NESN To Produce Women’s Beanpot Championship Telecast With Female-Led Crew, Announcers

NESN will produce tonight’s Women’s Dunkin’ Beanpot Consolation Game and Championship Game telecasts with a female-led crew, with women serving as producers, directors, and graphics operator and in several other technical positions. In addition, the broadcasts of the 45th annual Beanpot women’s college hockey classic — the first to be played at TD Garden — will feature an all-female lineup of reporters and analysts.

NESN’s Amy Johnson (left) and Rose Mirakian will be at the front bench for tonight’s Women’s Beanpot Championship productions.

Boston College will take on Harvard in the consolation game at 5 p.m., followed by Boston University against Northeastern for the championship at 8 p.m. Game action will be anchored by play-by-play analyst Bridgette Proulx, color analyst Sonny Sgagliardich, and rinkside reporter Natalie Noury. In the truck will be producer Amy Johnson, director Rose Mirakian, associate producer Brigitte Sheerin, graphics producer Kelly Lewicki, and scorebug operator Aiyana Langa.

NESN will bridge the two games, as well as intermissions, with a studio show hosted by NESN’s Bruins studio host Sophia Jurksztowicz alongside studio analysts Carson Duggan and Angela Ruggiero. Producer Anna Gregoire and director Janet Bryan will be at the front bench for the studio-show productions, with graphics producer Ally Peto, edge producer Allison Kenney, graphic designer Larissa Lee, and social-media producer Nicole DeGrandpre contributing to the coverage.

NESN has long been a champion of female-led productions, often deploying all-women front benches for such events as the Boston Bruins games, the Men’s Hockey East Tournament, and the Men’s Beanpot Championship in recent years.

“We have the personnel already for most of those jobs,” Mirakian told NESN.com. “It was just a matter of trying to bring everyone together sitting side by side to do a production and showcase it.”Tonight’s broadcast will be the first live production carrying the newly unveiled “Women of NESN” brand, which will identify the incredible stories, achievements, and challenges of female athletes year round. The brand originated seven years ago as an internal resource group for female employees at NESN, and its debut, logo design, and launch-video production were handled entirely by women at NESN.

In addition to watching directly on NESN, viewers in New England can watch the game on NESN 360 via direct subscription or authentication with their TV provider by downloading the app or visiting NESN360.com.