Fox Sports North, a regional television network, and the U of M have reached a contract that features a minimum of 28 exclusive regular season Gopher hockey telecasts per season. Minnesota plays 28 WCHA games each season and six non-conference games for 34 total.

Under terms of the contract, FSN also will televise the  first round of the WCHA playoffs and continue having 30-minute pre-game and post-game shows.

“We’re very excited about continuing this great relationship with Fox Sports North,” said Tom Wistrcill, Minnesota’s senior associate athletic director for external relations in a news release. “We believe our storied hockey program and the professional quality of Fox Sports North’s broadcasts make a great partnership. This is exciting news for loyal fans of Gopher hockey to be able to continue to see the vast majority of our games.”

FSN reaches nearly two million homes throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North and South Dakota. It is also available on most satellite television packages.

“We are very proud of our continuing partnership with the University of Minnesota,” said Mike Dimond, FSN senior vice president and general manager. “Together, we’ve built a tradition of Gopher hockey and this new agreement allows us to continue that tradition on our network for years to come.”

No word on whether Frank Mazzacco and Doug Woog will be back as the play-by-play broadcaster and color commentator — or if they will be at every game. Remember they broadcast the Gophers at Colorado College from the FSN studio in Minneapolis and never mentioned it either night.

I’ll check into it next week.

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