Thirty-four of the 36 regular-season or exhibition games for the Gophers men's hockey team will be broadcast or streamed this season, with the FOX 9/FOX 9+ channels joining as a broadcast partner.
The Big Ten Network (BTN) will air 11 games, the B1G+ streaming service will have eight, FOX 9 will carry four, FOX 9+ will have 10 and FS1 will carry one. Bally Sports North no longer is broadcasting Gophers games.
Sam Ekstrom will serve as play-by-play announcer for Gophers games on FOX9, with former Minnesota great Pat Micheletti as color analyst.
Here is the schedule and broadcast/streaming schedule:
OCTOBER
8: vs. Bemidji State (exhibition), 6 p.m., B1G+
13: vs. St. Thomas at Xcel Energy Center, 7:30 p.m., FOX 9
14: vs. St. Thomas, 6 p.m., FOX 9+
20: at North Dakota, 7 p.m., FOX 9
21: at North Dakota, 6 p.m., FOX 9+
26: vs. Wisconsin, 8 p.m., BTN
27: vs. Wisconsin, 8 p.m., BTN
NOVEMBER
3: vs. Minnesota Duluth, 7 p.m., FOX 9+
4: at Minnesota Duluth, 8 p.m., FOX 9+
10: at Michigan, 6 p.m., B1G+
11: at Michigan, 6 p.m., B1G+
17: vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m., FOX 9
18: vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m., FOX 9+
24: vs. Michigan State, 7 p.m., FOX 9+
26: vs. Michigan State, 1 p.m., BTN
DECEMBER
1: at Penn State, time, B1G+
2: at Penn State, 5 p.m., BTN
8: at Ohio State, 5:30 p.m., BTN
9: at Ohio State, 7 p.m., BTN
JANUARY
1: vs. U.S. National Under-18 Team (exhibition), 2 p.m., B1G+
7: vs. Colorado College, 5 p.m., FOX 9+
8: vs. Colorado College, 7 p.m., FOX 9+
12: vs. Robert Morris, 7 p.m., FOX 9+
13: vs. Robert Morris, 5 p.m., FOX 9+
19: vs. Ohio State, 7 p.m., FOX 9
20: vs. Ohio State, 7 p.m., BTN
26: at Michigan State, 5 p.m., B1G+
27: at Michigan State, 3 p.m., BTN
FEBRUARY
2: at Wisconsin, 7 p.m., B1G+
3: at Wisconsin, 7 p.m., B1G+
9: vs. Penn State, 6 p.m., FS1
10: vs. Penn State, 3 p.m., BTN
16: at Notre Dame, time, TV TBD
17: at Notre Dame, time, TV TBD
MARCH
1: vs. Michigan, 7:30 p.m., BTN
2: vs. Michigan, 7:30 p.m., BTN
Four Gophers women's games on FOX 9+
In addition to Minnesota's men's games, FOX 9+ will broadcast four Gophers women's hockey regular-season games, plus the three games in the WCHA Final Faceoff. The games are:
Oct. 13: Gophers vs. St. Thomas at Xcel Energy Center, 4 p.m.
Nov. 4: Gophers at Minnesota State Mankato, 4 p.m.
Jan. 20: Gophers at Bemidji State, 3 p.m.
Jan. 27: Gophers at Minnesota State Mankato, 2 p.m.
March 8: WCHA Final Faceoff semifinals, 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
March 9: WCHA Final Faceoff championship, 2 p.m.
