Big Ten Announces 2025-26 Hockey Schedule

EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Big Ten convention introduced its full slate of hockey competitors for the 2025-26 season on Friday afternoon because the countdown to hockey season begins on the banks of the Red Cedar River. Game instances and tv choices will probably be introduced at a later date.

 
Michigan State’s convention schedule options 4 video games (two residence, two away) towards every of the opposite six league groups. The Spartans are set to host Michigan at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich. for the annual Duel within the D recreation on Saturday, February 7. In complete, MSU will play 17 residence video games (together with two exhibitions) at Mason Rink at Munn Ice Arena this season.
 
The Spartans open the 2025-26 marketing campaign with an exhibition towards Windsor on Friday, October 3 earlier than kicking off the common season with a house sequence towards New Hampshire (Oct. 9-10). MSU then hits the highway for 4 straight, touring to Boston University (Oct. 17-18) and Northern Michigan (Oct. 24-25).
 
Big Ten motion will get underway on November 7-8 when Penn State arrives in East Lansing. The Spartans hit the highway at Notre Dame (Nov. 14-15) earlier than internet hosting Wisconsin in Munn on November 21-22. Michigan State will take the next week off B1G competitors to welcome Colgate for non-conference video games on November 26 and November 28.
 
Conference play resumes earlier than the vacation break with the primary of two cut up location sequence towards Michigan, with MSU taking up the Wolverines at residence on December 5 earlier than heading to Ann Arbor, Mich. on December 6.
 
Michigan State will as soon as once more take part within the annual Great Lakes Invitational, which returns for its 59th version in 2025. The Spartans, who have been champions on the 2024 GLI, will look to defend that title towards Ferris State (Dec. 28) and both Michigan Tech or Miami (Ohio) on December 29. MSU’s non-conference schedule concludes with an exhibition towards the USA Hockey National Team Development Program U18 staff at Munn on January 4.
 
The Spartans return to Big Ten play with 4 straight highway video games to open the brand new yr, heading to Ohio State (Jan. 9-10) and Wisconsin (Jan. 15-16). MSU makes a quick cease in East Lansing to tackle Minnesota (Jan. 23-24) earlier than heading out for video games at Penn State (Jan. 31 – Feb. 1) and Michigan (Feb. 6). Michigan State will act as the house staff towards the Wolverines in Detroit at Little Caesars Arena for the annual Duel within the D.
 
MSU will play 4 consecutive video games at Munn to wrap up the month of February, with Notre Dame (Feb. 19-20) and Ohio State (Feb. 27-28) coming to city. The common season concludes at Minnesota on March 5-6.
 
The 2026 Big Ten Hockey Tournament will happen March 11-21 and have a brand new format. The match will probably be shortened to 2 weeks and start on Wednesday, March 11, with single-elimination quarterfinal video games on campus websites. The No. 1 seed will acquire a bye into the semifinals, slated for Saturday, March 14. The highest seeded staff following the semifinals will host the Big Ten Championship Game on Saturday, March 21.