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This weekend's slate of televised games include a pair of top-15 match-ups and the number one team in action in its first conference game.
The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) opens its first-ever weekend of conference play with a doubleheader on CBS Sports Network today (October 18). That includes the unofficial college hockey game of the week as #1 Miami hosts #6 North Dakota in Oxford, OH beginning at 7:00 p.m. EST.
The Red Hawks are coming off of a dominating sweep of Ohio State where Riley Barber (Washington Capitals) and Austin Czarnik combined for 6 goals and 12 points. North Dakota, meanwhile, defeated Vermont 5-2 to open the season with a victory at home before tying the Catamounts 2-2. Rocco Grimaldi (Florida Panthers) opened his redshirt sophomore season in style by scoring five points (2G-3A) for UND.
After the two top-ten teams play, conference mates #20 Minnesota-Duluth takes on Colorado College at World Arena in Colorado Springs beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET.
Overall, there are six games broadcast nationally this weekend (more are airing locally or in Notre Dame's case, streamed free online). All of them are below.
#6 North Dakota (1-0-1) at #1 Miami (2-0-0)
Time (ET): 7:00 p.m. October 18
Station: CBS Sports Network
Announcers: Dave Starman, Ben Holden, Shireen Saski
#5 Michigan (2-0-0) at #13 New Hampshire (1-1-0)
Time (ET): 7:30 p.m. October 18, 7:00 p.m. October 19
Station: FCS Atlantic both nights
#3 Minnesota (2-0-0) at Bemidji State (0-1-1)
Time (ET): 8:30 p.m. October 18, 8:00 p.m. October 19
Station: FCS Pacific for Friday/FCS Atlantic on Saturday (Fox Sports North/Lakeland Public TV locally - Saturday's game is on FSN+)
Announcers: Doug McLeod
#20 Minnesota-Duluth at Colorado College
Time (ET): 9:30 p.m. October 18
Station: CBS Sports Network
Announcers: Eric Frede and Jim Paradise
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