Quinnipiac will soon announce its television package for this fall/winter, and it will include a deal to broadcast basketball and hockey games on SNY, the Register has learned. Specifics will be announced in two weeks, but it's expected that between two and four men's hockey games will be televised live on the network. Game replays and "Bobcats Unleashed", the in-house Quinnipiac athletics showcase program, could also be part of the deal.

It significant for Quinnipiac. SNY, which last year signed a multi-year deal with UConn, reaches roughly 20 million homes, including the New York/New Jersey and Philadelphia markets. Quinnipiac is also working to extend its relationship with NESN, which has broadcast a handful of Bobcat games each season. That would give the school a presence in Boston, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia.