Big Ten Conference Announces 2025-26 Hockey Schedule
ROSEMONT, lll. — The Big Ten Conference released its 2025-26 hockey schedule on Friday, presenting dates and opponents for the 84-game conference season. The conference season begins October 30 and runs through March 6. The Big Ten’s seven schools will play 24 conference games in a double round-robin format, resulting in 12 games at home and 12 away.
The 2026 Big Ten Hockey Tournament will take place March 11-21 and feature a new format. The tournament will be shortened to two weeks and begin on Wednesday, March 11, with single-elimination quarterfinal games on campus sites. Teams seeded No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 will host the No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 seeds respectively. The No. 1 seed will gain a bye into the semifinals, slated for Saturday, March 14. The highest seeded team following the semifinals will host the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday, March 21.
The 2025-26 Big Ten hockey schedule is listed below. Times and television information will be announced at a later date.
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DAY |
DATE |
MATCHUP |
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Thursday |
October 30 |
Minnesota at Wisconsin |
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Thursday |
October 30 |
Penn State at Ohio State |
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Friday |
October 31 |
Michigan at Notre Dame |
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Friday |
October 31 |
Penn State at Ohio State |
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Saturday |
November 1 |
Michigan at Notre Dame |
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Saturday |
November 1 |
Minnesota at Wisconsin |
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Friday |
November 7 |
Wisconsin at Michigan |
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Friday |
November 7 |
Penn State at Michigan State |
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Friday |
November 7 |
Notre Dame at Minnesota |
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Saturday |
November 8 |
Wisconsin at Michigan |
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Saturday |
November 8 |
Penn State at Michigan State |
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Saturday |
November 8 |
Notre Dame at Minnesota |
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Friday |
November 14 |
Michigan at Penn State |
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Friday |
November 14 |
Michigan State at Notre Dame |
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Friday |
November 14 |
Ohio State at Wisconsin |
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Saturday |
November 15 |
Michigan at Penn State |
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Saturday |
November 15 |
Michigan State at Notre Dame |
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Saturday |
November 15 |
Ohio State at Wisconsin |
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Friday |
November 21 |
Ohio State at Michigan |
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Friday |
November 21 |
Wisconsin at Michigan State |
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Friday |
November 21 |
Penn State at Minnesota |
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Saturday |
November 22 |
Ohio State at Michigan |
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Saturday |
November 22 |
Wisconsin at Michigan State |
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Saturday |
November 22 |
Penn State at Minnesota |
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Thursday |
December 4 |
Minnesota at Ohio State |
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Friday |
December 5 |
Minnesota at Ohio State |
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Friday |
December 5 |
Michigan at Michigan State |
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Friday |
December 5 |
Wisconsin at Notre Dame |
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Saturday |
December 6 |
Michigan State at Michigan |
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Saturday |
December 6 |
Wisconsin at Notre Dame |
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Friday |
January 9 |
Notre Dame at Michigan |
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Friday |
January 9 |
Michigan State at Ohio State |
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Friday |
January 9 |
Minnesota at Penn State |
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Saturday |
January 10 |
Notre Dame at Michigan |
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Saturday |
January 10 |
Michigan State at Ohio State |
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Saturday |
January 10 |
Minnesota at Penn State |
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Thursday |
January 15 |
Michigan State at Wisconsin |
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Friday |
January 16 |
Michigan State at Wisconsin |
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Friday |
January 16 |
Michigan at Minnesota |
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Friday |
January 16 |
Notre Dame at Penn State |
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Saturday |
January 17 |
Michigan at Minnesota |
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Saturday |
January 17 |
Notre Dame at Penn State |
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Friday |
January 23 |
Minnesota at Michigan State |
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Friday |
January 23 |
Ohio State at Notre Dame |
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Friday |
January 23 |
Penn State at Wisconsin |
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Saturday |
January 24 |
Minnesota at Michigan State |
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Saturday |
January 24 |
Ohio State at Notre Dame |
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Saturday |
January 24 |
Penn State at Wisconsin |
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Friday |
January 30 |
Michigan at Ohio State |
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Friday |
January 30 |
Wisconsin at Minnesota |
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Saturday |
January 31 |
Michigan at Ohio State |
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Saturday |
January 31 |
Michigan State at Penn State |
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Saturday |
January 31 |
Wisconsin at Minnesota |
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Sunday |
February 1 |
Michigan State at Penn State |
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Friday |
February 6 |
Michigan State at Michigan |
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Friday |
February 6 |
Ohio State at Minnesota |
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Friday |
February 6 |
Notre Dame at Wisconsin |
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Saturday |
February 7 |
Michigan vs. Michigan State (Duel in the D) |
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Saturday |
February 7 |
Ohio State at Minnesota |
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Saturday |
February 7 |
Notre Dame at Wisconsin |
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Friday |
February 13 |
Penn State at Michigan |
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Friday |
February 13 |
Minnesota at Notre Dame |
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Friday |
February 13 |
Wisconsin at Ohio State |
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Saturday |
February 14 |
Penn State at Michigan |
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Saturday |
February 14 |
Minnesota at Notre Dame |
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Saturday |
February 14 |
Wisconsin at Ohio State |
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Thursday |
February 19 |
Notre Dame at Michigan State |
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Friday |
February 20 |
Notre Dame at Michigan State |
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Friday |
February 20 |
Ohio State at Penn State |
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Friday |
February 20 |
Michigan at Wisconsin |
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Saturday |
February 21 |
Ohio State at Penn State |
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Saturday |
February 21 |
Michigan at Wisconsin |
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Thursday |
February 26 |
Minnesota at Michigan |
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Friday |
February 27 |
Minnesota at Michigan |
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Friday |
February 27 |
Ohio State at Michigan State |
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Friday |
February 27 |
Penn State at Notre Dame |
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Saturday |
February 28 |
Ohio State at Michigan State |
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Saturday |
February 28 |
Penn State at Notre Dame |
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Thursday |
March 5 |
Michigan State at Minnesota |
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Thursday |
March 5 |
Notre Dame at Ohio State |
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Thursday |
March 5 |
Wisconsin at Penn State |
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Friday |
March 6 |
Michigan State at Minnesota |
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Friday |
March 6 |
Notre Dame at Ohio State |
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Friday |
March 6 |
Wisconsin at Penn State |
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Wednesday |
March 11 |
Big Ten Quarterfinals |
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Saturday |
March 14 |
Big Ten Semifinals |
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Saturday |
March 21 |
Big Ten Championship |