TEMPE, Ariz. – The University of Notre Dame hockey team is set to start the 2025-26 season in the desert as one of four participants in the 2025 Ice Breaker Tournament, hosted by Arizona State University and College Hockey Inc on behalf of the Hockey Commissioners Association. The Irish will join host ASU, as well as Quinnipiac and Alaska next season for the two-day tournament at Mullett Arena. The Ice Breaker Tournament first began in 1997 and traditionally serves as the beginning of the NCAA Division I men’s hockey season.
The 2025 edition will mark Notre Dame’s seventh appearance in the tournament, the most of any program. Notre Dame won the tournament in 2012 (Kansas City) and 2018 ( Erie, Pa.) and hosted the event in 2014. The Irish last took part in the annual tournament to open the 2022-23 season, with a trip to Colorado to face Denver and Air Force.