Edit: WJC and NCAA Hockey television schedule

You have options, when it comes to watchable hockey. As I have mentioned in a couple of posts in the past, there has been a huge void left by the NHL Lockout and hockey fans have been looking for other options to fill that void left by the NHL Lockout. As the lockout motors towards day 100, College hockey has taken center stage for hockey fans in the USA.

This fall, I have been keeping a national television schedule of NCAA Hockey games. With the U20 World Junior Championship going on in Ufa, Russia starting on the 26^th of December, 2012 there will be more hockey viewing options for the holiday season. Here is the updated hockey schedule.

All times are central standard time. *DTV = DirecTV. *Dish = Dish TV.

s/t to one of the readers for bringing up a correction, it was an over sight on my part. The Great Lakes Invitational is the 29-30th of December, 2012.

Originally, the 2012 Great Lakes Invitational was scheduled to take place at Comerica Park in Detroit, MI on December 27-28. The NHL Lockout and the subsequent cancellation of the 2013 NHL Winter Classic meant the GLI would not be played at Comerica Park, therefore the GLI was moved back into Joe Louis Arena where the tourney played on a yearly basis. So the even was also rescheduled.

Thur.	Dec. 27		WJC USA vs. German	NHL Net	8:00 a.m.	215/157
Fri.	Dec. 28		WJC Slovakia vs. Canada	NHL Net	3:30 a.m.	215/157
Fri.	Dec. 28		WJC USA vs. Russia	NHL Net	8:00 a.m.	215/157
Sat.	Dec. 29		WJC Russia vs. Germany	NHL Net	8:00 a.m.	215/157
Sat.	Dec. 29		Air Force at Minnesota	FS North+	7:05 p.m.	657/444
Sat.	Dec. 29		Boston University at Denver	ROOT Sports	8:00 p.m.	683 / 414
Sun.	Dec.30		WJC USA vs. Canada	NHL Net	3:30 a.m.	215/157
Sun.	Dec. 30		WJC Germany vs. Slovakia	NHL Net	8:00 a.m.	215/157
Sat.	Dec. 30		Michigan State vs. WMichigan	FS Detroit	2:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Dec. 30		Michigan vs. Michigan Tech	FS Detroit	6:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sun.	Dec. 30		Boston College at Minnesota	FS North+	7:05 p.m.	657/444
Sun.	Dec. 30		GLI Third-Place Game	FS Detroit	2:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sun.	Dec. 30		GLI Championship Game	FS Detroit	6:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Mon.	Dec. 31		WJC USA vs. Slovakia	NHL Net	4:00 a.m.	215/157
Mon.	Dec. 31		WJC Canada vs. Russia	NHL Net	8:00 a.m.	215/157

Originally Posted at the Hockey Writers Combine

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2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship - USA Preview

Interesting video, some good information here. The USA WJC team should be better than last year's team that finished a disappointing 7th place.

USA WJC Final Roster

Pos.		Name	Ht	Wt	Birthdate	S/C	Hometown	2010-12 Team
G	1	Jack Campbell*^	6-2	182	1/9/92	L	Port Huron, Mich.	Soo Greyhounds (OHL)
G	35	John Gibson	6-3	200	7/14/93	L	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
G	29	Andy Iles*%	5-9	180	1/30/92	L	Ithaca, N.Y.	Cornell Univ. (ECACH)
D	5	Adam Clendening	5-11	190	10/26/92	R	Niagara Falls, N.Y.	Boston Univ. (HEA)
D	4	Derek Forbort*	6-5	200	3/4/92	L	Duluth, Minn.	Univ. of North Dakota (WCHA)
D	12	Kevin Gravel	6-4	190	3/6/92	L	Kingsford, Mich.	St. Cloud State Univ. (WCHA)
D	28	Stephen Johns	6-4	221	4/18/92	R	Wampum, Pa.	Univ. of Notre Dame (CCHA)
D	15	Jon Merrill*	6-3	209	2/3/92	L	Brighton, Mich.	Univ. of Michigan (CCHA)
D	24	Jarred Tinordi	6-7	215	2/20/92	L	Millersville, Md.	London Knights (OHL)
D	8	Jacob Trouba	6-2	191	2/26/94	R	Rochester, Mich.	U.S. NTDP U-18 (USHL)
F	21	Josh Archibald	5-10	170	10/6/92	R	Brainerd, Minn.	Univ. of Nebraska Omaha (WCHA)
F	14	Bill Arnold	6-0	215	5/13/92	R	Needham, Mass.	Boston College (HEA)
F	27	Nick Bjugstad*	6-4	204	7/17/92	R	Blaine, Minn.	Univ. of Minnesota (WCHA)
F	23	Connor Brickley	6-1	195	2/25/92	L	Everett, Mass.	Univ. of Vermont (HEA)
F	3	Charlie Coyle*	6-2	207	3/2/92	R	East Weymouth, Mass.	Boston Univ. (HEA)
F	2	Austin Czarnik	5-8	152	12/12/92	R	Washington, Mich.	Miami Univ. (CCHA)
F	10	Emerson Etem*	6-1	197	6/16/92	L	Long Beach, Calif.	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
F	11	J.T. Miller	6-1	195	3/14/93	L	East Palestine, Ohio	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
F	20	Kyle Rau	5-8	172	10/24/92	L	Eden Prairie, Minn.	Univ. of Minnesota (WCHA)
F	22	Brandon Saad	6-2	206	10/27/92	L	Gibsonia, Pa.	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
F	19	T.J. Tynan	5-8	170	2/25/92	R	Orland Park, Ill.	Univ. of Notre Dame (CCHA)
F	26	Austin Watson	6-3	195	1/13/92	R	Ann Arbor, Mich.	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
F	16	Jason Zucker*^	5-11	180	1/16/92	L	Las Vegas, Nev.	Univ. of Denver (WCHA)

Here is the link to the team USA page. As I predicted Kyle RAU has made team USA.