ESPN Has Coverage of the NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament

ESPN today took the wraps off its planned coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey Tournament. For the eighth year in a row all 15 games will air live on either ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3. Four regional games will be shown on ESPN3 with additional coverage on ESPNU in tape delay.

On March 18th at 12:00p.m. ET ESPNU will air the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Selection Show hosted by John Buccigross with analyst Barry Melrose and three-time Stanley Cup champion Aaron Ward.

During the telecasts of the action ESPN will be utilizing what it calls the Advanced Replay Tool, or ART. This Technology allows graphics to be instantaneously embedded within a replay, providing commentators greater visual resources to communicate analysis to viewers. It has seen previous success in ESPN’s coverage of basketball, football and golf telecasts.

Here is the complete scheudle of ESPN’s coverage of the tournament. with announcer assignments:
Date Time (ET)

Game/Commentators
Network (s)
Sun, Mar 18 noon NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Selection Show
John Buccigross, Barry Melrose and Aaron Ward ESPNU
Fri, Mar 23 3 p.m. East Regional Semifinal 1 (Bridgeport, Conn.)John Buccigross and Barry Melrose ESPNU/ESPN3
5:30 p.m. Midwest Regional Semifinal 1 (Green Bay, Wis.)Ben Holden and Sean Ritchlin ESPN3
6:30 p.m. East Regional Semifinal 2 (Bridgeport, Conn.)John Buccigross and Barry Melrose ESPNU/ESPN3
9 p.m. Midwest Regional Semifinal 2 (Green Bay, Wis.)Ben Holden and Sean Ritchlin ESPNU/ESPN3
11:30 p.m. Midwest Regional Semifinal 1 (Green Bay, Wis.)Ben Holden and Sean Ritchlin ESPNU*
Sat, Mar 24 1:30 p.m. West Regional Semifinal 1 (Saint Paul, Mass.)Clay Matvick and Dave Starman ESPN3
4 p.m. Northeast Regional Semifinal 1 (Worcester, Mass.)
Dan Parkhurst and Billy Jaffe ESPNU/ESPN3
5 p.m. West Regional Semifinal 2 (Saint Paul, MN)
Clay Matvick and Dave Starman ESPN3
6:30 p.m. East Regional Final (Bridgeport, Conn.)
John Buccigross and Barry Melrose ESPNU/ESPN3
7:30 p.m. Northeast Regional Semifinal 2 (Worcester, Mass.)Dan Parkhurst and Billy Jaffe ESPN3
9 p.m. Midwest Regional Final (Green Bay, Wis.)Ben Holden and Sean Ritchlin ESPNU/ESPN3
11:30 p.m. Northeast Regional Semifinal 2 (Worcester, Mass.)Dan Parkhurst and Billy Jaffe ESPNU**
Sun, Mar 25 12:30 p.m. West Regional Semifinal 1 (Saint Paul, Minn.)Clay Matvick and Dave Starman ESPNU**
3 p.m. West Regional Semifinal 2 (Saint Paul, Minn)Clay Matvick and Dave Starman ESPNU**
5:30 p.m. West Regional Final (Saint Paul, Minn.)Clay Matvick and Dave Starman ESPNU/ESPN3
8 p.m. Northeast Regional Final (Worcester, Mass.)Dan Parkhurst and Billy Jaffe ESPNU/ESPN3
Thu, Apr 5 4:30 p.m. Frozen Four Semifinal 1 (Tampa Bay, Fla.)Gary Thorne, Clay Matvick and Barry Melrose ESPNU/ESPN3
8 p.m. Frozen Four Semifinal 2 (Tampa Bay, Fla.)Gary Thorne, Clay Matvick and Barry Melrose ESPN2/ESPN3
Sat, Apr 7 7 p.m. NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship (Tampa Bay, Fla.)Gary Thorne, Clay Matvick

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