Fast Hockey and USA Hockey partner up

Press Release

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Hockey announced today a partnership with FASTHockey that will provide live streaming coverage of all 17 games played at the Urban Plains Center in Fargo, N.D., as part of the upcoming 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-18 Championship.

The event will be played April 9-19 in Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., culminating with the gold-medal game on April 19 at the Urban Plains Center.

"FASTHockey will provide a terrific platform for delivering games from this world-class tournament to hockey fans everywhere," said Mike Bertsch, USA Hockey's assistant executive director for marketing and communications. "The tournament features the brightest young stars in the game, many which will some day play in the NHL. We're pleased that through our agreement with FASTHockey, fans will have access to watch 17 games of this tournament.

The schedule of games that will be streamed live is below. Each game will also be available on-demand approximately one hour after the completion of that game.

2009 IIHF World Under-18 Championship FASTHockey Streaming Schedule
Fargo, N.D. - Urban Plains Center
Date

Match-up

Time (CDT)
Thurs., April 9 Germany-Canada
4:30 p.m.
Norway-United States
8:00 p.m.
Fri., April 10 Slovakia-Norway
7:30 p.m.
Sat., April 11 Canada-Switzerland
4:00 p.m.
United States-Finland
7:30 p.m.
Sun., April 12 Norway-Russia
5:00 p.m.
Mon., April 13 Czech Republic-Canada
4:00 p.m.
United States-Slovakia
7:30 p.m.
Tues., April 14 Canada-Sweden
4:00 p.m.
Russia-United States
7:30 p.m.
Thurs., April 16 Quarterfinal #1
4:00 p.m.
Quarterfinal #2
7:30 p.m.
Fri., April 17 Semifinal #1
4:00 p.m.
Semifinal #2
7:30 p.m.
Sat., April 18 Fifth-Place Game
7:30 p.m.
Sun., April 19 Bronze Medal Game
3:00 p.m.
Gold Medal Game
7:00 p.m.


Games will be offered on a pay-per-view basis. FASTHockey uses a unique game-credit system for viewing games, offering discounts to customers who watch multiple games. Users who want to watch one or more games must first sign up for a free account at video.FASTHockey.com. Users can then buy game credits - a single game ranges from $6.99 (when one game credit is purchased) to $3.99 (when 100 game credits are purchased). Game credits can be used to wat

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