 The BSU men's hockey team is 15, 8, and 3 ranked 17th in the country and have already clinched at least one round of home ice in the WCHA playoffs. But if you're hoping to catch those games on Lakeland Public Television, well, you won't be able to. Lakeland Public TV has had the pleasure of broadcasting the Beaver home hockey games all season long and we will continue to broadcast the final six regular season home games. However, due to a request from the University, we will not be broadcasting the Beaver playoff games. They've had some concerns ongoing about gait and attendance at the Sandford Center when we televised the hockey games. You know, there's some concern that maybe the broadcasts are cutting into the gate. So, you know, after some conversations with BSU, they made the decision that they didn't want us to air the playoff games this year. We've had a great partnership with Bemidji State University and I think I think we bring some real value to the table in broadcasting these games because of the reach that we have. We've been able to negotiate carriage among all the public television stations in North Dakota and Minnesota. So, we have a potential audience for the Beavers of over five million viewers, which is pretty astounding and I think the University gets a lot of exposure because of that as well. Not just the Beaver hockey, but the academics, the whole school, the Sandford Center, you know, our community in general gets a lot of exposure because of the fact that we've been broadcasting BSU hockey. So, I hope, you know, next year that we can carry on that tradition and broadcast the home season games next year as well. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.