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The University of Massachusetts Minutemen (19-5-4) and the St. Cloud State University Huskies (20-10-0) face-off Saturday night for the Division I Men’s Ice Hockey National Championship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The game starts at 7 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPN. But if you don’t have cable, here are several different ways you can watch a live stream of UMass vs St. Cloud State online for free.
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FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of ESPN, ESPN2 and 100-plus other TV channels on FuboTV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch UMass vs St. Cloud State live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
You can also watch the game live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can use your Fubo credentials to do that.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV also comes with 250 hours of cloud DVR space.
AT&T TV
AT&T TV has four different channel packages: “Entertainment”, “Choice”, “Ultimate” and “Premier.” ESPN and ESPN2 are included in every package, but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but your “due today” amount will be $0 when signing up. If you watch on your computer, phone or tablet, you won’t be charged for 14 days. If you watch on a streaming device on your TV (Roku, Fire Stick, Apple TV, etc.), you will be charged for the first month, but you can get still get a full refund if you cancel before 14 days:
Once signed up for AT&T TV, you can watch UMass vs St. Cloud State live on the AT&T TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the AT&T TV website.
You can also watch the game live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can use your AT&T TV credentials to do that.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV also comes with 20 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to unlimited hours).
Sling TV
ESPN and ESPN2 are included in Sling TV’s “Sling Orange” bundle. This option doesn’t include a free trial, but it’s the cheapest long-term streaming service with the ESPN channels, plus you can get $10 off your first month, and get Showtime, Starz and Epix included for free:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch UMass vs St. Cloud State live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Sling TV website.
You can also watch the game live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can use your Sling credentials to do that.
If you can’t watch live, Sling TV comes included with 50 hours of cloud DVR.
Hulu With Live TV
You can watch a live stream of ESPN, ESPN2 and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which you can try out for free with a seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch UMass vs St. Cloud State live on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Hulu website.
You can also watch the game live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You’ll need to sign in to a TV provider to watch this way, but you can use your Hulu credentials to do that.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu with Live TV also comes with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).
UMass vs St. Cloud State Preview
The UMass Minutemen and the St. Cloud State Huskies are the last two teams standing after a season that tested everyone’s resolve in Division I Men’s Ice Hockey.
The Minutemen and the Huskies will duel for their first-ever hockey championship at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday night.
UMass will be playing in their second straight national title game – they lost to Minnesota Duluth 3-0 in the 2019 final.
The Minutemen avenged that loss by beating Minnesota Duluth in this year’s national semifinal game on Thursday. UMass rallied in the third period to send the game to overtime, where junior Garrett Wait sent them on to the championship game with a game-winning goal at 14:30 in the extra period.
UMass overcame the absence of their leading goal scorer (redshirt senior Carson Gicewicz) and top goaltender (junior Filip Lindberg), who missed the Frozen Four semifinal due to COVID-19 protocols.
Senior Matt Murray stepped in for Lindberg on Thursday, saving 36 shots en route to the national semifinal win over the reigning two-time national champions.
UMass junior forward Bobby Trivigno and sophomore defenseman Zac Jones were selected this week to the 2020-2021 CCM/AHCA Hockey All-America teams. Trivigno is the Minutemen’s leading scorer (10 goals, 23 assists, 33 points) and Jones is tied for the nation’s lead in goals by defensemen (9).
St. Cloud State had to survive a thriller in the Frozen Four as well, to advance to Saturday’s national championship game. The Huskies rallied from a goal deficit in the final period against Minnesota State and went ahead with what turned out to be the game-winner off the stick of Nolan Walker with 54 seconds left in regulation.
“I’m speechless,” Walker said. “This was such an incredible game. What a journey we’ve been on this year. … This team’s so special. We never give up.”
St. Cloud State built a 3-1 lead but then watched as Minnesota State scored three unanswered goals, which put them in a 4-3 hole in the third period. Huskies freshman Joe Molenaar scored his first goal of the season to tie up the contest at 10:14 of the third.
Senior goalie David Hrenak made 25 saves on 29 shots and won the 66th game of his college career, tying the school record for wins.
The Huskies, who were picked to finish fourth in the NCHC this season, finished second in the regular season and lost in the conference tournament championship game. They would then advance to the Frozen Four after beating No. 3 Boston University and No. 1 Boston College by a combined seven goals in the northeast regional.