Lambeau Field to host ‘Travel Wisconsin Frozen Tundra Faceoff,’ welcoming NCAA hockey doubleheader in February

The Green Bay Packers, together with Travel Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and TEG Sport at this time introduced that faculty hockey will return to Lambeau Field for the primary time since 2006 with a marquee males’s and girls’s doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2027, for the Travel Wisconsin Frozen Tundra Faceoff.

The occasion will see the Wisconsin males’s hockey workforce face the Michigan Wolverines in a B1G matchup whereas the Badger girls’s hockey squad will sq. off in opposition to the Ohio State Buckeyes, in two clashes rooted in longstanding rivalry and championship historical past that match completely in Titletown.

Pre-sale tickets for the Travel Wisconsin Frozen Tundra Faceoff shall be obtainable on Wednesday, Sept. 9, with common on-sale going down on Friday, Sept. 11. Fans can register for pre-sale here. For extra data on suites, click on here.

“We are proud to welcome college hockey back to Lambeau Field for the first time in more than 20 years for the Travel Wisconsin Frozen Tundra Faceoff,” mentioned Packers President and CEO Ed Policy. “With three storied programs and two highly anticipated matchups, this doubleheader will give fans a rare opportunity to experience hockey at historic Lambeau Field and bring an exciting winter event to Green Bay.”

This showcase will carry three of school hockey’s most completed packages to one of the iconic venues in all of sports activities. Wisconsin and Michigan enter the lads’s matchup with 15 mixed NCAA championships, whereas the ladies’s match options the 2 packages which have formed the game’s current nationwide title image. The Wisconsin and Ohio State girls’s packages have mixed to win the final seven NCAA championships and have met in every of the final 4 nationwide championship video games, with the Badgers successful three and the Buckeyes claiming one.

“This is an incredible opportunity for our student-athletes and the Wisconsin hockey programs,” mentioned Wisconsin Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst. “The chance to showcase our brand of hockey at one of the most revered venues in sports, Lambeau Field, is a unique privilege and it will create an unforgettable experience for the University, alumni and all Badger fans.”

Lambeau Field final welcomed hockey in 2006, when Wisconsin defeated Ohio State, 4-2, within the inaugural Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic. The 2027 doubleheader shall be held throughout a February weekend by which no main occasions have ever taken place Lambeau Field, giving faculty hockey a uncommon alternative to take middle stage in Green Bay. Home to the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, the 81,041-seat Lambeau Field has hosted generations of memorable moments since opening in 1957, and in recent times has featured faculty soccer, worldwide soccer and live performance excursions. This weekend, Lambeau Field will host Notre Dame and Wisconsin in a Shamrock Series Matchup.

The Green Bay Packers and Travel Wisconsin teamed up in 2025 to announce Lambeau Field as a “Wonder of Wisconsin” — a Travel Wisconsin designation for websites of pure, historic and cultural significance. The matchups underscore the enchantment of the long-lasting venue. Hockey followers can anticipate an unmatched gameday expertise in Green Bay when the gridiron goes to the goalies. Visitors can use TravelWisconsin.com to find distinctive sights, world-class spas, winter playgrounds and native eating to increase journeys and make reminiscences on the best way to and from the Travel Wisconsin Frozen Tundra Faceoff.

“The Travel Wisconsin Frozen Tundra Faceoff combines the heritage of Lambeau Field, three storied hockey programs and warm Wisconsin hospitality into an opportunity that promises lifelong memories,” mentioned Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Anne Sayers. “We celebrate winter in Wisconsin, and hockey fans and viewers at home will discover so many reasons to love the season. These matchups will bring gameday-like energy to Green Bay, drive economic impact across the state and turn hockey fans into fans of all things Wisconsin.”

“We’re thrilled to see our men’s ice hockey team take on rival Wisconsin in the Travel Wisconsin Frozen Tundra Faceoff at Lambeau Field, one of the most iconic venues in all of sports,” mentioned Warde Manuel, U-M’s Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics. “This will be an unforgettable opportunity for our players and fans to experience the excitement of outdoor hockey while showcasing the Big Ten as college hockey’s premier conference. Our fans always embrace the unique atmosphere of outdoor games, and we know they’ll bring their energy and passion to Green Bay for what promises to be a truly historic weekend.”

“We are thrilled to have our women’s hockey team participating in the Travel Wisconsin Frozen Tundra Faceoff at historic Lambeau Field,” mentioned Ross Bjork, Athletic Director for The Ohio State University. “The opportunity to showcase premier women’s college hockey on such an iconic stage is truly monumental for both programs.”

“Bringing an event of this scale to Lambeau Field is only possible through strong partnerships and a shared commitment to creating an unrivaled experience for sports fans,” mentioned Matt Kontos, Managing Director of TEG Sport North America, the Event’s promoter. “We are grateful to collaborate with the competing universities and the Green Bay Packers to deliver the Travel Wisconsin Frozen Tundra Faceoff. Combining high-stakes college hockey with such an iconic venue will make this a truly unique spectacle and one of the standout sporting events of the year.”

Further particulars concerning puck drop occasions, broadcast channels and extra occasion data shall be introduced quickly.

Travel Wisconsin Frozen Tundra Faceoff Schedule:

Saturday, February 20, 2027

Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wis.

Game 1: Ohio State University Buckeyes at University of Wisconsin Badgers (Women’s)

Game 2: University of Michigan Wolverines at University of Wisconsin Badgers (Men’s)

About Lambeau Field/Green Bay Packers: The historic Green Bay Packers, established in 1919, are the NFL’s solely community-owned workforce with greater than 539,000 shareholders. With a practice of excellence, the Packers have captured an NFL-record 13 world championships, together with 4 Super Bowls, and have 29 people enshrined within the Pro Football Hall of Fame, a complete that’s second amongst all groups. Lambeau Field, the Packers’ venerable house, is the longest-tenured stadium within the NFL and acknowledged by many as having the highest gameday expertise in skilled sports activities. More data is on the market on-line at www.packers.com.

About The WCHA: Over the final 27 seasons, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association has change into the premier girls’s hockey convention as its eight member establishments have received a report of 23 nationwide championships for the reason that league’s inception, whereas producing 11 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winners, 141 All-Americans, and 276 Olympic workforce members. The eight-team, NCAA Division I convention consists of: Bemidji State University (Beavers), the University of Minnesota (Golden Gophers), the University of Minnesota Duluth (Bulldogs), Minnesota State University (Mavericks), the Ohio State University (Buckeyes), St. Cloud State University (Huskies), the University of St. Thomas (Tommies), and the University of Wisconsin (Badgers).

About Wisconsin Athletics: The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics on the University of Wisconsin–Madison supplies student-athletes alternatives to excel, and thereby advance their athletic, tutorial, and social improvement. Through its dedication to training, broad-based alternative, and aggressive excellence throughout its 23 Division 1 sport packages, UW Athletics is elevating the lives of our student-athletes, one another and folks within the college neighborhood. For additional data, go to: https://uwbadgers.com.

About Michigan Athletics: Intercollegiate Athletics on the University of Michigan started in 1866 with baseball as its first varsity workforce. Today, U-M helps 29 varsity packages, yearly rating among the many nation’s premier collegiate athletic departments each on the sector and within the classroom. The Wolverines have received 60 nationwide workforce titles, with ice hockey and males’s swimming and diving main all Division I colleges in championships, and student-athletes have claimed 333 NCAA particular person titles. Michigan’s girls’s groups have additionally set milestones, together with NCAA workforce titles in discipline hockey, softball and girls’s gymnastics.

U-M’s dominance extends to the Big Ten, with a report 425 convention workforce titles as of 2026 and extra titles than some other faculty in 9 sports activities. Michigan soccer holds probably the most all-time victories in faculty soccer historical past, and girls’s gymnastics has captured 22 of the previous 29 Big Ten championships. Academically, Michigan student-athletes have earned over 195 Academic All-America honors. Learn extra at MGoBlue.com.

About Ohio State University: As a number one public analysis college and nationally acknowledged tutorial medical middle, Ohio State University advances excellence and innovation throughout each space of human endeavor. With greater than 65,000 college students pursuing levels in over 250 undergraduate majors and 270 graduate {and professional} packages, the college supplies life-changing alternatives by means of training, analysis, well being care and neighborhood engagement. Faculty and workers throughout 15 schools and greater than 300 analysis facilities drive discovery and deal with the technological, social and environmental challenges shaping at this time’s world.

The Ohio State University Department of Athletics sponsors 36 varsity groups — 17 for girls, 16 for males and three co-educational — and helps greater than 1,000 student-athletes. Committed to excellence in each teachers and competitors, the division supplies a complete, life-enhancing expertise and operates as a self-sustaining unit, receiving no college funds, tax {dollars} or pupil charges.

With a dynamic community of greater than 630,000 residing alumni and robust trade partnerships, Ohio State brings collectively individuals, concepts and assets to drive significant impression. Together, the Buckeyes proceed to steer, innovate and encourage on campus and around the globe.

About Travel Wisconsin: Travel Wisconsin is the official vacation spot advertising and marketing group for the State of Wisconsin, working underneath the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. We work to market the state as a premier journey vacation spot whereas producing higher financial impression for Wisconsin by means of tourism. Learn extra at TravelWisconsin.com.

About Russ Potts Productions, Inc.: Russ Potts Productions, Inc. (RPPI) is a Virginia-based sports activities and leisure firm with greater than 40 years of expertise organizing and selling stay occasions. Since its founding, RPPI has produced greater than 900 main collegiate sporting occasions throughout the nation. The firm specializes within the improvement, administration and promotion of school basketball, soccer, hockey and volleyball occasions, in addition to concert events and different stay leisure. For extra data, go to www.rppi.net.

About TEG Sport: TEG Sport is a producer and promoter of stay sporting occasions that includes the world’s greatest sporting groups and types. TEG Sport is owned by TEG, a number one international stay leisure, ticketing, and expertise enterprise which operates globally and consists of Ticketek, Ticketek Marketplace, Ticketek UK, Ticketek New Zealand, Ticketek Malaysia, Ticketek Philippines, Ticketek Singapore, Eventopia, Softix, TEG Dainty, TEG Sport, TEG Van Egmond, Laneway Festival, Handsome Tours, SXSW Sydney, TEG Theatrical, MJR Presents, TEG Life Like Touring, Brickman, TEG Rockefeller, TEG Rugby Live, TEG Europe, Propaganda, TEG Live USA, Qudos Bank Arena, FAN+, VIP NOW, and Ovation.