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The final game played at the historic Matthews Arena in Boston occurred during the 2025-26 season. The original arena opened April 25, 1910, when the Harvard freshmen played Newton High School. Later that night, Harvard became the first-ever varsity team to take the ice at the arena when it played the Crescent Hockey Club. The first-ever intercollegiate hockey game to be played at the arena took place the following season when Harvard and MIT met December 18, 1910. A catastrophic fire destroyed the original building in December 1918. The second iteration of the arena opened a little more than three years later when MIT hosted King’s College from north of the border. The Canadian team won that January 7, 1921, game 4-3. Harvard, MIT, Boston College, Boston University and numerous professional teams called the rink home over the years. Northeastern played its first hockey game there on January 17, 1930, and ultimately became the main tenant of the arena in October 1979. The university renamed it Northeastern Arena and ultimately Matthews Arena. On December 13, 2025, the Northeastern men hosted Boston University in the last hockey game played in the historic rink. The Terriers won 4-3, which is fitting since the first hockey game played between these programs was at the same rink in February 1931 when the Terriers defeated the Huskies by the exact same score.

Boston Arena in black and white from the early 1920s.
A photo of Boston Arena from the early 1920s.

Two hockey programs separated by 3,000 miles celebrated 100 years of hockey during the season: Alaska and St. Lawrence. Two Division I programs also debuted new hockey rinks. The Lee & Penny Anderson Arena opened on the St. Thomas campus when the women’s team hosted Providence. The men’s teams from the same schools played the second game of a debut doubleheader. In Schenectady, New York, the M&T Bank Center opened its gates September 26, 2025, when the Union women played Franklin Pierce. The Garnet Chargers previously played at Messa Rink; an arena that hosted its first Union hockey game in 1975. In the NCHC, the Miami RedHawks snapped its 26-game winless streak with a 6-4 win over Ferris State in the season opener. The team kept rolling and won its first six games of the season with the last two coming in overtime. It was the first back-to-back overtime wins in program history. Within the Big Ten, the Gopher men snapped an 11-game shootout losing streak after defeating Boston College. Going into the shootout, the team had missed its previous 28 shootout attempts, as impossible as that may seem. Coincidentally, the Gophers first-ever regular season shootout was against Boston College nearly 12 years beforehand at the same rink.

Unfortunately, two Division I programs closed their doors at the end of the season. Mercyhurst debuted its hockey program in 1987 within Division III and elevated to Division II in 1992. The Mercyhurst men played their last game March 7, 2026, against Bentley, which coincidentally was the first conference opponent the Lakers faced in 1999 after joining Division I. Note that the Mercyhurst women’s hockey team will continue operations. The Simon Fraser Red Leafs of Burnaby, British Columbia decided to discontinue the school’s Non-Conference Team at the conclusion of the season. The Non-Conference Team had operated as an independent program for three seasons with a schedule predominantly made up of U.S. Division I teams. The Red Leafs played 20 NCAA Division I and three Division III programs throughout its tenure. The first program win over an NCAA Division I team came against Alaska Anchorage in 2022. A notable 2024 game for Simon Fraser saw the Red Leafs tie the second-ranked team in the U.S. at the time, Boston University. The last game the team ever played was in Ann Arbor, which happened to be the first time the program had played the Wolverines. Note that the Simon Fraser BCIHL team will continue operations.

Changes were made to a couple of postseason tournaments in the Division I men’s world. Big Ten Hockey reduced its tournament to a two-and-a-half week single elimination tournament instead of a three-weekend tournament where the first round was a best-of-three series. On the other hand, the NCHC shifted to a setup that mirrored the previous Big Ten format. In doing so, the NCHC moved to an entirely on-campus tournament for the first time. Excluding 2020 and 2021 due to COVID, the final weekend of the tournament had previously been held in Minneapolis or Saint Paul. This change saw the conference host a three-weekend tournament for the first time, with the first weekend being a best-of-three series. The tournament trophy was also branded the National Cup, a name change that mirrored the new secondary branding of the NCHC. Denver ended up hosting UMD in its first single-elimination conference tournament title game on home ice since 1970. The Pioneers won in double overtime, marking it the second double overtime championship game in a row for Denver and the NCHC. This was the first time in the Division I men’s hockey era where a conference’s tournament title game went to double overtime in back-to-back seasons.

In the CCHA, Minnesota State and St. Thomas squared off in the tournament championship game for the second season in a row. This time a berth to the NCAA tournament was truly on the line. The Mavericks were victorious again. This marked the last CCHA conference game played by the Tommies as they are moving to the NCHC for the 2026-27 season. It also marked the fourth Mason Cup for the Mavericks in the past five seasons.

Looking east, the ECAC men’s conference title game was an Ivy League affair between Dartmouth and Princeton. The all-time hockey series between the two schools started nearly 120 years beforehand on January 9, 1907. Dartmouth won the 2026 title game and earned a trip to the national tournament. It was the first-ever conference tournament championship for the Big Green. Note that Dartmouth defeated Harvard in a one-off playoff game in 1949 for the Pentagonal League title, but that was not part of a tournament. The 23 wins this season also set a team record for a program that dates back to 1905. The Quinnipiac Bobcats won the ECAC men’s regular season title for the sixth time. And for the sixth year in a row, the Bobcats lost in the conference tournament as the top seed. Within Hockey East, Merrimack became the lowest seed (#8) to advance to the Hockey East championship game, let alone win it. This was the first Hockey East tournament title for the Warriors. Within Atlantic Hockey America, the Bentley Falcons won the men’s regular season and tournament championships. It was the Falcons first Division I regular season title. The Falcons last won a regular season title back in 1997 when the program participated in Division III.

For the first time in the Division I men’s hockey era, an end-of-season tournament was held for the independent programs. Five teams took part in the inaugural United Collegiate Hockey Cup hosted by Lindenwood in Maryland Heights, Missouri. Alaska received the lone bye and went on to become the first team to win the tournament after defeating the host Lions in overtime of the championship game.

The NCAA Division I men’s tournament included no Beanpot teams for the first time since 1981. The men’s Frozen Four was held in Las Vegas for the first time. The four teams in Las Vegas (Denver, Michigan, North Dakota, Wisconsin) just happened to be the top four teams with the most NCAA Division I men’s titles with a combined 33 championship trophies amongst them. And in addition to that, for the first time in NCAA history all four starting goalies were freshmen. Decades earlier, all four teams were WCHA division foes between 1969 and 1981. One of the semifinal games pitted Denver against Michigan. The Pioneers were victorious in overtime to advance to the championship game. This marked the fifth NCAA semifinal game in a row for the Pioneers where the outcome was decided in overtime – all since 2019. In the final game of the season, Denver came from behind to defeat Wisconsin to increase its NCAA lead with an 11th championship trophy. This marked the third title for the Pioneers in the last five seasons. It also meant that another NCHC team was crowned the champion. It’s the eighth championship for the NCHC in the past 10 seasons; the most dominant conference run in men’s hockey since the WCHA won 10 of 11 from 1973 to 1983.

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Within Division I women’s hockey, a new program debuted in Delaware. The Fightin’ Blue Hens became the first NCAA hockey team to be based in Delaware after debuting within Atlantic Hockey America. Within the ECAC, Princeton and Yale shared the regular season crown. This was the first regular season title for Princeton. The semifinals and championship game of the ECAC women’s tournament was held off-campus for the first time. The games took place at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, where the three-seed Quinnipiac defeated top-seed Yale.

The women’s Frozen Four was held at Pegula Ice Arena on the Penn State campus. The Nittany Lions had a hometown advantage after the team made it to the Frozen Four for the first time. The resulting Penn State versus Wisconsin semifinal game set an arena and Frozen Four attendance record with 5,176 fans. Wisconsin ended up winning in overtime to set the stage for yet another Wisconsin and Ohio State championship game; the fourth in a row. The Badgers won 3-2 to add to its NCAA-leading number of women’s NC championships with nine. This was also the 23rd WCHA team to win a women’s hockey championship. Wisconsin has won the championship in five of the past seven seasons. The past six championship games were all very competitive with all six being decided by one goal.

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Caroline Harvey was awarded the Patty Kazmaier Award – the second Badger to earn it in a row and seventh overall. The Badgers broke a tie with Harvard for most recipients of the award that’s handed out to the top female college hockey player in the United States. Max Plante took home the Hobey Baker Award; the seventh time a UMD Bulldog was awarded the trophy. Scott Perunavich was the last Bulldog to do so in 2020. High school hockey fact: Hermantown High School in Minnesota (enrollment 612) is the first-ever high school to produce multiple Hobey Baker winners (Drew LeBlanc in 2013 for St. Cloud State and now Max Plante).

Within Division III men’s hockey, the Hamilton Continentals (Kirkland, New York) defeated Hobart 2-1 in overtime. It was the first hockey championship for a program that’s been around since 1918. The Continentals also prevented Hobart from celebrating a four-peat in the process. It was the second Division III men’s title game in a row that ended 2-1 in overtime and fifth overtime championship game in the past seven seasons.

The Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons shut out Nazareth (Rochester, New York) 4-0 to secure a three-peat in Division III women’s hockey. This is the first three-peat since Plattsburgh won four in a row from 2014 to 2017. It was the first championship game for runner-up Nazareth.

Midland University (Fremont, Nebraska) won its first ACHA Division I women’s hockey championship after defeating top-seed Liberty. The game went to triple overtime before the Warriors won 4-3. Midland won its final three tournament games in overtime.

Current and former college hockey stars were front and center in midseason tournaments in 2026. For the first time ever, the NCAA sent a select team of current college players to the Spengler Cup to represent the NCAA. The hockey tournament based in Switzerland has a history that dates back to 1923. It features club and national teams from Europe and North America. The Minnesota Gophers previously participated in 1981 and North Dakota in 1982. The schools sent their full teams to play in the exhibition mid-season tournament. This team in 2025 was essentially an NCAA all-star team – a first of its kind for the Spengler Cup. The team lost its first game to Team Canada but later defeated HC Davos and then Canada in a rematch. The U.S. Collegiate Selects surprised the European crowd and hockey community by advancing to the championship game on New Year’s Eve. However, the team fell short as HC Davos won its 17th title after a 6-3 victory. Seventeen college programs were represented on the roster with Penn State leading the way with five players. It was later announced that a select team would represent the NCAA in at least the next two Spengler Cups.

The 2025 U.S. Collegiate Selects team that competed in the Spengler Cup.
The 2025 U.S. Collegiate Selects team that competed in the Spengler Cup.

The 2026 Olympics were held in Milan Cortina, Italy. Team USA and Canada met in the women’s gold medal game for the fifth Olympics in a row. The U.S. had blanked Canada in preliminary play just nine days before. All 46 players in the women’s gold medal game had ties to NCAA hockey. Wisconsin led the way with 11 players, followed by seven from Ohio State and five from Minnesota. Overall, 16 college programs were represented that evening. The final game was decided in overtime when Megan Keller (from Boston College) scored the golden goal. Team USA scored a total of 33 goals throughout the tournament and only gave up two.

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It was déjà vu on the men’s side as Team USA and Canada met in the gold medal game as well. It was the sixth gold medal game between the two countries and first since 2010 when Canada won in overtime in Vancouver. In poetic fashion, this 2026 game was decided in overtime as well. The United States won 2-1 to secure the men’s hockey gold medal for the third time in U.S. history. Of the 25 players on the U.S. roster, 19 played college hockey. Five played for Boston University, four for Michigan, two for both Boston College and North Dakota, and one each for Colorado College, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts Lowell, Minnesota, and Omaha.

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St. Cloud State versus Colorado College for the 2023 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship from Saint Paul, Minnesota on March 18, 2023.

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This is the latest installment in our On Location series where we live tweet a college game (or games) that we attend in person and then later post an article here on the site. This is a special instance in that it’s in essence a combination of our On Location and Relevant Rewind series because the game took place March 18, 2023, and we’re just pulling it out of the vault and posting it now.

Teams (seed): Denver Pioneers (1), St. Cloud State Huskies (4), North Dakota Fighting Hawks (6), Colorado College Tigers (7)

Where: Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota

When: March 18, 2023

The opening round of the 2023 NCHC tournament saw two lower seeds win on the road. North Dakota defeated Omaha in three games to make it to Saint Paul while Colorado College shocked the second seed Western Michigan Broncos in a two-game sweep in Kalamazoo. It was the first road playoff sweep in Colorado College program history. It also meant it was the first time a seven seed made it to the Frozen Faceoff.

For the second season in a row, Denver was shut out in the early semifinal game in the Frozen Faceoff. This time it was to its in-state rival, Colorado College, by a score of 1-0. The evening game on Friday was between North Dakota and St. Cloud State. The higher seeded Huskies won an overtime thriller to advance to the title game.

The two NCHC trophies were on display. The Penrose Cup on the left is awarded to the top team during the regular season. Denver won it for the second season in a row after the team shared it with North Dakota the previous season. The NCHC Tournament Trophy is on the right and was on hand to be presented to the winner on the ice after the championship game.

The Penrose and NCHC Tournament Trophies on display.
The Penrose and NCHC Tournament Trophies on display.

There’s a wing of the Xcel Energy Center that is dedicated to the Patty Kazmaier and Hobey Baker Memorial Awards that was updated since the last Frozen Faceoff. This time it included a tribute to the 2022 award winners, Minnesota’s Taylor Heise and Minnesota State’s Dryden McKay.

Display case at the Xcel Energy Center dedicated to the Patty Kazmaier Award that showcased Taylor Heise
Display case at the Xcel Energy Center dedicated to the Patty Kazmaier Award that showcased Taylor Heise.
Sweaters from past Hobey Baker Award winners from Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center.
Sweaters from Minnesota-born Hobey Baker Award winners on display at the Xcel Energy Center.
Display case at the Xcel Energy Center dedicated to the Hobey Baker Award that showcased Dryden McKay.
Display case at the Xcel Energy Center dedicated to the Hobey Baker Award that showcased Dryden McKay.

The banners on the wall were also updated to reflect Denver’s 2022 NCAA national championship win the season beforehand. Denver defeated Minnesota State in the NCAA title game the previous season and claimed its ninth hockey title.

Five national champions from the NCHC in seven years.
Five national champions from the NCHC in seven years.

The 2023 NCHC championship game took place the evening of Saturday, March 18, 2023. The Colorado College Tigers were looking for the program’s first NCHC tournament title and were facing the St. Cloud State Huskies – winners of the 2016 tournament back when it was played at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

St. Cloud State and Colorado College in action during the 2023 NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship game.
St. Cloud State and Colorado College in action during the 2023 NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship game.

St. Cloud State’s defense and goaltending controlled the game. The Huskies jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the opening frame. After a scoreless second period, St. Cloud State notched two more goals in the third period to put the Tigers away. Jaxon Castor earned the championship game shutout with 17 saves as well as a spot on the All-Tournament Team. Jami Krannila was presented with the Most Outstanding Player award for the tournament. The Huskies won its second NCHC Tournament Trophy and first at the Xcel Energy Center.

St. Cloud State celebrates the 2023 Frozen Faceoff championship with a win over Colorado College.
St. Cloud State celebrates the 2023 Frozen Faceoff championship with a win over Colorado College.

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The men’s hockey rivalry between Colorado College and Denver is one of the most played rivalries in college hockey. It’s constantly leap frogging with the Michigan and Michigan State rivalry for most games played. At the time of this posting, the Tigers-Pioneers rivalry sits at 339 games played while the Wolverines-Spartans rivalry is at 341. After this weekend’s series in Colorado Springs, the series will once again be tied. And that is where it will stand until the 2024-25 season unless these teams meet in the conference tournaments this month. No matter how many games are played between two teams, it all must start somewhere.

The first-ever game between Colorado College and Denver took place during the Pioneers’ first season in 1949-50. The Tigers had a head start at hockey and had already solidified their program that began in 1937. So it wasn’t surprising that the Tigers swept the Pioneers in Colorado Springs. However, it was much more lopsided than you likely expected. Colorado College outscored Denver 26-0 during the weekend after winning the first-ever game between these teams 16-0 on January 6, 1950, and then following it up with a 10-0 shutout. The Pioneers would have to wait until December 7, 1951 before the team won its first game against Colorado College in its 10th try. To say a lot has happened since that January 1950 weekend would be a massive understatement. The Pioneers now hold a winning record of 196-122-21 over the Tigers. Denver is tied with Michigan for the most Division I men’s NCAA hockey titles at nine.

Games 340 and 341 will take place this weekend in a home-and-home series. Denver is ranked 4th nationally and currently second in the NCHC standings while Colorado College’s resurgence this year has vaulted the team to 10th in the national rankings and 4th place in the conference. The last time the teams played a series when both were in the Top 10 of the national polls was December 2, 2011.

Photo Credit: The Colorado College Tiger; January 12, 1950.

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The Denver and Colorado College hockey programs debuted the Gold Pan trophy in 1994. It’s awarded every season to the team that wins the most head-to-head regular season games between these two teams. The creation of the formal trophy certainly wasn’t the beginning of this in-state rivalry. In actuality, it began four decades earlier when the two teams met on the ice for the first time January 6, 1950. It was just the fifth game in program history for Denver while the Tigers were playing in the program’s 12th year of existence.

The featured photo was taken at some point between 1953 and 1959 at the old University of Denver Arena. The home team is wearing the dark crimson sweaters while the visitors are sporting the white sweaters with Tigers written diagonally down the front. In the head-to-head games played between the two teams throughout this time frame, the Pioneers won 20 games compared to the Tigers’ 13.

The battle for the Gold Pan trophy resumes this weekend where Denver will look to retain the trophy for the fourth-straight year. The home-and-home series this weekend will be a little special this time around in that Friday’s home game for Denver will be played at Ball Arena – home of the Colorado Avalanche. Saturday’s game will take place at Ed Robson Arena on the Colorado College campus. This is the second season the Tigers have played in the new arena.

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The first hockey game between the University of Denver and Colorado College was played January 6, 1950. It was just the fifth game in program history for Denver. The twelve-year head start in hockey for Colorado College was evident in a 16-0 shellacking that the Tigers provided to the new kids on the block. The next night was a closer contest when the Tigers only won by ten goals in another shutout. It didn’t get any easier for the Pioneers that season – or the next – as Denver went winless against Colorado College in the first two seasons of the program. Denver finally struck gold in the tenth game between these intrastate rivals and won 4-3 in Colorado Springs.

By the time the 1953-54 season arrived, Denver was ready to build upon a 17-6-1 season. Colorado College had dipped to a 9-11-0 record the year before. The two teams played four times during the season with three of the four games taking place in 1954. Colorado College hosted the first meeting December 19, 1953. The visitors won the game 7-5. It was the first conference game of the season for both teams with each program having played school alumni and the Edmonton Oil Kings to open the season. A home-and-home series was on tap the following month. On January 15, 1954, Denver welcomed the Tigers to the University of Denver Arena and won 5-4. The next night the teams traveled to Colorado Springs and the Tigers earned a split in the series with a 6-5 victory. The final game of the season between these two teams took place February 27. Denver’s archives state that the game was played at home while Colorado College’s archives state that the game was played at that school’s home rink. We here at College Hockey History are led to believe that it was played in Denver in order to complete the even schedule of two home games per team. The Pioneers won the final game against their rival 6-2 and won the season series 3-1. Denver ended the season with a 16-9-0 record. Colorado College bounced back with a winning season at 14-9-1.

Did Denver’s early losses to Colorado College in the opening stages of the program jump-start this rivalry for Denver? Did it provide an extra kick to this program and ultimately fuel a dynasty that emerged the following decade? This could very well be the case. Either way, the rivalry took off and Denver quickly fielded a competitive team.

The Pioneers would have won the Gold Pan trophy in 1954 if it had been around at the time. However, it was first introduced in 1993 to be awarded every season to the team that wins the most head-to-head regular season games between these two teams. Denver won the Gold Pan last season with a 3-1 season record over Colorado College. The two teams have yet to play this season. That changes this weekend as the teams play a home-and-home series starting in Denver at Magness Arena on Friday. The Saturday game will be the first game between these two teams at the new Ed Robson Arena for Colorado College. This also marks the first time the two teams will play against one another on the Colorado College campus. Fans attending the games this weekend or watching at home will see games 329 and 330 in the all-time series.

In the featured photo, two players wearing number 9 for Denver and Colorado College vie for the puck in the corner. Colorado College is in white while Denver is wearing Crimson sweaters. The referee looks on as well as a ring of fans in the standing-room section at ice level. The University of Denver Arena was almost-assuredly a full house for the rivalry. The photo was taken either January 15 or February 27, 1954. The Denver player is Barrie Middleton.

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On February 17, 2020, Air Force and Colorado College took the Battle for Pikes Peak outside for the first time. Air Force hosted Colorado College in the second game of a home-and-home series. It was played outdoors at the football stadium in game that was touted as the Faceoff at Falcon Stadium. It was the first outdoor hockey game in program history for Air Force and the second for Colorado College – the first was against Denver at Coors Field in 2016. This was also the second outdoor hockey game played on the field at Falcon Stadium in three days. The NHL hosted a Stadium Series game two days earlier on Saturday that saw the Los Angeles Kings defeat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1.

The Tigers won the first game of the weekend at home on Friday night 6-2 and were looking for the first back-to-back wins since sweeping Princeton in December. The Falcons were hoping to get back in the win column for the first time since a sweep against Niagara in January. And above all, the Pikes Peak Trophy hung in the balance. The two teams first met in 1969 and created the Pikes Peak Trophy in 2013 to be awarded each year.

Grant Cruikshank broke the proverbial ice when he scored a power-play goal in the first period. He scored the second goal of the game halfway through the second period to make it 2-0 Tigers. The Falcons got on the board with a power-play goal of their own with only 34 seconds left in the second frame. The teams traded goals early in the third period. With Air Force down one goal, Grant Cruikshank netted the hat trick and put the game away with 37 seconds left in regulation. Colorado College defeated Air Force 4-2 and retained the Pikes Peak Trophy.

The same two teams will reignite the Battle for Pikes Peak this weekend. The rivalry was put on hold last season due to COVID scheduling. The home-and-home series starts off (indoors) at Air Force on Friday with Colorado College hosting the second game at the brand new Ed Robson Arena on Saturday. Air Force will be looking to bring home the Pikes Peak Trophy for the first time since 2017.

In the above photo, Luke Manning drives to the net as Colorado College goalie Matt Vernon prepares for a shot.

Photo Credit: Trevor Cokley via DVIDS

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Intrastate rivals Denver and Colorado College are shown here at the old University of Denver Arena in the 1950s. The two teams first met on the ice in 1950 during Denver’s inaugural year of fielding a team. In the game featured in this photo, Denver wore white sweaters while Colorado College wore gold. In 1993, the Pioneers and Tigers established a Gold Pan trophy to be awarded every season to the team that wins the most head-to-head regular season games between the two teams. The season series this year is currently split 1-1. However, the chase for the Gold Pan will need to wait a little longer because the series that was supposed to happen over the weekend has been postponed due to COVID. The two teams are slated to play six regular season games this year instead of the typical four due to an all-conference schedule.

Photo Credit: Digital Collections at DU