Last week FSN announced it would carry 28 Gophers men’s hockey games this season.

Today, the Big Ten Network announced it will carry three more games.

All are home games on Friday nights — Saturday is probably reserved for football, football, football.

 BTN will air the Gophers against North Dakota on Jan. 15, vs. Colorado College on Feb. 19, both at Mariucci, and vs. Wisconsin on Mar. 5 at Target Center.

BTN is available nationwide in 55 million homes.

So, all in all, 31 of the Gophers’ 36 regular-season games will be televised. Not on the air will be the series at Michigan Tech on Dec. 11-12 and at Alaska Anchorage Jan. 29-30 and one game at Michigan State on Nov. 28.

FSN will carry the first 13 games and the entire Final Five and the first round of the WCHA playoffs. Of the 28 games on FSN, 23 will be carried live. 

ESPN and ESPNU will telecast the NCAA tournament, including the West Regional at the X on Mar. 26-27.

FSN reaches two million homes in the Upper Midwest.

MAVERICKS FIND HOME IN EHL

Mike Zacharias and Dan Tormey, both former Minnesota State Mankato goalies, have agreed to contracts with East Coast Hockey League teams.

Zacharias, who Gophers fans should remember well, has signed with Ontario (Calif.), an affiliate of the Los Angeles Sharks. He and Alex Kangas dueled in a first round WCHA playoff series in Mankato two seasons ago in which every game went into OT.

Zacharias, who is from Plymouth, was a two-time Mavericks MVP. He set school career recors with a 2,71 gaa and a .910 save percentage. His record was 45-39-16.

Tormey, from Syracuse, N.Y., was a four-year letterwinner at MSU. He signed with Toledo, an affiliate of Detroit and Chicago. He was on the WCHA all-rookie team in 2005-06.

He had a career record of 19-27-4, a 3.33 gaa and a .887 save percentage.

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