College Hockey Hockey East releases schedule for 2020-21 season

[Fenway]

Hockey East has released its schedule for the 2020-21 season for both the men’s and women’s conferences, with games beginning Nov. 20.

Included in the announcement was conference’s television package, which will begin with six games on NESN on opening weekend. Other games streamed through ViacomCBS Digital will be made free to fans all year.

“We’re excited to make this announcement today, and very appreciative of all the hard work by so many in making it happen,” commissioner Steve Metcalf said in a statement. “We’ve worked closely with all our member institutions in establishing protocols in an effort to play as safely as possible, while also giving our teams a complete and meaningful season.”

http://hockeyeastonline.com/article...20-21-schedule-return-to-play-details-men.pdf

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[Fenway]

Looking at the schedule the Beanpot has been canceled

 

[Fenway]

Hockey East on NESN Schedule Through January 1, 2021
Day	Date	Match Up	League	Time	Channel
Fri.	Nov. 20	Boston College at New Hampshire	Women	4:30pm	NESN
Fri.	Nov. 20	New Hampshire at Boston College	Men	7:00pm	NESN
Fri.	Nov. 20	Massachusetts at Maine	Men	7:00pm	NESN+
Sat.	Nov. 21	Maine at Holy Cross	Women	1:00pm	NESN+
Sat.	Nov. 21	New Hampshire at Boston College	Women	4:30pm	NESN
Sat.	Nov. 21	Boston College at New Hampshire	Men	7:00pm	NESN
Fri.	Nov. 27	Providence at Northeastern	Women	1:00pm	NESN
Fri.	Nov. 27	Boston College at Providence	Men	3:30pm	NESN
Fri.	Nov. 27	Vermont at Massachusetts	Men	6:00pm	NESN
Sat.	Nov. 28	Providence at Boston College	Men	1:00pm	NESN
Sat.	Nov. 28	UMass Lowell at Northeastern	Men	3:30pm	NESN
Sat.	Nov. 28	Vermont at Massachusetts	Men	6:00pm	NESN
Fri.	Dec. 4	Providence at Northeastern	Men	3:30pm	NESN
Fri.	Dec. 4	New Hampshire at Massachusetts	Men	6:00pm	NESN
Sat.	Dec. 5	Merrimack at Northeastern	Women	2:00pm	NESN
Sat.	Dec. 5	Northeastern at Providence	Men	4:30pm	NESN
Sat.	Dec. 5	UMass Lowell at Boston College	Men	7:00pm	NESN
Fri.	Dec. 11	New Hampshire at Maine	Men	3:30pm	NESN
Fri.	Dec. 11	Massachusetts at Boston University	Men	6:00pm	NESN
Sat.	Dec. 12	Boston University at Massachusetts	Men	3:30pm	NESN
Sat.	Dec. 12	Merrimack at Northeastern	Men	6:00pm	NESN
Sun.	Dec. 13	Boston College at Northeastern	Women	2:00pm	NESN
Sat.	Dec. 19	Providence at Massachusetts	Men	3:30pm	NESN
Sat.	Dec. 19	Maine at UMass Lowell	Men	6:00pm	NESN
Sat.	Dec. 19	Merrimack at New Hampshire	Men	6:00pm	NESN+
Sun.	Dec. 27	New Hampshire at Providence	Men	3:30pm	NESN
Sun.	Dec. 27	UMass Lowell at Massachusetts	Men	6:00pm	NESN
Mon.	Dec. 28	Providence at New Hampshire	Men	7:00pm	TBD
Fri.	Jan. 1	Boston University at Northeastern	Men	1:00pm	NESN
Fri.	Jan. 1	UConn at New Hampshire	Men	4:00pm	NESN
Fri.	Jan. 1	Vermont at Providence	Men	7:00pm	NESN

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[talkinaway]

Looking at the schedule the Beanpot has been canceled

By definition of how this season was going to go with no play outside of Hockey East, the Beanpot would have to be cancelled anyway, because of Harvard (ECAC), right? Still, a big loss.

But, assuming it's smart to have the season at all, it's a smart way to set up the season - having flex games scheduled that can be replaced with "real" games when the inevitable COVID cancellations happen.

I'm sure NESN is happy - finally gives them some live content.

 

[BMC]

Excellent news, I've been dying to watch live hockey

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Awesome.

Hope fans are allowed.

 

[SanDogBrewin]

Nice!

 

[SPB2776]

Looking at the schedule the Beanpot has been canceled

On the one hand, no 2021 Beanpot sucks, no doubt.
But it also means that Northeastern will still be the defending champions, so that's not all bad.