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NESN and TSN to air Friendship Four Tournament this weekend


BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The No. 4 ranked UMass Lowell Hockey team will be in action this weekend for the first-ever Friendship Four Tournament for the Belpot Trophy held at SSE Arena, which will be aired live on NESN and TSN in Canada. Both networks will broadcast all four games during the two-day tournament.

NESN will air both semifinal games on Friday, November 27th, including No. 4 UMass Lowell vs. Northeastern at 2:30 p.m. (ET). Prior to the River Hawks vs. Huskies puck drop, ECAC rivals Brown and Colgate will take faceoff in the first semifinal. NESNplus will air the Third Place Game on Saturday, November 28th at 11 a.m. (ET) prior to the Championship Game being carried live on NESNplus at 2:30 p.m. (ET). Seth Bennett and Aaron Murphy will have the call for all four games, which will also be broadcast on TSN networks.

Bennett is an award winning television and radio broadcaster and sports journalist, who spent 12 years with BBC Radio Sheffield before turning to a freelance career.Fans are currently likely to hear him reporting the sports news for BBC 5Live, World Service and Radio 4. He also makes regular special features for the Sky Sports Elite League Ice Hockey Show. Bennett began his career at Radio Sheffield at age 20, when he became the station's ice hockey correspondent, providing commentary and interviews on the Sheffield Steelers. This led to the opportunity to commentate on Channel 4's coverage of the ice hockey Challenge Cup.

Over the past few years, Murphy has covered the NHL Premiere events in Europe, NHL All-Star games in Raleigh and Ottawa, and the Stanley Cup Final in Boston in 2011, New Jersey 2012, and Boston again in 2013. Internationally, he has commentated on the 2014 Sochi Olympics, and the 2014 World Championships in Minsk.
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