CC Releases 2025-26 Hockey Schedule

Colorado College has released its 2025-26 hockey schedule, again playing one of the most demanding slates in the country. The Tigers will play 10 games this upcoming season against teams that competed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament and 17 against teams that were ranked in the final 2024-25 USCHO Top-20 poll. 
 
The Tigers open the regular season by hosting NCAA tournament teams UConn, Oct. 3-4, and Bentley, Oct. 10, at Ed Robson Arena. 
 
The Pikes Peak Trophy, housed at CC since 2018, will be contested in a one-game series against Air Force on Oct. 11 at Cadet Ice Arena.
 
The Tigers travel to Northern Michigan (Oct. 17-18) before opening play in the NCHC against Omaha on Oct. 31-Nov. 1, at Robson Arena. Following a weekend series at Arizona State (Nov. 7-8), the first two games in the Battle for the Gold Pan against 2025 national semifinalist Denver will take place on Nov. 14, at Magness Arena and Nov. 15, at Robson Arena.
 
Back-to-back home series’ against Minnesota Duluth (Nov. 21-22) and NCAA tournament qualifier Providence (Nov. 28-29) precede the final weekend of the calendar year at Miami on Dec. 12-13.  

Following the final non-conference series of the season at Augustana on Jan. 2-3, Colorado College plays 14 league games, starting with a series at home against North Dakota (Jan. 9-10), followed by a pair of games at Omaha on Jan. 23-24. In between those weekends is an exhibition game against Simon Fraser (Canada) on Saturday, Jan. 17, at Robson Arena.

 

During the second half of the season, CC will also host Arizona State (Jan. 30-31) and defending national champion Western Michigan (Feb. 20-21), and travel to St. Cloud State (Feb. 13-14) and Minnesota Duluth (Feb. 27-28).

 

For the first time since 2017-18, the Gold Pan series will not conclude on the final weekend of the regular season. CC and DU will face off at Robson Arena on Feb. 6 and Magness Arena on Feb. 7.

Colorado College will not host St. Cloud State and Miami or travel to North Dakota and Western Michigan in ’25-26.

 

Following the regular season, the new NCHC playoff format will take place over three weeks entirely on campus sites. Like in 2025, only the top eight teams in the final standings will make the NCHC Tournament, with best-of-three quarterfinal series set for March 6-8, 2026, at the four highest seeds.

 

The four quarterfinal series winners are then re-seeded with the two highest remaining seeds hosting single-game semifinals the following Saturday (March 14). The NCHC championship game will then be held the following Friday or Saturday (March 20 or 21) at the highest remaining seed, with the exact date still to be determined. 

 

The 2026 NCAA Tournament begins on March 26, while the NCAA Frozen Four will be held in Las Vegas, Nev., April 9-11. The NCHC has produced the national champion in seven of the last nine seasons.

 

Colorado College has sold out every home game at Robson Arena since opening in October 2021. If interested in CC Hockey Season Tickets for the 2025-26 season, go to www.cctigers.com/tickets to get on the official season ticket waitlist.  

The 2025-26 television schedule will be announced at a later date.