Eighteen home games highlight the Army hockey schedule for the 2026-27 season, including visits by RPI, Air Force, the U.S. National Team Development Program and Canada’s Royal Military College.
The Black Knights will face RPI three times, including the Oct. 2 exhibition home opener at West Point’s Tate Rink. The next night, Union will visit for the official season opener. RPI and Army play a home-and-home on Thanksgiving weekend, Friday in Troy and Saturday at West Point.
The long-standing exhibition series between RMC and Army will be held at Tate Rink on Sunday, Oct. 11. The national development team visits on Saturday, Oct. 24.
Army will take on Penn State on Dec. 10 at Newark’s Prudential Center and Dec. 12 in University Park. The Nittany Lions bowed to Minnesota-Duluth in the opening round of the NCAA tournament.
Army will face Air Force four times in Atlantic Hockey play: Nov. 6-7 in Colorado Springs and Feb. 19-20 at West Point.
Army will participate in the inaugural Empire State Holiday Invitational at UBS Arena in Elmont. Long Island will be the host school.
The Atlantic Hockey tournament begins March 2.
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Army hockey 2026-27 schedule
October
Fri. 2 – vs. RPI, time TBD (exhibition); Sat. 3 – vs. Union, 4 p.m.; Sun. 11 – vs. Royal Military College (exhibition), 2 p.m.; Sat. 17 – at Holy Cross*, TBD; Sun. 18 – at Holy Cross*, TBD; Fri. 23 – at Quinnipiac, TBD; Sat. 24 – vs. U.S. National Team Development Program, 7 p.m.; Fri. 30 – vs. RIT*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 31 – vs. RIT*, 4 p.m.
November
Fri. 6 – at Air Force&, 7 p.m.; Sat. 7 – at Air Force*, 5 p.m.; Fri. 13 – vs. Sacred Heart*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 14 – vs. Sacred Heart*, 7 p.m.; Fri. 27 – at RPI, 7 p.m.; Sat. 28 – vs. RPI, 7 p.m.
December
Fri. 4 – vs. Bentley*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 5 – vs. Bentley*, 4 p.m.; Thur. 10 – vs. Penn State (at Newark, N.J.), 7 p.m.; Sat 12 – at Penn State, TBD; Mon. 28 and Tues. 29 – Empire State Holiday Invitational (at UBS Arena), TBD
January
Tues. 5 – at Brown, 7 p.m.; Fri. 15 – at Robert Morris*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 16 – at Robert Morris*, 7 p.m.; Fi. 22 – vs. Canisius*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 23 – vs. Canisius*, 7 p.m.; Fri. 29 – at RIT*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 30 – at RIT*, 5 p.m.
February
Fri. 5 – vs. Niagara*, 7 pm.; Sat. 6 – vs. Niagara*, 4 p.m.; Fri. 12 – at Sacred Heart*, TBD; Sat. 13 – at Sacred Heart*, TBD; Fri. 19 – vs. Air Force*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 20 – vs. Air Force*, 4 p.m.; Fri. 26 – at Bentley*, TBD; Sat. 27 – at Bentley*, TBD
March
Tues. 2 – Atlantic Hockey tournament first round
Home games at West Point’s Tate Rink; Atlantic Hockey games marked by an asterisk; home and league games streamed by FloHockey.com (subscription)
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Army hockey to open season on October 2. See full 2026-27 schedule here
Reporting by Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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