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Hockey Announces Non-Conference Schedule

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SOUTH BEND, Ind.  – Notre Dame hockey has announced its non-conference schedule for the upcoming 2022-23 season.

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.

Notre Dame will then open its regular-season home slate on Friday, October 14 against Northern Michigan at the Compton Family Ice Arena before closing out that series on Sunday, October 16 (on Saturday, October 15 between the games, the Fighting Irish football team takes on Stanford at 7:30 p.m. ET at Notre Dame Stadium).  

All told, the Fighting Irish 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.  

2022-23 Non-Conference Schedule
Oct. 2 USNTDP (Exhibition)
Oct. 7 at Denver (Icebreaker Tournament)
Oct. 8 at Air Force (Icebreaker Tournament)
Oct. 14 Northern Michigan
Oct. 16 Northern Michigan
Oct. 21 Western Michigan
Oct. 22 at Western Michigan
Nov. 23 at Boston University
Nov. 25 at Boston College
Dec. 31 Alaska Fairbanks
Jan. 1 Alaska Fairbanks

The Big Ten schedule, which will include home series against Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin, as well as specific game times and broadcast information will be announced at a later date.

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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