UConn men's hockey releases 2025-26 schedule

The encore to UConn men’s hockey’s best season ever is set. On Monday, the Huskies released their complete 2025-26 schedule.

The new campaign begins on Friday, Oct. 3 with weekend series at Colorado College. UConn has the next weekend off before facing Ohio State for two at home on Oct. 17-18. The Huskies then begin Hockey East play with a home-and-home series against Boston University the following weekend.

The first half ends at Toscano Family Ice Forum against Merrimack on Dec. 6 and resumes with a New Year’s Eve tilt in Storrs versus LIU. The regular season concludes with a Mar. 7 trip to Providence.

The Huskies will play at PeoplesBank Arena (formerly the XL Center) in Hartford on four occasions: Oct. 18 (Ohio State), Stonehill (Nov. 25), UMass Lowell (Jan. 19) and Boston College (Feb. 21).

UConn will also face Harvard (Oct. 31 at home) and LIU (Jan. 31 at home; Jan. 3 away) in standard non-conference action, while the sixth annual Connecticut Ice tournament will be held on Jan. 23-24 at Yale’s Ingalls Rink. The Huskies will take on the host Bulldogs in the opening round on Friday.

In Hockey East, UConn will host Vermont for two (Jan. 16-17) while traveling to Maine for a pair (Feb. 13-14) — the only two opponents that aren’t part of a home-and-home. The Huskies will also play four teams three times: Merrimack (Nov. 1 and Dec. 6 at home; Dec. 5 away), UNH (Nov. 22 and Mar. 5 at home; Nov. 21 away), Northeastern (Nov. 15 and Feb. 6 away; Nov. 14 home) and Providence (Nov. 8, Mar. 7 away; Nov. 7 home).

All but three contests are scheduled for either a Friday or Saturday. The exceptions are a Tuesday night matchup with Stonehill, a New Year’s Eve meeting with LIU on a Wednesday, and a Thursday contest with UNH — all of which are at home.

Unlike last season when the Huskies played 12 of 13 games on the road at one point but were home for the entire month of February, the splits are much more balanced this year. UConn has a four-game home stand early in the season and a four straight road games at the end of the year, but nothing longer than that.

In total, UConn will play 34 games with exactly half of them coming on home ice.