SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) will unofficially begin its nine-team era on Thursday, Sept. 12 with the Conference’s annual Media Day dropping the puck on the 2024-25 season. NCHC Media Day will once again take place at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn., the home of the 2025 NCHC Frozen Faceoff.

While coaches and student-athletes representing all nine NCHC teams, including new member Arizona State, will be in attendance for Media Day, fans can also follow along and participate in Media Day from wherever they are. NCHC Commissioner Heather Weems’ State of the Conference address will be streamed live for free on NCHC.tv. Fans will also be able to ask questions for the student-athletes during a ‘Twitter/X Takeover’ of @TheNCHC and can watch interviews with players on the NCHC’s Instagram Live channel. Fans can also follow all the action behind-the-scenes at 2024 Media Day on the NCHC’s social media channels, including Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Media Day gets underway with the student-athletes’ ‘Twitter Takeover’ of the NCHC’s account, @TheNCHC. Each student-athlete will answer fan questions on the NCHC’s Twitter account for 15 minutes between 9:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. CT. Fans may begin submitting questions leading up to Media Day on Twitter by using the listed hashtag next to each student-athlete on the schedule below. The student-athletes will then answer as many questions as they can during their allotted time.

Twitter Takeover Schedule (all times CT)

• 9:15 a.m. – Western Michigan’s Cameron Rowe (Gr., G) - #NCHCAskCameron
• 9:30 a.m. – Miami’s Ryan Sullivan (Gr., F) - #NCHCAskRyan
• 9:45 a.m. – Omaha’s Nolan Krenzen (Gr., D) - #NCHCAskNolan
• 10:00 a.m. – St. Cloud State’s Josh Luedtke (Sr., D) - #NCHCAskJosh
• 10:15 a.m. – North Dakota’s Louis Jamernik V (5th-Yr., F) - #NCHCAskLouis
• 10:30 a.m. – Minnesota Duluth’s Dominic James (Sr., F) - #NCHCAskDominic
• 10:45 a.m. – Colorado College’s Stanley Cooley (Sr., F) - #NCHCAskStanley
• 11:00 a.m. – Arizona State’s Ty Murchison (Sr., D) - #NCHCAskTy
• 11:15 a.m. – Denver’s Carter King (Sr., F) - #NCHCAskCarter

Following the Twitter Takeovers, NCHC Commissioner Heather Weems will begin her State of the Conference address at noon CT, which can be seen live for free on NCHC.tv through a computer browser or on NCHC.tv mobile or OTT apps. The State of the Conference address will also be archived on NCHC.tv, where it will be available on-demand.

The media portion of the day then begins with NCHC coaches and student-athletes being interviewed by various media. In addition to local, regional and national media, the NCHC’s national television partner, CBS Sports Network, will be in attendance, along with Midco Sports and St. Cloud State’s Husky Productions, to gather interviews and footage for their broadcasts during the season.

Fans will still be able to take part in NCHC Media Day during the afternoon though, as each student-athlete will participate in an Instagram Live interview. Once the interview begins, fans may ask questions for the student-athletes by commenting on the video. The videos will also be archived on the NCHC’s Instagram page to watch on-demand.

Instagram Live Schedule (all times CT and are approximate)

• 12:30 p.m. – SCSU’s Josh Luedtke
• 12:50 p.m. – WMU’s Cameron Rowe
• 1:10 p.m. – UND’s Louis Jamernik V
• 1:30 p.m. – ASU’s Ty Murchison
• 1:50 p.m. – Omaha’s Nolan Krenzen
• 2:10 p.m. – Denver’s Carter King
• 2:30 p.m. – CC’s Stanley Cooley
• 2:50 p.m. – Miami’s Ryan Sullivan
• 3:10 p.m. – UMD’s Dominic James

One day ahead of Media Day on Wednesday, Sept. 11, the NCHC Preseason Poll will be revealed. The 2024-25 NCHC Preseason Poll will first be unveiled on Twitter tomorrow (Wednesday) starting at 2:00 p.m. CT with @TheNCHC counting down the teams from nine to one, allowing fans to follow along. The NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team will be revealed later today (Tuesday).

While Media Day serves as the unofficial start of the 2024-25 season, the NCHC officially drops the puck on its 12th season on Friday, Oct. 4 with two non-conference games, while all nine teams are in action on Saturday, Oct. 5. Fans can watch more than 170 games live this season on NCHC.tv, including six games opening weekend. To subscribe to NCHC.tv and save with Early Bird pricing, click here.