SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Big Ten portion of the 2022-23 Notre Dame hockey schedule has been announced, with the Fighting Irish set to play two-game home and away series versus the other six Big Ten teams for a 24-game conference slate.
Notre Dame will open conference play with a home series against Michigan State on Friday and Saturday, October 28-29, at Compton Family Ice Arena.
Specific game times and broadcast information will be announced at a later date.
2022-23 Notre Dame Hockey Schedule
Oct. 2 USNTDP (Exhibition)
Oct. 7 at Denver (Icebreaker)
Oct. 8 at Air Force (Icebreaker)
Oct. 14 Northern Michigan
Oct. 16 Northern Michigan
Oct. 21 Western Michigan
Oct. 22 at Western Michigan
Oct. 28 Michigan State
Oct. 29 Michigan State
Nov. 4 at Minnesota
Nov. 5 at Minnesota
Nov. 11 Michigan
Nov. 12 Michigan
Nov. 18 at Ohio State
Nov. 19 at Ohio State
Nov. 23 at Boston University
Nov. 25 at Boston College
Dec. 9 Penn State
Dec. 10 Penn State
Dec. 31 Alaska Fairbanks
Jan. 1 Alaska Fairbanks
Jan. 6 at Wisconsin
Jan. 7 at Wisconsin
Jan. 13 Minnesota
Jan. 14 Minnesota
Jan. 20 at Penn State
Jan. 21 at Penn State
Jan. 27 Wisconsin
Jan. 28 Wisconsin
Feb. 3 at Michigan State
Feb. 4 at Michigan State
Feb. 10 Ohio State
Feb. 11 Ohio State
Feb. 24 at Michigan
Feb. 25 at Michigan
Schedule Notes
- The Fighting Irish will begin the regular-season at the 2022 Ice Breaker Tournament, which will be hosted by Air Force and Denver.
- This season will mark the 26th edition of the annual event, with Notre Dame opening at defending NCAA Champion Denver (Oct. 7) and then playing at Air Force the following night (Oct. 8).
- The Irish previously took part in the Ice Breaker in 1999 (Denver), 2010 (St. Louis), 2012 (Kansas City), 2014 (Notre Dame) and 2018 (Erie), winning Ice Breaker Championships in 2012 and 2018.
- The non-conference schedule includes games against the NCHC (Denver and Western Michigan), Atlantic Hockey (Air Force), the CCHA (Northern Michigan), Hockey East (Boston University and Boston College) and Independent Alaska Fairbanks.
- The opening round of the Big Ten tournament will be played on March 3-5, with the semifinals slated for March 11 and the Championship on March 18.
- NCAA Regionals will take place on March 23-26, followed by the Frozen Four on April 6-8 in Tampa, Florida.
The Fighting Irish
- Last season, Notre Dame went 28-12-0, advancing to the NCAA Albany Regional Final with a dramatic 2-1 overtime win against North Dakota in the first round.
- It marked the 13th NCAA tournament appearance in program history and the 12th under Head Coach Jeff Jackson.
- The Irish will return three of their top five scorers from a year ago including Ryder Rolston (10-17-27), Nick Leivermann (6-21-27) and Landon Slaggert (12-14-26).
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