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St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Announces 2026-27 Schedule
7/22/2026 4:09:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Huskies open season against UConn Sept. 25-26 in St. Cloud, make nonconference trips to New York state, Vermont
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Women's Hockey released its complete schedule for the 2026-27 season on Wednesday, adding three series with nonconference opponents to its schedule. Among the three teams added to the schedule, two are return opponents from last season in UConn and Colgate and one hasn't been played in 10 years in Vermont (2016-17).
2026-27 SCHEDULE (WEB)
The Huskies will open the season with a home series against UConn (Sept. 25-26) that will be played at Torrey Arena in the Municipal Athletic Complex (MAC) in northwest St. Cloud due to the ongoing $12.9 million construction project at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (HBNHC). UConn's trip to St. Cloud will complete a home-and-home series between the two programs after SCSU traveled to Storrs, Connecticut last September for a series at the state-of-the-art Toscano Family Ice Forum. SCSU is 3-5 all time against UConn and split last year's road series with a pair of 2-1 games.
Following the opening weekend, SCSU heads on a three-week road trip that begins in Mankato when the Huskies open their Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) schedule against Minnesota State. The following weekend, SCSU makes its first trip to the east coast of the season to play Colgate (Oct. 9-10) at the Class of 1965 Arena in Hamilton, New York before returning to Minnesota for a road series in St. Paul against St. Thomas (Oct. 16-17). The Huskies played one game against Colgate last season at the D1 in DC event in Washington, D.C. in late November, winning 3-2 in overtime to tie the all-time series against the Raiders at 2-2-1.
The Huskies will return to St. Cloud Oct. 23-24 for its first series in the newly renovated Brooks Center against Bemidji State before hosting the defending national champions, Wisconsin (Oct. 30-31) the ensuing weekend.
St. Cloud State's lone bye week of the season is slated for Nov. 6-7 and out if it, the Huskies will play its first home-and-home series against Minnesota (Nov. 13-14) before welcoming the 2025-26 runners-up Ohio State to St. Cloud Nov. 20-21.
The Huskies wrap up nonconference play with their second trip to the east coast, when it heads to Burlington, Vermont with the men's team to play the Catamounts on Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 27-28). SCSU concludes the 2026 portion of its schedule in Duluth against UMD Dec. 4-5. SCSU dropped its last matchup against Vermont in 2016, 5-1, but owns a 4-1 all-time record against UVM.
In 2027, the Huskies host Minnesota State (Jan. 8-9), St. Thomas (Jan. 15-16), Minnesota Duluth (Jan. 29-30) and Minnesota (Feb. 19) while traveling to Wisconsin (Jan. 22-23), Ohio State (Feb. 5-6), Bemidji State (Feb. 12-13) and Minnesota (Feb. 20).
In all, SCSU will play 16 home games (14 at the Brooks Center) in 2026-27 with a nonconference series against UConn (home series to be played at Torrey Arena (MAC) in St. Cloud) and WCHA series/games against Bemidji State (Oct. 23-24), Wisconsin (Oct. 30-31), Minnesota (Nov. 14/Feb. 19), Ohio State (Nov. 20-21), Minnesota State (Jan. 8-9), St. Thomas (Jan. 15-16) and Minnesota Duluth (Jan. 29-30).
Following the regular season, the WCHA Tournament will begin with all eight league teams advancing to the First Round, with seeding set by the regular season standings. The top four seeds each host a best-of-three quarterfinal series the weekend of Feb. 26-28, and the four winners will advance to meet at the WCHA Final Faceoff which will be held on March 4 (semifinals) and March 7 (championship) at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena on the campus of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
The Huskies will play 28 of its 34 games against eight teams that were ranked/receiving votes in the final U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) Poll and the USA Hockey Poll – No. 1 Wisconsin (4), No. 2 Ohio State (4), No. 5 Minnesota (4), No. 6 UConn (2), No. 10 Minnesota Duluth (4), No. 13 Minnesota State (4), No. 15 Colgate (2) and (RV) St. Thomas (2). Among those games, 18 will be played against five teams (Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth, Ohio State, UConn and Wisconsin) that made the 2025-26 NCAA Tournament including the champions, Wisconsin and the runners-up, Ohio State. SCSU finished the season receiving votes in both polls after being ranked for nearly three-quarters of the season.
2026-27 ST. CLOUD STATE WOMEN'S HOCKEY SCHEDULE
(Bold denotes home, all times Central, all dates & times subject to change so stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com)
Sept. 25-26 – vs. UConn** (7 p.m./2 p.m.)
Oct. 2-3 – at Minnesota State* (6 p.m./3 p.m.)
Oct. 9-10 – at Colgate (5 p.m./5:30 p.m.)
Oct. 16-17 – at St. Thomas* (6 p.m./2 p.m.)
Oct. 23-24 – vs. Bemidji State* (6 p.m. / 2 p.m.)
Oct. 30-31 – vs. Wisconsin* (2 p.m./1 p.m.)
Nov. 13 – at Minnesota* (6 p.m.)
Nov. 14 – vs. Minnesota* (1 p.m.)
Nov. 20-21 – vs. Ohio State* (6 p.m./2 p.m.)
Nov. 27-28 – at Vermont (TBA)
Dec. 4-5 – at Minnesota Duluth* (6 p.m./3 p.m.)
Jan. 8-9 – vs. Minnesota State* (6 p.m./1 p.m.)
Jan. 15-16 – vs. St. Thomas* (2 p.m./1 p.m.)
Jan. 22-23 – at Wisconsin* (TBA)
Jan. 29-30 – vs. Minnesota Duluth* (6 p.m./2 p.m.)
Feb. 5-6 – at Ohio State* (5 p.m./Noon)
Feb. 12-13 – at Bemidji State* (6 p.m./3 p.m.)
Feb. 19 – vs. Minnesota* (6 p.m.)
Feb. 20 – at Minnesota* (2 p.m.)
Feb. 26-28 – WCHA First Round (best-of-three series, at higher seeds) (TBD)
March 4 & 6 – WCHA Final Faceoff (TBD)
March 11-13 – NCAA Regionals (TBD)
March 19-21 – NCAA Frozen Four (Duluth, Minn.) (TBD)
*WCHA Game
**Home series to be played at Torrey Arena (MAC) in St. Cloud
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Women's Hockey, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
2026-27 SCHEDULE (WEB)
The Huskies will open the season with a home series against UConn (Sept. 25-26) that will be played at Torrey Arena in the Municipal Athletic Complex (MAC) in northwest St. Cloud due to the ongoing $12.9 million construction project at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (HBNHC). UConn's trip to St. Cloud will complete a home-and-home series between the two programs after SCSU traveled to Storrs, Connecticut last September for a series at the state-of-the-art Toscano Family Ice Forum. SCSU is 3-5 all time against UConn and split last year's road series with a pair of 2-1 games.
Following the opening weekend, SCSU heads on a three-week road trip that begins in Mankato when the Huskies open their Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) schedule against Minnesota State. The following weekend, SCSU makes its first trip to the east coast of the season to play Colgate (Oct. 9-10) at the Class of 1965 Arena in Hamilton, New York before returning to Minnesota for a road series in St. Paul against St. Thomas (Oct. 16-17). The Huskies played one game against Colgate last season at the D1 in DC event in Washington, D.C. in late November, winning 3-2 in overtime to tie the all-time series against the Raiders at 2-2-1.
The Huskies will return to St. Cloud Oct. 23-24 for its first series in the newly renovated Brooks Center against Bemidji State before hosting the defending national champions, Wisconsin (Oct. 30-31) the ensuing weekend.
St. Cloud State's lone bye week of the season is slated for Nov. 6-7 and out if it, the Huskies will play its first home-and-home series against Minnesota (Nov. 13-14) before welcoming the 2025-26 runners-up Ohio State to St. Cloud Nov. 20-21.
The Huskies wrap up nonconference play with their second trip to the east coast, when it heads to Burlington, Vermont with the men's team to play the Catamounts on Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 27-28). SCSU concludes the 2026 portion of its schedule in Duluth against UMD Dec. 4-5. SCSU dropped its last matchup against Vermont in 2016, 5-1, but owns a 4-1 all-time record against UVM.
In 2027, the Huskies host Minnesota State (Jan. 8-9), St. Thomas (Jan. 15-16), Minnesota Duluth (Jan. 29-30) and Minnesota (Feb. 19) while traveling to Wisconsin (Jan. 22-23), Ohio State (Feb. 5-6), Bemidji State (Feb. 12-13) and Minnesota (Feb. 20).
In all, SCSU will play 16 home games (14 at the Brooks Center) in 2026-27 with a nonconference series against UConn (home series to be played at Torrey Arena (MAC) in St. Cloud) and WCHA series/games against Bemidji State (Oct. 23-24), Wisconsin (Oct. 30-31), Minnesota (Nov. 14/Feb. 19), Ohio State (Nov. 20-21), Minnesota State (Jan. 8-9), St. Thomas (Jan. 15-16) and Minnesota Duluth (Jan. 29-30).
Following the regular season, the WCHA Tournament will begin with all eight league teams advancing to the First Round, with seeding set by the regular season standings. The top four seeds each host a best-of-three quarterfinal series the weekend of Feb. 26-28, and the four winners will advance to meet at the WCHA Final Faceoff which will be held on March 4 (semifinals) and March 7 (championship) at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena on the campus of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
The Huskies will play 28 of its 34 games against eight teams that were ranked/receiving votes in the final U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) Poll and the USA Hockey Poll – No. 1 Wisconsin (4), No. 2 Ohio State (4), No. 5 Minnesota (4), No. 6 UConn (2), No. 10 Minnesota Duluth (4), No. 13 Minnesota State (4), No. 15 Colgate (2) and (RV) St. Thomas (2). Among those games, 18 will be played against five teams (Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth, Ohio State, UConn and Wisconsin) that made the 2025-26 NCAA Tournament including the champions, Wisconsin and the runners-up, Ohio State. SCSU finished the season receiving votes in both polls after being ranked for nearly three-quarters of the season.
2026-27 ST. CLOUD STATE WOMEN'S HOCKEY SCHEDULE
(Bold denotes home, all times Central, all dates & times subject to change so stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com)
Sept. 25-26 – vs. UConn** (7 p.m./2 p.m.)
Oct. 2-3 – at Minnesota State* (6 p.m./3 p.m.)
Oct. 9-10 – at Colgate (5 p.m./5:30 p.m.)
Oct. 16-17 – at St. Thomas* (6 p.m./2 p.m.)
Oct. 23-24 – vs. Bemidji State* (6 p.m. / 2 p.m.)
Oct. 30-31 – vs. Wisconsin* (2 p.m./1 p.m.)
Nov. 13 – at Minnesota* (6 p.m.)
Nov. 14 – vs. Minnesota* (1 p.m.)
Nov. 20-21 – vs. Ohio State* (6 p.m./2 p.m.)
Nov. 27-28 – at Vermont (TBA)
Dec. 4-5 – at Minnesota Duluth* (6 p.m./3 p.m.)
Jan. 8-9 – vs. Minnesota State* (6 p.m./1 p.m.)
Jan. 15-16 – vs. St. Thomas* (2 p.m./1 p.m.)
Jan. 22-23 – at Wisconsin* (TBA)
Jan. 29-30 – vs. Minnesota Duluth* (6 p.m./2 p.m.)
Feb. 5-6 – at Ohio State* (5 p.m./Noon)
Feb. 12-13 – at Bemidji State* (6 p.m./3 p.m.)
Feb. 19 – vs. Minnesota* (6 p.m.)
Feb. 20 – at Minnesota* (2 p.m.)
Feb. 26-28 – WCHA First Round (best-of-three series, at higher seeds) (TBD)
March 4 & 6 – WCHA Final Faceoff (TBD)
March 11-13 – NCAA Regionals (TBD)
March 19-21 – NCAA Frozen Four (Duluth, Minn.) (TBD)
*WCHA Game
**Home series to be played at Torrey Arena (MAC) in St. Cloud
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Women's Hockey, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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