plus Big Ten non conference) revert their rights to the individual schools as outlined below.

Hockey East

Free Streams
Boston - TerrierTV^1
Maine - Maine All-Access
New Hampshire - UNHAthletics^2
Northeastern - GoNUxStream
Notre Dame - WatchND^3
Vermont - CatamounTV

Paid Streams
Boston College - BCEagles.TV
Connecticut - HuskyVision^4
Lowell - GoRiverHawks.TV
Massachusetts - UMass Sports Network
Merrimack - MerrimackAthletics.TV
Notre Dame - NBC Sports^5
Providence - Friars All-Access^4

Note 1: Hosted by CampusInsiders
Note 2: Hosted by YouTube
Note 3: Selected Non-NBCSN games only
Note 4: Hosted by CollegeSportsLive
Note 5: NBCSN Games and Selected Others - requires cable subscription

ECAC Hockey

Free Streams
Clarkson - ClarksonAthletics.TV
Colgate - Patriot League Network^1
Quinnipiac - Quinnipiac All Access
Rensselaer - RPI TV^2
Saint Lawrence - SaintsAthletics.com^3

Paid Streams
Ivy League Schools - Ivy League Digital^4
Union - UnionAthletics.TV

Note 1: Hosted by Campus Insiders
Note 2: Hosted by YouTube
Note 3: Streaming links are off of the schedulue page - SLU does not have a separate dedicated home page for their streaming services
Note 4: Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale

Big Ten

Free Streams
Michigan - MGoBlue.TV^(1,2)
Penn State - GoPSUSports.com^3

Paid Streams
Ohio State - BuckeyeVision^(1,2)

Note 1: Non-conference games only
Note 2: Hosted by CollegeSportsLive
Note 3: Primarily Women's team games, but also select non-conference men's games

Independents

Arizona State games are streamed via the Pac-12 Plus Live Stream, ASU Live Stream, both of which appear to be free. Games on the PAC12 Network are simulcast on the PAC-12 Networks Live stream, which requires a subscription to the P12N.

Posted Oct 30, 2016, 2:45 AM UTC · edited

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