Men's Hockey Announces 2025-26 B1G ScheduleMen's Hockey Announces 2025-26 B1G Schedule

Men's Hockey Announces 2025-26 B1G Schedule

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – On Friday afternoon the Big Ten announced its complete 2025-26 men’s hockey schedule with each team playing each other a total of four times, twice at home and twice on the road.

Penn State, which announced its 10-game, non-conference schedule last month, opens Big Ten play with four-straight road contests beginning in Columbus against Ohio State with a Thursday-Friday series on October 30-31 leading into the Penn State/Ohio State football game on Saturday, November 1.

The Nittany Lions are 6-4-1 all-time in Big Ten openers and have now begun B1G action on the road in five of the last six seasons.

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PSU then travels to Michigan State for a series at Munn Ice Arena on November 7-8 before entertaining Michigan at Pegula Ice Arena in its only conference series in Hockey Valley during the first semester of play on November 14-15. Penn State then closes out its first half slate at Minnesota with a pre-Thanksgiving series on November 21-22.

The Nittany Lions open the second semester with three of four series at home during the month of January beginning with back-to-back against Minnesota (Jan. 9-10) and Notre Dame (Jan. 16-17). Following a trip to Wisconsin (Jan. 23-24), Penn State welcomes Sparty to town for a Saturday-Sunday affair on January 31 and February 1.

Following a bye week, PSU travels to Michigan on February 13-14 before hosting Ohio State on February 20-21. The Nittany Lions then close out February at Notre Dame on the 27-28 before wrapping up the regular-season at home against Wisconsin on March 5-6.

Big Ten Tournament play then opens with the new format in 2026 as a single-game quarterfinal will be played on the campuses of the higher seeds on Wednesday, March 11 before the two semifinal matchups on March 14 and the Big Ten Championship on either March 20 or 21.

All dates are subject to change with game times and the full television schedule to be announced in the coming weeks.

For more information on the 2025-26 season, visit the men's hockey ticket page at GoPSUsports.com or call 1-800-NITTANY Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.