Bowdoin and Williams join Middlebury on the Northeast Sports Network

Bowdoin and Williams have officially announced that they will use Northeast Sports Network (NSN) to broadcast athletic events (including hockey) starting in the 2013-14 season. Middlebury is already a member of the NSN lineup.

The Northeast Sports Network, based in Lyndonville, Vermont, was founded in 2006 on a single premise, according to their website: "to provide local athletes the same coverage as provided to top collegiate and professional athletes." As the Williams announcement says, NSN  "will provide top of the line equipment, professional production support, and experienced broadcast talent." 

The NSN partnership will provide an upgrade from the grainy, student announced webcasts the Ephs and Polar Bears previously have offered (no offense to the student announcers doing yoeman's work). In Williams' case, they will have an interesting broadcasting duo for hockey games (and most other sports) that pairs a professional announcer with a student. Dick Quinn, Director of Sports Information for the Ephs, said they did this because Williams has the Aaron Pinksy '06 Award, presented each year to the top student broadcaster. Pinksy, a beloved student broadcaster for football and men's/women's basketball, lost his two year battle with brain cancer in 2010. 

Bowdoin, NSN's first Pine Tree state partner, already kicked off their NSN coverage with the men's soccer team's 5-0 victory over Southern Maine on September 3rd. Williams coverage will also start with men's soccer, when the Ephs hosts Westfield State on September 11th.

Full schedules for both the Ephs and Polar Bears can be found at their respective NSN pages here: Bowdoin and Williams. Archives of games will be put up on the NSN site 48 hours after completion of the contest, and will remain viewable for another 48 hours. At the end of the season, all archives will be re-posted, as well as the option to purchase DVDs of individual games. 

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