BOSTON – With the start of the 2018-19 season right around the corner, the Northeastern women's hockey program and head coach Dave Flint have announced a series of updates for the upcoming exhibition games on Sept. 22 and Sept. 29.

Due to ongoing renovations at Northeastern's Matthews Arena, both preseason contests will be held at BU's Walter Brown Arena. The game on Saturday, Sept. 22 against the Boston Pride will now begin at 1 p.m. as opposed to the originally-announced 2 p.m. start time. The contest will follow a non-traditional, "controlled scrimmage" format with two periods of hockey, followed by a special-teams clinic during which both sides will work on power-plays and penalty kills.

The exhibition game on Sept. 29 against Concordia has also been moved up a half hour to a 2:30 p.m. start at Walter Brown Arena.

Admission to both games is free to all fans.

Northeastern will open the regular season on Friday, Oct. 5 against Boston University at Matthews Arena. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.