SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Irish hockey team enters a new era in 2025-26, ushering in Brock Sheahan as Catalino Family Head Hockey Coach, and the fifth head coach in program history, with a full slate of non-conference games, as announced Friday.
Notre Dame unofficially opens the season with a trip to southeast Michigan as they will faceoff against the U.S. National Team Development Program in an exhibition contest Friday, October 3. The team then kicks off the official 2025-26 season with a trip to the desert for the annual IceBreaker Tournament, hosted by College Hockey Inc, the Hockey Commissioners Association, and Arizona State. The four-team tournament will take place at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona, October 10-11.
The team opens the home schedule with a series against St. Lawrence October 16-17 before continuing the homestand the following weekend as they host Robert Morris for a pair of tilts (October 24-25).
The Irish will head east for the Thanksgiving holiday this season, visiting Merrimack (November 26) and Boston College (November 28) for a pair of games to close out the non-conference slate in the first half of the season.
Notre Dame rings in the new year with a home-and-home series with neighboring Western Michigan, January 2-3, with the Irish hosting the first of the two matchups.
The home-and-home trend continues at the end of the month as the Irish and the Falcons of Bowling Green trade off for a pair of games on their respective campuses, January 30-31, to close out the non-conference slate. The Irish will host game one of the series (Jan. 30) before traveling to Bowling Green, Ohio, for game two (Jan. 31).
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Game times for all 2025-26 home games will be announced at a later date, as well as the Big Ten Conference schedule. More information about our exclusive Season Ticket Member single game presale and public on sale dates for these games will be available by mid-August.