Merrimack Signs Partnership with Fox College Sports to Broadcast Three Hockey Games Live

Merrimack College has inked a partnership with Fox College Sports to broadcast three hockey games live from Lawler Arena. All of the game will be created and produced in-house by Merrimack and Pack Network.

In addition to last Saturday’s game against Union, the January 29 game against Providence and February 3 game against Boston University will be televised live on the Fox College Sports Network.

Each of these games and the January 14 game against Maine will also be televised live in high definition on WBIN-TV locally.

Merrimack is the only Hockey East school to reach a contract to broadcast some of its games nationally.

Locally, fans can find WBIN on Channel 18 (811 in HD) on Comcast, Channel 6 (506 in HD) on Verizon Fios and 50 on DirecTV.

Fox College Sports is available in 60 million households across the country on most major cable systems including DirecTV, Comcast, Verizon Fios, Time Warner and Charter Communications.

Fox College Sports will announce which of its affiliates (FCS Atlantic, FCS Central, FCS Pacific) each game will air on approximately a week before each game. Fans should log on to www.foxcollegesports.com and select the “Check for Availability” logo.

Fox College Sports will also rebroadcast each game at times to be announced.

The games will continue to be streamed online at merrimackathletics.com with free audio also being provided via Merrimack’s athletics website for these games.

Last Saturday’s game against Union was the first nationally-televised game and the first HD game ever from Lawler Arena.

Merrimack (10-3-2) has been one of the nation’s toughest team at home since the beginning of 2009-10 inside a renovated Lawler Arena. The Warriors are 31-7-3 in that span, 13-2-1 in their last 15, fueled by an average student attendance of 700, approximately 33% of the College’s enrollment.