With the Big Ten joining college hockey, 11 of the country’s most storied programs will compete this fall in 13 games in the inaugural Big Ten\/Hockey East Challenge.<\/p>\n
Both conferences made the announcement Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Thirteen designated games will be played between October 18-27, with six games in Hockey East arenas on the first weekend, followed by six games in Big Ten arenas and a single game on neutral ice the second
\nweekend.<\/p>\n
“The Big Ten\/Hockey East Challenge will offer a tremendous opportunity to build a relationship between our two conferences and to promote the strong traditions of college hockey on a national level,” said Big Ten associate commissioner Jennifer Heppel in a statement. “The student-athletes will also benefit from the chance to take part in meaningful nonconference competition against other top programs.”<\/p>\n
“The college hockey landscape is going through a major change this season and each conference needs to look beyond its familiar boundaries,” added Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna. “We have great respect for the hockey-playing institutions in the Big Ten and we hope to develop this concept to allow all of our programs to participate in this competition in future years.”<\/p>\n
The Big Ten\/Hockey East Challenge Cup will be presented to the conference that records the most points from the 13 games. Teams will earn points as follows: two points for a win, one point for a tie and a bonus point for a road win. <\/p>\n
Should a Big Ten school utilize a shootout in any of its home games, it will not factor into the result. <\/p>\n
Should each conference record the same number of points, the results of the Penn State-Vermont neutral-site game in Philadelphia on Oct. 26 will serve as the tiebreaker.<\/p>\n
(All times EST and 7 p.m. unless noted)<\/p>\n
Friday, October 18<\/b>
\nWisconsin at Boston College
\nMichigan State at Massachusetts
\nMichigan at New Hampshire (7:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 19<\/b>
\nWisconsin at Boston University
\nMichigan State at Massachusetts
\nMichigan at New Hampshire<\/p>\n
Friday, October 25<\/b>
\nBoston College at Minnesota (8 p.m.)*
\nBoston University at Michigan#
\nUMass Lowell at Michigan State@<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 26<\/b>
\nBoston University at Michigan State
\nUMass Lowell at Michigan#
\nPenn State vs. Vermont % (Philadelphia – 5 p.m.)<\/p>\n
Sunday, October 27<\/b>
\nBoston College at Minnesota (2 p.m.)^<\/p>\n
* Big Ten Network
\n# XFINITY Channel 900
\n@ Fox Sports Detroit
\n% Comcast Philadelphia and New England
\n^ Fox Sports North and Sports Time Ohio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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