HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac University today announced a seven-game television schedule with the New England Sports Network (NESN) for ice hockey and basketball during the 2008-09 season. Three men’s ice hockey games, three men’s basketball contests, and one women’s basketball tilt will air live this season. Televised game broadcasts on additional partner stations will be announced at a later time.

“We are very pleased to continue our partnership with the New England Sports Network while 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 property is another strong statement about Quinnipiac's growth in intercollegiate athletics.”

The Quinnipiac men’s basketball team will kick-off the schedule when the Bobcats travel to the University of Hartford on Friday, Nov. 14 (7 p.m.). Led by second-year Head Coach Tom Moore, Quinnipiac will then face another America East opponent on Sunday, Dec. 21 (noon) in front of a NESN audience when it hosts the University of Vermont. The Bobcats’ game at Brown University eight days later on Monday, Dec. 29 (1 p.m.) will also be televised.

Quinnipiac women’s basketball will make its return to NESN when Head Coach Tricia Fabbri and her defending Northeast Conference Regular-Season Champions invite Hartford and Head Coach Jennifer Rizzotti to the TD Banknorth Sports Center on Wednesday, Dec. 3 (8 p.m.).

On the men’s ice hockey schedule, fans will also be able to watch Quinnipiac’s first-ever home game against a Hockey East opponent on Friday, Dec. 5 (7:30 p.m.) when the Bobcats host Providence College. Quinnipiac’s home game against fellow ECAC Hockey foe Harvard University on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009 (7 p.m.) will also be broadcast on NESN. The series opener between Quinnipiac and cross-town rival Yale University will be aired on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 (7 p.m.) from the Bulldogs’ Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn.

“We pride ourselves in sharing the best of New England sports with our fans,” said Joel Feld, NESN's executive vice president of programming and executive producer. “Quinnipiac University has made significant investments in their athletic program and we are happy to show them compete against many of the top schools in the region.”

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.

In addition, nearly all winter sports home and away regular-season games can be heard live this season either 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.

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.

2008-09 Quinnipiac University Television Schedule On NESN