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Massachusetts Hockey Reveals Schedule For 2019-20
June 21, 2019 | Hockey
The 2018-19 Hockey East Regular Season Champions will host 17 home games, while the road slate features a Frozen Four rematch.
AMHERST, Mass. – Seventeen home games and a Frozen Four rematch in Denver highlight University of Massachusetts hockey's schedule for the upcoming 2019-20 season, which was announced on Friday. The slate features 24 Hockey East games and 10 non-league contests with 16 of the home matchups being played on Fridays and Saturdays.
For a second straight year, the Minutemen will open up at the Mullins Center vs. Rensselaer on Fri., Oct. 11, and will begin their quest to defend their 2018-19 Hockey East regular season title with the start of league play on the road against 2018-19 Hockey East tournament champion Northeastern. UMass will then settle in at Mullins for the remainder of October for three non-conference games. Union comes to Amherst for a pair on Oct. 18-19, while the Minutemen will square off against Western Mass. rival and 2018-19 Atlantic Hockey champion American International on Fri., Oct. 25, for Homecoming Weekend.
UMass will start November by wrapping up its season series with Northeastern, playing the Huskies in a home-and-home, first in Boston then in Amherst, on Nov. 1-2. The Minutemen will trek to Durham to play New Hampshire on Sun., Nov. 10, before facing Boston University, Merrimack and Quinnipiac in home-and-home series the next three weekends—Nov. 15 (away) & 16 (home), Nov. 22 (home) & 23 (away) and Nov. 29 (away) & 30 (home), respectively.
Maine will visit the Mullins Center for a pair to kick off the December schedule on Dec. 6-7 and UMass will head to Brown on Tue., Dec. 10, for the first time since 1970 before breaking for exams and the holidays.
The Minutemen will face RPI once more on the road on Sun., Dec. 29, before ringing in the New Year with a trip to Denver on Jan. 3-4, a much-anticipated matchup after the squads' overtime thriller in the 2019 National Semifinal in Buffalo, which earned UMass a trip to the National Championship game.
Upon returning to the East Coast, a home-and-home with Boston College will await the Minutemen, beginning in Chestnut Hill on Fri., Jan. 10. The Eagles will then visit Amherst on., Sat., Jan. 11.
UMass will head to Vermont for two on Jan. 17-18 before taking on UNH in a home-and-home on Jan. 24-25 beginning at the Mullins Center. The Minutemen will wrap up the month by hosting BC for a second time on Fri., Jan. 31.
Three more weekends of home-and-home series will await UMass in February with Providence (Feb. 7 (home) & Feb. 8 (away), followed by UMass Lowell (Feb. 21 (away) & Feb. 22 (home)) then UConn (Feb. 28 (away) & Feb. 29 (home)).
The Minutemen wrap up the regular season with their only home weekday game of the year when the squad will host Vermont on Thu., Mar. 5.
New season tickets go on sale Tue., July 23 for all fans who have not previously had season tickets or did not renew prior to the deadline of June 18. Fans looking to purchase new season tickets can now place a $50 per-seat deposit down, which will go towards the purchase of the tickets and grants seat selection access prior to the on-sale date of Tue., July 23. Homecoming tickets vs. AIC on Oct. 25 (packages available for both football and hockey) will be on sale July 10. Call 1-866-UMASS-TIX to place your deposit today!
For continued coverage of UMass hockey, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@UMassHockey) and on Facebook at facebook.com/UMassHockey.
For a second straight year, the Minutemen will open up at the Mullins Center vs. Rensselaer on Fri., Oct. 11, and will begin their quest to defend their 2018-19 Hockey East regular season title with the start of league play on the road against 2018-19 Hockey East tournament champion Northeastern. UMass will then settle in at Mullins for the remainder of October for three non-conference games. Union comes to Amherst for a pair on Oct. 18-19, while the Minutemen will square off against Western Mass. rival and 2018-19 Atlantic Hockey champion American International on Fri., Oct. 25, for Homecoming Weekend.
UMass will start November by wrapping up its season series with Northeastern, playing the Huskies in a home-and-home, first in Boston then in Amherst, on Nov. 1-2. The Minutemen will trek to Durham to play New Hampshire on Sun., Nov. 10, before facing Boston University, Merrimack and Quinnipiac in home-and-home series the next three weekends—Nov. 15 (away) & 16 (home), Nov. 22 (home) & 23 (away) and Nov. 29 (away) & 30 (home), respectively.
Maine will visit the Mullins Center for a pair to kick off the December schedule on Dec. 6-7 and UMass will head to Brown on Tue., Dec. 10, for the first time since 1970 before breaking for exams and the holidays.
The Minutemen will face RPI once more on the road on Sun., Dec. 29, before ringing in the New Year with a trip to Denver on Jan. 3-4, a much-anticipated matchup after the squads' overtime thriller in the 2019 National Semifinal in Buffalo, which earned UMass a trip to the National Championship game.
Upon returning to the East Coast, a home-and-home with Boston College will await the Minutemen, beginning in Chestnut Hill on Fri., Jan. 10. The Eagles will then visit Amherst on., Sat., Jan. 11.
UMass will head to Vermont for two on Jan. 17-18 before taking on UNH in a home-and-home on Jan. 24-25 beginning at the Mullins Center. The Minutemen will wrap up the month by hosting BC for a second time on Fri., Jan. 31.
Three more weekends of home-and-home series will await UMass in February with Providence (Feb. 7 (home) & Feb. 8 (away), followed by UMass Lowell (Feb. 21 (away) & Feb. 22 (home)) then UConn (Feb. 28 (away) & Feb. 29 (home)).
The Minutemen wrap up the regular season with their only home weekday game of the year when the squad will host Vermont on Thu., Mar. 5.
New season tickets go on sale Tue., July 23 for all fans who have not previously had season tickets or did not renew prior to the deadline of June 18. Fans looking to purchase new season tickets can now place a $50 per-seat deposit down, which will go towards the purchase of the tickets and grants seat selection access prior to the on-sale date of Tue., July 23. Homecoming tickets vs. AIC on Oct. 25 (packages available for both football and hockey) will be on sale July 10. Call 1-866-UMASS-TIX to place your deposit today!
For continued coverage of UMass hockey, follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@UMassHockey) and on Facebook at facebook.com/UMassHockey.
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