HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac University has announced a 13-game television schedule with the New England Sports Network (NESN), CBS College Sports Network, Time Warner Cable and CPTV - Fox College Sports for the 2009-10 season for the men's ice hockey and men's and women's basketball teams. Six men's ice hockey games will be aired, featuring three on NESN as well as two on CBS College Sports Network and one on Time Warner Cable. Men's basketball will have five games broadcast, including four on NESN and one on CPTV-Fox College Sports Network, while women's basketball will have two games featured.

“We are very pleased to continue our partnership with the New England Sports Network and to showcase games on CBS College Sports Network. In addition, the added benefit is making our ice hockey and basketball games available to the millions of sports fans in New England and many more via satellite,” said Jack McDonald, director of athletics and recreation. “To showcase our outstanding teams, coaches and facility on the region’s best sports media properties is another strong statement about Quinnipiac's growth in intercollegiate athletics.”

Men’s ice hockey’s game against Harvard at the TD Bank Sports Center on Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. is the first game in the 13-game package. The Bobcats will also be featured on Saturday, Nov. 28 when they host the University of Massachusetts at 3 p.m. Quinnipiac will have its weekend series against Cornell and Colgate, on Feb. 5-6, respectively, aired on CBS College Sports Network with both scheduled for a 8 p.m. start. On Jan. 22, the Bobcats match-up against Niagara will be featured on Time Warner Cable at 7 p.m. The men’s ice hockey team’s television schedule ends on Saturday, Feb. 27 when they host Elm City rival Yale University at 7:30 p.m. That game, the Bobcats’ final home game of the 2009-10 regular-season, will also include Senior Night festivities as Quinnipiac and Yale play for the Heroes’ Hat.

Women’s basketball will be featured on Saturday, Nov. 14 when they travel up I-91 to the University of Hartford. The Bobcats and Hawks hit the hardwood at 4:30 p.m. They will also be featured on CPTV-Fox College Sports Network as the first game of a doubleheader also featuring the men’s team against Sacred Heart at 5:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., respectively.

Men’s basketball will have four games featured on NESN during the 2009-10 season. Their first game pits them against the University of Rhode Island on the Ram’s home court on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. The following week, they will travel to the University of Vermont on Sunday, Dec. 13 for a 12 p.m. tilt. On Thursday, Dec. 30 they will host Dartmouth at the TD Bank Sports Center at 2 p.m. and then conclude their NESN schedule when they host Central Connecticut State on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 12 p.m.

The “Voice of the Bobcats,” Bill Schweizer will provide the play-by-play for all television broadcasts, while Rich Coppola and Bill Mecca will serve as color analysts for ice hockey and basketball, respectively.

Nearly all winter sports home and away regular-season games can be heard live this season on the Bobcats Radio Network, including flagship station AM 1220 WQUN (Hamden/New Haven), or online at www.quinnipiacbobcats.com. All home games can also be seen via live and on-demand video streaming at www.quinnipiacbobcats.com. The Bobcats Sports Network also features numerous game highlights, comments and post-game shows on Apple iTunes, Twitter and Facebook.

In addition to the eight games scheduled to air on NESN, Quinnipiac’s School of Communications and Public Affairs will be producing an original television series entitled “Quinnipiac University: Bobcats Unleashed In HD” to air on the NESN starting this fall.  The show focuses on Quinnipiac’s basketball and ice hockey teams and their goals for the upcoming season.  Bobcats Unleashed In HD will be hosted by Jayme Parker, Bill Schweizer and Bill Mecca and will be produced and directed by Peter Sumby and crewed by School of Communications students and industry professionals.  The show will be shot and edited in high-definition at the Ed McMahon Mass Communications Center and will air on the NESN High Definition channel.

"Quinnipiac has been a great partner with NESN for the past 8 years. The addition of Bobcats Unleashed allows the school to spread its wings even further and enhances the quality college sports programming NESN can offer to New England fans," said NESN Director of Program Development & Acquisitions Len Mead.

The series will begin to air in early November.

NESN is owned by the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins and delivered to over four million homes throughout the six-state New England region and nationally via DirecTV and Dish Network. The definitive source for New England sports programming, NESN is the top-rated regional sports network in the country delivering award winning Red Sox and Bruins coverage, a popular sports news and highlights program – NESN SportsDesk, and a unique sports debate and discussion show – The Globe 10.0. NESN also delivers live coverage of more than 100 college sporting events each season featuring almost every major school in the region.

CBS College Sports Network is available across the country through local cable operators and locally on Comcast Cable channel 274. The Network is also available nationally via satellite on DirecTV channel 613 and Dish Network channel 152. For more information, go to www.cbscollegesports.com.

2009-10 Quinnipiac University Basketball And Ice Hockey Television Schedule

Sport                                     Date                                        Opponent               Time                        Station
Men’s Ice Hockey                  Friday, Nov. 13                       Harvard                  7:30 PM                   NESN
Women’s Basketball              Saturday, Nov. 14                  at Hartford              4:30 PM                   NESN
Men’s Ice Hockey                  Saturday, Nov. 28                  UMass                    3 PM                        NESN
Men’s Basketball                    Tuesday, Dec. 8                    at Rhode Island      7 PM                        NESN
Men’s Basketball                    Sunday, Dec. 13                    at Vermont             12 PM                      NESN
Men’s Basketball                    Thursday, Dec. 30                 Dartmouth               2 PM                        NESN

Men’s Ice Hockey                   Friday, Jan. 22                       Niagara                   7 PM                        Time Warner

Men’s Basketball                    Sunday, Jan. 24                    Central Connecticut     12 PM                      NESN

Women’s Basketball              Thursday, Feb. 4                    at Sacred Heart       5:30 PM                   CPTV – Fox College Sports

Men’s Basketball                    Thursday, Feb. 4                   at Sacred Heart       7:45 PM                   CPTV – Fox College Sports

Men’s Ice Hockey                  Friday, Feb. 5                          Cornell                    8 PM                        CBS College Sports
Men’s Ice Hockey                  Saturday, Feb. 6                     Colgate                    8 PM                        CBS College Sports

Men’s Ice Hockey                  Saturday, Feb. 27                   Yale                         7:30 PM                   NESN