UNIVERSITY PARK — The 2026-27 Penn State men’s hockey season begins the weekend of Oct. 2-4, however, Penn State opens with a bye week ahead of the 2026 Ice Breaker Tournament the following weekend in Connecticut. The Nittany Lions visit UConn on Oct. 9 and conclude the weekend at Sacred Heart on Oct. 10.

Two more non-conference weekends follow for the Blue & White before conference play begins as 2023 National Champion Quinnipiac visits Hockey Valley for the first time on Friday, Oct. 16, in a return trip from the contest in Hamden back in October 2024, a 3-2 Bobcats victory.

Penn State then welcomes Robert Morris to Pegula Ice Arena for a rare Tuesday night contest on Oct. 20 before a weekend set against Canisius (Oct. 23-24).

The Nittany Lions then open Big Ten play on Halloween weekend with a trip to Minnesota marking the sixth time in the past seven seasons Penn State has opened conference play on the road. PSU is 7-5-1 all-time in Big Ten openers.

Penn State returns to Hockey Valley the following weekend to battle Notre Dame (Nov. 5-8) before four-straight on the road prior to Thanksgiving against Michigan (Nov. 12-15) and Wisconsin (Nov. 19-22).

The day after, the Nittany Lions will play a single non-conference contest against Princeton at Pegula Ice Arena on Friday, Nov. 27 before concluding the first half of the season following a bye week with a home-and-home against Army West Point on Dec. 10 & 12.

The second half slate for the Blue & White begins at home on New Year’s Eve with a non-conference tilt against Niagara before concluding the series up north on Saturday, Jan. 2.

Penn State is back home the following weekend to welcome in Ohio State for a Big Ten series (Jan. 7-10) before traveling back to the Mitten for a series at Michigan State (Jan. 14-17).

The Nittany Lions then entertain Wisconsin (Jan. 21-24) before traveling to South Bend to close out the month of January against the Irish (Jan. 28-31).

The final non-conference game of the season breaks up Big Ten play as Penn State travels west to conclude the season series against Robert Morris on Saturday, Feb. 6.

Minnesota (Feb. 11-14) and Michigan State (Feb. 18-21) visit Hockey Valley prior to a trip to Columbus to face off against Ohio State (Feb. 25-28) to close February. Penn State then concludes the regular season with a Thursday-Friday series at Pegula Ice Arena against Michigan on March 4-5.