Get ESPN MCH Game Metadata (core-v2)
Value
A one-row fastRhockey_data tibble with event metadata:
| col_name | types | description |
| event_id | character | ESPN event id (echoed from arg). |
| id | character | ESPN event identifier. |
| uid | character | Event uid string. |
| date | character | Game date/time (ISO 8601 UTC). |
| name | character | Full game name (e.g. "Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings"). |
| short_name | character | Short name (e.g. "CHI \@ DET"). |
| time_valid | logical | Whether the start time is confirmed. |
| competition_id | character | Id of the primary competition (equals event_id for MCH). |
| competition_ref | character | $ref URL for the primary competition object. |
| venue_ref | character | $ref URL for the venue. |
| season_ref | character | $ref URL for the season. |
| season_type_ref | character | $ref URL for the season type. |
| league_ref | character | $ref URL for the league. |
| event_ref | character | $ref URL for this event object. |
Details
League slug mens-college-hockey; season is the END year (2026 = 2025-26). Same ESPN helper as espn_nhl_game() (columns inherited); a collection may be empty.
See also
Other ESPN MCH Functions:
espn_mch_award(),
espn_mch_awards(),
espn_mch_calendar(),
espn_mch_coach(),
espn_mch_coach_record(),
espn_mch_coach_season(),
espn_mch_conferences(),
espn_mch_draft(),
espn_mch_fpi(),
espn_mch_franchise(),
espn_mch_franchises(),
espn_mch_game_broadcasts(),
espn_mch_game_competition(),
espn_mch_game_leaders(),
espn_mch_game_odds(),
espn_mch_game_official_detail(),
espn_mch_game_officials(),
espn_mch_game_play(),
espn_mch_game_play_personnel(),
espn_mch_game_plays(),
espn_mch_game_powerindex(),
espn_mch_game_predictor(),
espn_mch_game_probabilities(),
espn_mch_game_propbets(),
espn_mch_game_scoringplays(),
espn_mch_game_situation(),
espn_mch_game_status(),
espn_mch_game_team(),
espn_mch_game_team_leaders(),
espn_mch_game_team_linescores(),
espn_mch_game_team_record(),
espn_mch_game_team_roster(),
espn_mch_game_team_statistics(),
espn_mch_game_teams(),
espn_mch_games(),
espn_mch_injuries(),
espn_mch_leaders(),
espn_mch_leaders_core(),
espn_mch_league_notes(),
espn_mch_league_root(),
espn_mch_news(),
espn_mch_player_awards(),
espn_mch_player_bio(),
espn_mch_player_career_stats(),
espn_mch_player_contracts(),
espn_mch_player_core(),
espn_mch_player_eventlog(),
espn_mch_player_gamelog(),
espn_mch_player_info(),
espn_mch_player_injuries(),
espn_mch_player_news(),
espn_mch_player_notes(),
espn_mch_player_overview(),
espn_mch_player_records(),
espn_mch_player_seasons(),
espn_mch_player_splits(),
espn_mch_player_statisticslog(),
espn_mch_player_stats(),
espn_mch_player_vs_player(),
espn_mch_players_index(),
espn_mch_position(),
espn_mch_positions(),
espn_mch_rankings(),
espn_mch_recruiting_players(),
espn_mch_recruiting_rankings(),
espn_mch_recruiting_years(),
espn_mch_scoreboard(),
espn_mch_season_awards(),
espn_mch_season_coaches(),
espn_mch_season_draft(),
espn_mch_season_draft_round_picks(),
espn_mch_season_freeagents(),
espn_mch_season_futures(),
espn_mch_season_group(),
espn_mch_season_group_children(),
espn_mch_season_group_teams(),
espn_mch_season_groups(),
espn_mch_season_info(),
espn_mch_season_players(),
espn_mch_season_pointer(),
espn_mch_season_powerindex(),
espn_mch_season_powerindex_leaders(),
espn_mch_season_recruits(),
espn_mch_season_team(),
espn_mch_season_teams(),
espn_mch_season_type(),
espn_mch_season_type_corrections(),
espn_mch_season_type_leaders(),
espn_mch_season_types(),
espn_mch_season_week(),
espn_mch_season_week_games(),
espn_mch_season_week_powerindex(),
espn_mch_season_week_rankings(),
espn_mch_season_weeks(),
espn_mch_seasons(),
espn_mch_standings(),
espn_mch_standings_core(),
espn_mch_statistics_league(),
espn_mch_summary(),
espn_mch_talentpicks(),
espn_mch_team(),
espn_mch_team_core(),
espn_mch_team_depthcharts(),
espn_mch_team_history(),
espn_mch_team_injuries(),
espn_mch_team_leaders(),
espn_mch_team_news(),
espn_mch_team_record(),
espn_mch_team_roster(),
espn_mch_team_schedule(),
espn_mch_team_transactions(),
espn_mch_teams_core(),
espn_mch_teams_site(),
espn_mch_tournaments(),
espn_mch_transactions(),
espn_mch_venue(),
espn_mch_venues()
Examples
# \donttest{
try({
sb <- espn_mch_scoreboard(dates = "20250110")
espn_mch_game(event_id = sb$game_id[1])
})
#> ── MENS-COLLEGE-HOCKEY Game data from ESPN core-v2 ─── fastRhockey 1.0.0.9000 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-10-13 01:52:07 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 14
#> event_id id uid date name short_name time_valid competition_id
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <lgl> <chr>
#> 1 401715296 401715296 s:70~l:9… 2025… Minn… MINN @ OSU TRUE 401715296
#> # ℹ 6 more variables: competition_ref <chr>, venue_ref <chr>, season_ref <chr>,
#> # season_type_ref <chr>, league_ref <chr>, event_ref <chr>
# }