2017-18 Schedule | Buy Season Tickets

BOSTON -- Northeastern men's ice hockey head coach Jim Madigan announced the Huskies' 2017-18 schedule on Monday. The 34-game slate includes 24 conference games and 10 non-league contests, including the 66th annual Beanpot at TD Garden.
 
"Once again, this season's schedule presents our club with a number of challenging opponents," said Madigan. "With nearly half of our games coming against teams ranked in last year's top-20, our student-athletes will be tested every weekend both out of conference and within Hockey East. We're also excited about our 18 games at home in 2017-18, and look forward to seeing our fans make Matthews Arena the toughest arena in the country for opposing teams to play."
 
The Huskies will host 18 home games at Matthews Arena, the most since the 2010-11 campaign. The slate includes 12 Hockey East games highlighted by three against 2016 NCAA participants UMass Lowell (Oct. 28), Boston University (Nov. 10) and Providence (Jan. 26) and a Saturday night matchup with regional rival Boston College on Nov. 18. Stay tuned to GoNU.com as the season approaches for news about home game promotions.
 
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NON-CONFERENCE
The Huskies open the year with five straight non-conference games, beginning with a pair against Sacred Heart at Matthews Arena and a road test at RIT at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester in the first-ever matchups between the schools. Perennial powerhouse Quinnipiac then makes the trip to Matthews Arena for a two-game set on Oct. 20-21. The Bobcats have won at least 20 games in each of the last six seasons, and have reached the NCAA championship game in two of the last five seasons.
 
After the holiday break, the Huskies jump back in Atlantic Hockey action by hosting AIC on Dec. 30 at 7 p.m. Northeastern is 22-2-1 all-time against the Yellow Jackets as they prepare to square off for the first time since 1973. A home-and-home series with Bentley the following weekend on Jan. 5-6, beginning on the road Friday night, closes out the nonconference slate before the Beanpot.
 
HOCKEY EAST
With the departure of Notre Dame to the Big Ten, the Hockey East schedule will take on a different look in 2017-18. The Huskies will play three games against UMass Lowell, Merrimack, New Hampshire and Vermont, and two against Boston College, Boston University, Connecticut, Maine Massachusetts and Providence to round out the 24-game slate. Every conference team will visit Matthews Arena at least once this season.
 
NU's league opener takes place on Oct. 27 at defending league champion UMass Lowell in the frontend of a home-and-home series with the River Hawks. From there the Huskies will take on Boston University in a rematch of last year's conference quarterfinals, beginning on November 4 at Agganis Arena before the Terriers make the return trip to Matthews the following Friday (Nov. 10). Following another road test at UMass Lowell (Nov. 11), Northeastern will host Vermont and Boston College the weekend of Nov. 17-18. The Huskies close out the first half of the year by taking on Merrimack three times in a span of three weeks (Dec. 1-2, Dec. 16), along with Connecticut (Nov. 28) Boston College (Dec. 9) in a road contest at Conte Forum.
 
The second half of the league schedule sees NU with two-game weekend through January against Maine at home (Jan. 12-13) and a home-and-home with Massachusetts (Jan. 19-20) and Providence (Jan. 26-27) prior to a meeting against New Hampshire to take the Huskies into the first week of the Beanpot. The first two Mondays in February bookend a meeting with UConn on Feb. 9 before Northeastern closes out the regular season with two at Vermont (Feb. 16-17) and a home-and-home with UNH (Feb. 23-24).
  
BEANPOT
The first two Mondays in February are a special time in Boston with the annual Beanpot at TD Garden. In the 66th installment, Northeastern and Boston College will meet in the first semifinal at 5 p.m. followed by Boston University and Harvard in the nightcap in a rematch of last year's championship game. The Huskies will be looking to advance to the championship game for the fourth time in six seasons.