Wanna watch the Gophers vs. Alaska Anchorage game on Friday? Check your alternates. The game will not be on FSN. The Wild vs. Dallas Stars will be there. But the Gophers can be found on one of 12 alternate channels depending where you live. The same scenario applies Sunday, if the two teams split the first two games and a third game is needed. Sunday night FSN will air the Timberwolves vs. Golden State. The middle game will be on FSN. The alties (two in italics added late): Alternate Channel Information for Gophers vs. Alaska-Anchorage games on Fri. and Sun.:
Ace Communications (Southern MN, IA), Ch. 126
Cable One (Fargo/Moorhead), Ch. 45 Charter Communications, Ch. 87
City of Windom, Ch. 69
Comcast (Twin Cities), Ch. 692
DirecTV (MN, ND, SD, IA, WI), Ch. 680 (680-1 HD)
Dishnet (MN, ND, SD, IA, WI), Ch. 451 (9518 HD) ... and on Sun., Ch. 448 (9518 HD)
Fibernet Monticello, Ch. 14
Mediacom (MN, SD, IA), Ch. 6, 8 or 10 Midcontinent Communications (MN, ND, SD), Ch. 322 or 412
Mitchell Telecom (Mitchell, SD), Ch. 400
Northwest Iowa Telephone, Ch. 75
Polar Cablevision (Park River, ND), Ch. 3
Paul Bunyan Telephone (Bemidji, Grand Rapids), Ch. 14
FSN more than 2 million homes throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North and South Dakota and telecasts nearly 2,600 hours of locally produced programming per year. For more information on the regional sports network visit www.foxsportsnorth.com BEMIDJI ST. ATTENDANCE WAY UP Bemidji State drew 62,847 fans this its 16 home hockey games at the new Sanford Center. That's an average of 3,928 fans per game. Both Gophers games last weekend were sellouts with crowds of 4,373. Last season, attendance at the John Glas Fieldhouse, a much smaller building, was 36,847, so attendance increased 25,641. The Sanford Center is a comfy, classy building. A nice place to see a hockey game.