2025-26 schedule

[chimpfood]

We still know pretty much nothing about the schedule. I would have expected that we get some games trickling in here and there from other teams schedule releases but we have nothing even though most of the NCHC and some other schools have released their full schedules. We also have no return trips due that are coming off the top of my head so next years schedule really is a mystery outside of red hot hockey. My wish list would be that we get a series with a hockey east team and a big ten team but I doubt it. Just hoping for no Atlantic series after that sacred heart fiasco this year

[arugula]

Based on Casey's history at Clarkson, didn't it often have games with CCHA schools-Northern, Tech, Lake Superior?

[617BigRed]

Well according to 25-26 Schedules thread on USCHO Forum page, we will not be at ASU Desert Classic next season so those dates are now open too...

Also interesting is that Tenn State program is apparently starting with full Div. 1 schedule, starting with BU, Nashville would be a fun future trip to see Red...

[stereax]

Well according to 25-26 Schedules thread on USCHO Forum page, we will not be at ASU Desert Classic next season so those dates are now open too...

Also interesting is that Tenn State program is apparently starting with full Div. 1 schedule, starting with BU, Nashville would be a fun future trip to see Red...

Holy shit they're gonna get smoked

[Swampy]

Well according to 25-26 Schedules thread on USCHO Forum page, we will not be at ASU Desert Classic next season so those dates are now open too...

Also interesting is that Tenn State program is apparently starting with full Div. 1 schedule, starting with BU, Nashville would be a fun future trip to see Red...

Holy shit they're gonna get smoked

Not if they use the portal and NIL to their advantage. Just look at how quickly Arizona State became a serious program.

[The Rancor]

Scheduling for Cornell has to be challenging. Take a chance to get beaten by a good program, playing on the road, with a weak ECAC SOS (EZAC?) Who wants that? At least there's some name recognition for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. What is the benefit of getting pounded by Big Red just to see your RPI crash?

[BearLover]

Scheduling for Cornell has to be challenging. Take a chance to get beaten by a good program, playing on the road, with a weak ECAC SOS (EZAC?) Who wants that? At least there's some name recognition for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. What is the benefit of getting pounded by Big Red just to see your RPI crash?

Doesn't this message contradict itself? If Cornell is a good program likely to beat you, why would your RPI crash when Cornell beats you? If the pairwise is working properly, it doesn't matter who you schedule. The pairwise takes opponent quality into account.

In practice, Cornell has scheduled some strong opposition the past few seasons. Finding good opponents hasn't seemed to be an issue.

[stereax]

Well according to 25-26 Schedules thread on USCHO Forum page, we will not be at ASU Desert Classic next season so those dates are now open too...

Also interesting is that Tenn State program is apparently starting with full Div. 1 schedule, starting with BU, Nashville would be a fun future trip to see Red...

Holy shit they're gonna get smoked

Not if they use the portal and NIL to their advantage. Just look at how quickly Arizona State became a serious program.

Aye, but starting your brand-new Div 1 hockey program with a Frozen Four team is asking to get crushed...

[Swampy]

Well according to 25-26 Schedules thread on USCHO Forum page, we will not be at ASU Desert Classic next season so those dates are now open too...

Also interesting is that Tenn State program is apparently starting with full Div. 1 schedule, starting with BU, Nashville would be a fun future trip to see Red...

Holy shit they're gonna get smoked

Not if they use the portal and NIL to their advantage. Just look at how quickly Arizona State became a serious program.

Aye, but starting your brand-new Div 1 hockey program with a Frozen Four team is asking to get crushed...

Yes, but it may be the fast lane to high-level status if your university is committed to facilities, scholarships, NIL, transfer portal, etc.

Located in Nashville, TSU shares the ice hockey market with the Nashville Predators. Nashville also has teams in the NFL, AAA baseball, men's soccer (MLS), and arena football. With a student population of about 8,200, TSU may see a market opportunity, especially if Predator tickets price students out of the ice hockey market.

Also, as a historically black university, TSU starting a men's ice hockey team is somewhat of a seminal event. For the same reason, I would welcome TSU, or another HBCU, starting a D-1 lacrosse team.

TSU also may have needed a men's sport to balance the 7 women's teams it currently has. (Just look at what the current regime in Washington is doing with civil rights and anti-semitism; don't you think they're likely to stand Title 9 on its head and demand equality for men's sports?)

[The Rancor]

Well according to 25-26 Schedules thread on USCHO Forum page, we will not be at ASU Desert Classic next season so those dates are now open too...

Also interesting is that Tenn State program is apparently starting with full Div. 1 schedule, starting with BU, Nashville would be a fun future trip to see Red...

Holy shit they're gonna get smoked

Not if they use the portal and NIL to their advantage. Just look at how quickly Arizona State became a serious program.

Aye, but starting your brand-new Div 1 hockey program with a Frozen Four team is asking to get crushed...

Yes, but it may be the fast lane to high-level status if your university is committed to facilities, scholarships, NIL, transfer portal, etc.

Located in Nashville, TSU shares the ice hockey market with the Nashville Predators. Nashville also has teams in the NFL, AAA baseball, men's soccer (MLS), and arena football. With a student population of about 8,200, TSU may see a market opportunity, especially if Predator tickets price students out of the ice hockey market.

Also, as a historically black university, TSU starting a men's ice hockey team is somewhat of a seminal event. For the same reason, I would welcome TSU, or another HBCU, starting a D-1 lacrosse team.

TSU also may have needed a men's sport to balance the 7 women's teams it currently has. (Just look at what the current regime in Washington is doing with civil rights and anti-semitism; don't you think they're likely to stand Title 9 on its head and demand equality for men'ssports?)

I didn't realize they were an HBCU- all the more reason to root for them! Did they have an ACHA program before?

[adamw]

I didn't realize they were an HBCU- all the more reason to root for them! Did they have an ACHA program before?

No.

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2025/03/22_Tennessee-State-Hits-Funding.php

[jtwcornell91]

Scheduling for Cornell has to be challenging. Take a chance to get beaten by a good program, playing on the road, with a weak ECAC SOS (EZAC?) Who wants that? At least there's some name recognition for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. What is the benefit of getting pounded by Big Red just to see your RPI crash?

Doesn't this message contradict itself? If Cornell is a good program likely to beat you, why would your RPI crash when Cornell beats you? If the pairwise is working properly, it doesn't matter who you schedule. The pairwise takes opponent quality into account.

They've tweaked the numbers a few times, so I'm not sure if this is still true, but there were versions of the RPI that cared about opponents' record a lot more than opponents' opponents' record, so playing someone who'd have a good record against weak opposition was actually to your advantage.

[BearLover]

Scheduling for Cornell has to be challenging. Take a chance to get beaten by a good program, playing on the road, with a weak ECAC SOS (EZAC?) Who wants that? At least there's some name recognition for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. What is the benefit of getting pounded by Big Red just to see your RPI crash?

Doesn't this message contradict itself? If Cornell is a good program likely to beat you, why would your RPI crash when Cornell beats you? If the pairwise is working properly, it doesn't matter who you schedule. The pairwise takes opponent quality into account.

They've tweaked the numbers a few times, so I'm not sure if this is still true, but there were versions of the RPI that cared about opponents' record a lot more than opponents' opponents' record, so playing someone who'd have a good record against weak opposition was actually to your advantage.

Yeah, a lot of the fairness in college hockey depends on RPI being calibrated properly. But assuming it is, there should not be a Pairwise benefit or cost to scheduling someone better or worse.

[ugarte]

Well according to 25-26 Schedules thread on USCHO Forum page, we will not be at ASU Desert Classic next season so those dates are now open too...

Also interesting is that Tenn State program is apparently starting with full Div. 1 schedule, starting with BU, Nashville would be a fun future trip to see Red...

Holy shit they're gonna get smoked

Not if they use the portal and NIL to their advantage. Just look at how quickly Arizona State became a serious program.

Arizona State and Tennessee State exist in different athletic department universes. I am rooting for Tennessee State for the same reasons that I am rooting for Morgan State wrestling to work but I am keeping my optimism in check.

[stereax]

Well according to 25-26 Schedules thread on USCHO Forum page, we will not be at ASU Desert Classic next season so those dates are now open too...

Also interesting is that Tenn State program is apparently starting with full Div. 1 schedule, starting with BU, Nashville would be a fun future trip to see Red...

Holy shit they're gonna get smoked

Not if they use the portal and NIL to their advantage. Just look at how quickly Arizona State became a serious program.

Aye, but starting your brand-new Div 1 hockey program with a Frozen Four team is asking to get crushed...

Yes, but it may be the fast lane to high-level status if your university is committed to facilities, scholarships, NIL, transfer portal, etc.

Located in Nashville, TSU shares the ice hockey market with the Nashville Predators. Nashville also has teams in the NFL, AAA baseball, men's soccer (MLS), and arena football. With a student population of about 8,200, TSU may see a market opportunity, especially if Predator tickets price students out of the ice hockey market.

Also, as a historically black university, TSU starting a men's ice hockey team is somewhat of a seminal event. For the same reason, I would welcome TSU, or another HBCU, starting a D-1 lacrosse team.

TSU also may have needed a men's sport to balance the 7 women's teams it currently has. (Just look at what the current regime in Washington is doing with civil rights and anti-semitism; don't you think they're likely to stand Title 9 on its head and demand equality for men's sports?)

Didn't know they were a HBCU - that's neat, love to see hockey getting more opportunities! Hopefully they can field a solid team within the next few years. Just find it intriguing that you'd start your schedule against an absolute powerhouse team, even if I can't find the schedule rn. Also seeing the team's having funding issues. Hope they're able to figure something out.

...though somehow I doubt Preds tickets are gonna be super expensive rn LOL.