Penn State will host Michigan State on Saturday in the first men's hockey game at Beaver Stadium. Did you know that the first outdoor stadium game for Penn State was Jan. 4, 2012? The Penn State men's club team played DIII Neumann University at Citizens Bank Park as part of the 2012 Winter Classic.

🗓️On This Date: 109 Years Ago🗓️ Jan. 27, 1917: Harvard defeated Queen's University of Canada 5-1. Harvard claimed the below photo from that game was the first published photo taken during game play at the original Boston Arena. 📷: Harvard Illustrated Magazine

The Route 11 Rivalry begins tonight with the Clarkson men hosting St. Lawrence. This hockey rivalry is nearly 100 years old as the very first hockey game St. Lawrence ever played was in Potsdam against Clarkson on Feb. 13, 1926.

Coachella Valley Cactus Cup sighting St. Cloud State won the in-season tournament earlier this month.

The Herb Brooks National Hockey Center has also been the home ice for the Saint John’s Johnnies (DIII) since 1990

📍Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, MN UMD Bulldogs vs St. Cloud State Huskies Game 2 of the series. The Huskies men’s team shut out UMD last night for the first time in almost 4 years (March 5, 2022).

Alaska is hosting Alaska Anchorage tonight in Fairbanks for game 1 of this year's Governor's Cup. The rivalry officially began in 1979. But did you know that the first time the University of Alaska Fairbanks played a hockey game against a team from Anchorage was in 1935? Full story🔽 📷: UAA

The first-ever hockey game between Air Force and Holy Cross was an interdivisional matchup. The Falcons were a DI independent and the Crusaders played DIII. A lot has changed since that February 1993 series. The two Atlantic Hockey America teams meet this weekend in games 66 and 67 of the series.

Bemidji State has gone to plaid!…again The men’s hockey team is bringing back the Paul and Babe Plaid alternates against Bowling Green Jan. 23/24. Image c/o Bemidji State Men’s Hockey

📍Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota 🇨🇿Czechia vs 🇸🇪Sweden 2026 #WorldJuniors Gold Medal Game: Sweden has 3 NCAA players on its roster (Boston University, Colorado College, Michigan State) and Czechia with 1 (UMass)

Mid-season tournaments and non-conference games galore mean there are some first-time match-ups in Division I men's hockey this weekend: ▪️Michigan Tech vs Air Force (Friday - Desert Hockey Classic) ▪️Mercyhurst at North Dakota (Fri/Sat) ▪️Canisius at Lindenwood (Fri/Sat)

The U.S. Olympic Men’s roster includes 19 skaters who played college hockey. Boston University leads the pack with 5 players: ▪️5: Boston University ▪️4: Michigan ▪️2: Boston College, North Dakota ▪️1: Colorado College, UConn, Maine, UMass Lowell, Minnesota, Omaha Image c/o USA Hockey

All 23 players on the U.S. Olympic Women’s roster play or played college hockey. Wisconsin is represented by 6 players, followed closely by Minnesota and Northeastern: ▪️6: Wisconsin ▪️5: Minnesota ▪️4: Northeastern ▪️3: Ohio State ▪️2: BC ▪️1: Clarkson, Cornell, Penn State Image c/o USA Hockey

Start your new year off on the right foot (skate?) with a Skatin’ Mountaineer sighting. WVU D1 Club Hockey unveiled new Hockey Europe sweaters to be worn on their Finland and Sweden hockey trip

College Hockey History Round up Division I men: ▪️ Michigan State wins 2025 Great Lakes Invitational. First repeat champ since Michigan (2014/2015) ▪️WMU wins Holiday Face-Off. First NCHC champ and prevents Wisconsin three-peat ▪️U.S. Collegiate Selects to play in Spengler Cup Championship Game 1/2

Championship Game Bound! The first team of NCAA selects to participate in the Spengler Cup - that dates back to 1923 - will play for the trophy in the championship game on New Year’s Eve. Image c/o U.S. Collegiate Selects

📍Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota 🇺🇸USA vs🇨🇭Switzerland 2026 #WorldJuniors: USA has 24 current/future NCAA players on roster. Switzerland is one of two teams in the tournament without NCAA representation (Denmark)

The 2026 U.S. National Junior Team roster includes 24 current/future NCAA players. Breakdown by school: ▪️4: BU, Michigan ▪️3: Michigan State, North Dakota ▪️2: BC, Minnesota, UMD, Wisconsin ▪️1: Denver, Notre Dame Image c/o USA Hockey

The first team of NCAA Selects in the 97th Spengler Cup. Here’s the roster breakdown of players by school: ▪️5: Penn State ▪️2: UMass, UMD, North Dakota, Notre Dame ▪️1: Augustana, BU, UConn, Cornell, Denver, Holy Cross, Michigan, Minnesota State, New Hampshire, Northeastern, Quinnipiac, Wisconsin

In the only Division I hockey game being played tonight, Augustana welcomes Omaha to Midco Arena for the first time. The Vikings will host the Mavericks tonight and Saturday. The series between the two programs is split 2-2 after Augustana swept Omaha last season.

📅On This Date: 108 Years Ago📅 Dec. 19, 1917: The first NHL game was played (Montreal Wanderers vs Toronto). On the Montreal roster was Gerry Geran. The former Dartmouth star was not only the first college hockey alum to play in the NHL, but he was also the first U.S. born player in the NHL. Link🔽

Congratulations to head coach Scott Sandelin, who has now officially coached in his 1,000th career game at UMD!

The first intercollegiate hockey game at Boston Arena would take place at beginning of the following season. On Dec. 18, 1910, Harvard faced off against MIT with the Crimson winning 4-3.

Dec. 26, 1952: The very first Beanpot game was held at Boston Arena between Northeastern and Boston University. Nearly 73 years later, it's only fitting that the final game to be played at the arena will be held this Saturday between the same two teams.

Jan. 7, 1921: The first hockey game at the newly-rebuilt Boston Arena took place. MIT hosted King's College from Canada. A bouncing puck found the back of the net with less than 5 minutes left in regulation and King's defeated MIT 4-3. Full story in link to follow⬇️

April 25, 1910: The first-ever hockey game was played at Boston Arena. The Harvard freshmen defeated Newton High School 4-0. Later that night, Harvard became the first college varsity team to play at the arena in a game against Crescent HC in front of 1,500 fans. Link to story to follow⬇️

Augustana men’s hockey has introduced a vintage look for its new gold alternate sweater 🔥⚔️

Of the six players being inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2026, three played collegiately: ◾️Florence Schelling: Northeastern 2008-2012 ◾️Thomas Vanek: Minnesota 2002-2004 ◾️Cassie Campbell-Pascall: Guelph (Canada) 1992-1997

Miami earned its first-ever win against RIT. Alaska earned its first-ever win against St. Lawrence 🆕 It’ll be Miami vs Union in the 2025 Friendship Four title game - the first hockey game ever between these two programs.

The two centennial hockey programs are facing off today in Lake Placid as the teams kick off the Adirondack Invitational

🦃Thanksgiving Week First-Time Match ups🦃 There are 2 first-time match ups in Division I men's hockey this week. These teams will face one another on the ice for the very first time: 🆕Miami vs RIT (Friday - Friendship Four) 🆕Alaska vs St. Lawrence (Friday - Adirondack Invitational)

Brown and Yale continue the weekend series tonight with game #199 between the two programs. Flashback to the very first game between these teams. It was played Jan. 29, 1898, in Brooklyn with a silver cup on the line for the winner. Brown won 1-0. 📰: Brown Daily Herald 1/29/1898

Miami welcomes St. Cloud State to Oxford for games 60 and 61 in the all-time series. The first hockey game between these schools was Nov. 13, 1987. Today, it's an NCHC conference game but back then it was a game between a CCHA team and an independent in its first Division I season.

With a 5-2 win tonight, Brown earns its first program win against Alaska Anchorage. In addition to the tie in 1990, the Seawolves swept the Bears in Anchorage in January 1992. That was the last time these two teams met before tonight’s game.

The first-ever game between Alaska Anchorage and Brown was played on Black Friday in 1990. The Bears scored twice in the final minute to force a 6-6 tie. Brown will host the Seawolves tonight for the first time since Nov. 23, 1990. Read about that first game in the link below⬇️

New black script sweaters debuting this weekend for Miami when the RedHawks host St. Cloud State⚫️🐦‍🔥 📸: Miami Hockey

Revisiting this, 5 of the 6 teams earned first-ever wins against programs this past weekend: ▪️Bentley over Alaska Anchorage (Fri - OT) ▪️Alaska Anchorage over Bentley (Sat) ▪️LIU over Minnesota (Fri) ▪️Minnesota over LIU (Sat) ▪️Princeton over Stonehill (Sat)

First hat trick for a UMD defenseman in a quarter century. The last time this happened was when Andy Reierson got one against Michigan Tech on Nov. 11, 2000.

The St. Lawrence men are breaking out a new throwback this weekend for the program's 100th Anniversary celebration and 2025 Legends Weekend💯 📷: SLU Men’s Hockey

We have 3 first-time match ups in Division I men's hockey this weekend. These teams will face one another on the ice for the very first time: 🆕Alaska Anchorage at Bentley (Fri/Sat) 🆕LIU at Minnesota (Fri/Sat) 🆕Stonehill at Princeton (Sat)

The first Division I opponent the St. Thomas men faced was St. Cloud State in a home-and-home series. The first time the Tommies hosted the Huskies was at Xcel Energy Center on Oct. 3, 2021. St. Thomas will host SCSU tonight at the new on-campus arena for Tuesday Night Hockey.

Maine won last night and now leads the all-time series 70-29-11. You can read about the very first Maine-UMass game from 1979 as well as how their respective 1978-79 seasons unfolded in the link below: collegehockeyhistory.com/2025/11/07/1...

Thursday Throwfact: St. Cloud State head coach and former Bulldog Brett Larson skated with both Greg Hanson (Ty Hanson's dad) and Derek Plante (Zam and Max's dad) during the McNaughton Cup winning season of 1992-93.

The first-ever hockey game between Maine and UMass was January 1979. It just so happened to be the last season both programs participated in Division II hockey. The next time the two would see one another would be in Division I in 1995. The teams begin a series tonight. 📷: Maine Campus, 2/2/1979

Minnesota ended the Badgers' 37-game unbeaten streak with a four-goal third period, something that hasn't been seen in Madison in 23 years. Here's what stood out at LaBahn: badgerextra.com/sports/hocke...

The Princeton men kick off the season hosting Alaska - the first time the Tigers will ever host the Nanooks. The only other series played between the teams was Dec. 13/14, 1985 in Fairbanks. Princeton is looking for its first-ever win against Alaska.

St. Thomas went undefeated in conference play in 1920-21. The final game of the season was against the Minnesota Gophers club team. Despite a 3-1 loss, St. Thomas considered it an exhibition game, and crowned themselves 1921 Minnesota College Hockey State Champions🏆

Both St. Thomas-Providence hockey games on opening day of the Lee & Penny Anderson Arena in Saint Paul went to overtime. The Providence women won in OT while the men tied (and the Tommies won the non-conference shootout)

📍3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis, MN UMD Bulldogs at Minnesota Gophers The 243rd meeting that dates back to 1952 when this Gophers team first traveled to Duluth:

Boston College is hosting Denver tonight in a non-conference regular season match up. Flashback to the very first time these two programs faced off: 1968 NCAA tournament semifinal in Duluth. Read about that game in the link to follow⬇️ 📷: 1968 Kynewisbok Yearbook