If you find yourself on the couch on Friday night, NESN will begin its Hockey East television schedule with Boston College at Vermont at 7:30 p.m.

Here's NESN's television schedule for Hockey East games for the remainder of the season:

Jan. 9 Boston College at Vermont, 7:30pm
Jan. 16 UMass-Lowell at Boston College, 7:30pm
Jan. 23 UNH at Boston University, 7:30pm
Jan. 30 Boston College at Providence, 7:30pm
Feb. 6 Maine at UNH, 7:30pm
Feb. 20 Boston College at UNH, 7:30pm
Feb. 27 Boston U. at Massachusetts, 7:30pm
Feb. 28 Merrimack at UNH *, 7:30pm
Mar. 6 Boston College at Northeastern, 7:30pm
Mar. 13 Select Quarterfinal Game, TBA
Mar. 20 Hockey East Semifinal #1, 5pm
Mar. 20 Hockey East Semifinal #2, 8pm
Mar. 21 Hockey East Championship Game, 7pm

* = Saturday game

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James van Riemsdyk, Hockey East's leading scorer, will return to New Hampshire after playing for Team USA at the World Junior Championships, but here's a story from the Philadelphia Daily News about van Riemsdyk's decision to return to UNH for his sophomore year. Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren believes that van Riemsdyk was ready to turn pro after last year, but the UNH forward said he'll consider that option at a later date.

"It is something that after this season is over, we will all sit down and look at," van Riemsdyk said at the World Juniors. "It was definitely the right move coming back to UNH this year, I wasn't ready [for the NHL]. It has given me a lot of confidence.

"I will go back to the Flyers and see how I fit, and we will go from there."

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