Hockey East Announces Historic NESN Schedule for 2021-22 Season
At Least 104 Hockey East Games to Be Telecast Across New England on NESN

AMESBURY, Mass. - The Hockey East Association and the New England Sports Network (NESN) today unveiled a slate of at least 104 games that will be telecast on the region’s top sports network during the 2021-22 season. The schedule marks the largest-ever agreement between the two entities, who have been partners for the entirety of the league’s existence and in 2019, Hockey East became NESN’s premier college partner.

“Hockey East is excited to announce such a comprehensive NESN television schedule, featuring all of our programs on New England’s top sports network, and to continue a partnership that has been so important throughout the league’s history,” said Hockey East Commissioner Steve Metcalf. “Being able to deliver more NESN games to our fans across the region than ever before was important in strengthening Hockey East’s commitment to increasing the exposure of college ice hockey.”

The 2021-22 NESN schedule kicks off on Saturday when Providence plays host to Army West Point and continues with reigning NCAA national champion Massachusetts welcoming 2021 Frozen Four participant Minnesota State on Sunday. Both games will drop the puck at 4:00 p.m. on NESN+. Northeastern, the 2021 National Women’s Frozen Four Runner-Up, takes the ice on Sunday, October 24 at 4:30 p.m. on NESN.

Hockey East is set to enjoy record-breaking coverage of both its men’s and women’s tournaments in 2022. For just the second time ever, NESN will air the Hockey East women’s championship game live in primetime on NESN on Saturday, March 5. The 7 p.m. title match will conclude a run that will feature at least five of the nine Hockey East Women’s Tournament games airing live on television. Hockey East will then return to the TD Garden for the men’s tournament semifinals and championship, March 18-19 and enjoy its typical exposure on NESN and NESN+ each night. The coverage will wrap with at least eight men’s playoff games making airwaves on NESN or NESN+.

The announcement comes on the eve of the 2021-22 season after a record-breaking 2020-21 season for Hockey East. In addition to the men’s national champion and women’s national runner-up, the 2020-21 NHL season was monumental for Hockey East alumni. The Hockey East Association was once again the most well-represented college hockey conference in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as 108 league alumni, including 54 players, entered the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Each of the 16 NHL clubs that qualified for the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs boasted at least one Hockey East alumnus on roster. Last season nearly 100 Hockey East alumni appeared in at least one NHL game, comprising nearly a third of the over 300 NCAA alumni who appeared in the NHL this season. The 2021 Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning won with the help of three league alumni, including Vermont forward Ross Colton (2016-18), who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal.

A full schedule of games can be found below.

Hockey East on NESN 2021-22 Schedule
M/W Day Date Time Visitor Home Network
Men Saturday 2-Oct 4pm Army Providence NESN+
Men Sunday 3-Oct 4pm Minnesota State Massachusetts NESN+
Men Thursday 7-Oct 7pm Merrimack Providence NESN
Women Friday 15-Oct 2pm New Hampshire Boston College NESN
Men Friday 15-Oct 7pm Northeastern Boston College NESN
Women Friday 22-Oct 2pm Maine New Hampshire NESN
Men Friday 22-Oct 7pm Colorado College Boston College NESN
Men Saturday 23-Oct 7pm Denver Boston College NESN
Men Saturday 23-Oct 7pm Colorado College Northeastern NESN+
Women Sunday 24-Oct 4:30pm Holy Cross Northeastern NESN
Men Tuesday 26-Oct 7pm UConn Northeastern NESN
Men Friday 29-Oct 7pm Maine Northeastern NESN
Men Friday 29-Oct 7pm New Hampshire Providence NESN+
Men Saturday 30-Oct 7pm Merrimack Massachusetts NESN+
Women Sunday 31-Oct 3pm Boston University Providence NESN
Men Friday 5-Nov 7pm Providence Massachusetts NESN
Men Friday 5-Nov 7pm Northeastern New Hampshire NESN+
Men Saturday 6-Nov 7pm Massachusetts Providence NESN+
Men Monday 8-Nov 7pm Harvard Northeastern NESN+
Men Friday 12-Nov 7pm Northeastern UMass Lowell NESN+
Men Friday 12-Nov 7pm Vermont New Hampshire NESN
Men Saturday 13-Nov 7pm Boston University Massachusetts NESN
Men Thursday 18-Nov 7pm Maine Boston College NESN
Women Friday 19-Nov 2pm Holy Cross Boston College NESN
Men Friday 19-Nov 7pm New Hampshire Massachusetts NESN
Men Friday 19-Nov 7pm Maine Boston College NESN+
Men Saturday 20-Nov 3:30pm UConn UMass Lowell NESN
Men Saturday 20-Nov 7pm Boston University Northeastern NESN+
Women Tuesday 23-Nov 7pm Harvard New Hampshire NESN
Men Friday 26-Nov 4pm Dartmouth Providence NESN
Men Saturday 27-Nov 7pm Holy Cross New Hampshire NESN
Men Sunday 28-Nov 3pm RPI Northeastern NESN
Men Tues 30-Nov 7pm Harvard Boston College NESN+
Men Friday 3-Dec 7pm Massachusetts UMass Lowell NESN
Men Friday 3-Dec 7pm Vermont Maine NESN+
Women Saturday 4-Dec 2pm Cornell Northeastern NESN
Men Saturday 4-Dec 3pm Merrimack UConn NESN+
Men Saturday 4-Dec 7pm Providence Northeastern NESN+
Women Sunday 5-Dec 2pm Cornell Northeastern NESN
Men Tuesday 7-Dec 7pm Brown Boston College NESN
Women Friday 10-Dec 3pm Penn State New Hampshire NESN
Men Friday 10-Dec 7:30pm Boston College Boston University NESN
Men Friday 10-Dec 7pm Princeton Providence NESN+
Men Saturday 11-Dec 3pm AIC UConn NESN+
Women Friday 31-Dec 2pm Vermont Providence NESN
Women Sunday 2-Jan 4:30pm Providence Holy Cross NESN+
Women Monday 3-Jan 7pm Providence Boston College NESN
Women Friday 7-Jan 2pm Merrimack Northeastern NESN
Women Friday 7-Jan 7pm Boston University Boston College NESN
Men Friday 7-Jan 7pm St. Lawrence New Hampshire NESN+
Women Saturday 8-Jan 4pm Boston College Boston University NESN+
Men Saturday 8-Jan 7pm Arizona State Boston University NESN+
Men Friday 14-Jan 7pm Boston College New Hampshire NESN
Women Friday 14-Jan 6pm New Hampshire Northeastern NESN+
Men Saturday 15-Jan 4:30pm Merrimack Providence NESN
Men Saturday 15-Jan 7pm Maine UMass Lowell NESN
Women Tuesday 18-Jan 7pm Northeastern Boston College NESN+
Women Friday 21-Jan 4pm Boston University Northeastern NESN
Men Friday 21-Jan 7pm Vermont Boston University NESN+
Men Friday 21-Jan 7pm Northeastern Massachusetts NESN
Men Saturday 22-Jan 4:30pm New Hampshire UConn NESN+
Men Saturday 22-Jan 6:30pm Boston College Providence NESN
Men Saturday 22-Jan 7:30pm Massachusetts Northeastern NESN+
Men Tuesday 25-Jan 7pm Boston University Massachusetts NESN
Women Friday 28-Jan 2pm Vermont Northeastern NESN
Men Friday 28-Jan 7pm Providence Massachusetts NESN+
Women Saturday 29-Jan 4:30pm Maine Providence NESN
Men Sunday 30-Jan 3pm Providence Boston University NESN
Women Friday 4-Feb 2pm Boston College New Hampshire NESN
Men Friday 4-Feb 7pm Vermont Northeastern NESN
Men Friday 4-Feb 7pm Providence UConn NESN+
Men Saturday 5-Feb 7pm Vermont Providence NESN
Men Saturday 5-Feb 7pm UConn New Hampshire NESN+
Women Sunday 6-Feb 2pm Providence Holy Cross NESN+
Men Thursday 10-Feb 7pm Boston University Providence NESN
Women Friday 11-Feb 2pm Merrimack Boston College NESN+
Men Friday 11-Feb 7pm UConn Boston College NESN+
Women Saturday 12-Feb 2:30pm Maine Northeastern NESN
Women Saturday 12-Feb 5pm UConn Providence NESN+
Men Saturday 12-Feb 7pm Maine Massachusetts NESN
Men Sunday 13-Feb 2pm UMass Lowell New Hampshire NESN
Men Friday 18-Feb 7pm New Hampshire Maine NESN
Men Friday 18-Feb 7pm Boston College Northeastern NESN+
Women Saturday 19-Feb 2pm Vermont Boston College NESN+
Women Saturday 19-Feb 5pm Providence Boston University NESN
Men Saturday 19-Feb 4:30pm UMass Lowell Providence NESN+
Men Saturday 19-Feb 7:30pm Vermont Merrimack NESN
Men Saturday 19-Feb 7pm UConn Massachusetts NESN+
Women Wednesday 23-Feb 7pm Hockey East Opening Round NESN+  
Men Friday 25-Feb 7pm Boston University Boston College NESN
Men Friday 25-Feb 7pm UConn Northeastern NESN+
Women Saturday 26-Feb 5pm Hockey East Quarterfinal NESN+
Women Wednesday 2-Mar 3pm Hockey East Semifinals NESN
Women Wednesday 2-Mar 6:30pm Hockey East Semifinals NESN
Men Friday 4-Mar 7pm Massachusetts Boston College NESN
Women Saturday 5-Mar 7pm Hockey East Championship NESN+
Men Saturday 5-Mar 4:30pm Boston College Massachusetts NESN+
Men Wednesday 9-Mar   Hockey East Opening Round NESN/NESN+
Men Saturday 12-Mar 1pm Hockey East Quarterfinal NESN+
Men Saturday 12-Mar 4:30pm Hockey East Quarterfinal NESN+
Men Saturday 12-Mar 7:30pm Hockey East Quarterfinal NESN+
Men Friday 18-Mar 4pm Hockey East Semifinals NESN
Men Friday 18-Mar 7:30pm Hockey East Semifinals NESN+
Men Saturday 19-Mar 7pm Hockey East Championship NESN
*ALL SCHEDULES ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE