The Colorado College Tigers host Bentley University this Friday, Oct. 10, at Ed Robson Arena, beginning at 7 p.m. The Tigers split a pair of games with #10 UConn last weekend while Bentley, which appeared in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, opens its season on Friday. Both teams are receiving votes in this week's national polls. Live streaming and live stats links can be found on the CC Hockey schedule page at CCTigers.com.

87 Years of Tiger Hockey
This season marks the 87th year of varsity ice hockey at Colorado College and 13th season as a member of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. CC was a charter member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (1951-52) for 62 seasons before joining the NCHC with seven other schools prior to the 2013-14 campaign.

How To Listen / Watch
Tonight's game will be broadcast live in the Colorado Springs area and Southern Colorado on KRDO NewsRadio 105.5 FM / 95.5 FM / 1240 AM, and streamed live on NCHC.tv with the 'Voice of the Tigers' Ken Landau. 
 
Last Time Out
Colorado College split a pair of games with 10th-ranked UConn in the season-opening weekend at Ed Robson Arena ... On Friday, freshman Brayden Schuurman scored his first career goal and added an assist and Kaidan Mbereko had 27 saves to lead CC to a 4-2 victory. UConn jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Joey Muldowney scored just 52 seconds into the contest, but the Tigers scored the equalizer when Owen Beckner, last season's leading scorer, notched a power-play goal with 30 seconds left in the period. UConn goalie Tyler Muszelik saved a shot by Schuurman from the right circle and Beckner was at the left circle with an open net. CC scored twice in the first five minutes of the second period to take a 3-1 lead. Schuurman scored his first career goal after taking a centering pass from Riley Stuart just 2:20 into the frame. Philippe Blais-Savoie then made it 3-1 at the 4:56 mark when UConn turned the puck over in the Tiger zone and he fired a wrister past Muszelik for his third career game-winning goal. The Huskies cut the lead back to one at the 12:08 mark of the middle frame. CC's defense was stellar the rest of the game, including killing a penalty after Ryan Koering was called for holding with 5:46 remaining in the third period. The Tigers, who wiped out all four of UConn's power plays, survived 36 seconds with Muszelik on the bench in favor of an extra skater before Klavs Veinbergs clinched it with an empty-net goal with 45 seconds remaining ... On Saturday, UConn scored five unanswered goals for a 5-1 victory. Three Huskies had a goal and an assist, UConn capitalized on two 5-on-3 power plays and also scored on a delayed penalty. The Tigers took a 1-0 lead midway through the first period when Bret Link scored on a breakaway at the 10:31 mark. Ryan Koering sprung Link, who flew in from the right side and placed a backhander past Muszelik. The Huskies evened things up late in the frame when Ryan Tattle scored during a delayed penalty call with 1:15 remaining in the period, then pulled away with three goals in the second period. 
 
The Coaches 
Kris Mayotte enters his fifth season at the helm of the Tigers. He came to Colorado College after serving two years as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan, and was an assistant coach for Providence College when the Friars won the NCAA Division I title in 2015. Mayotte was the NCHC Coach of the Year following the 2023-24 campaign … Andy Jones is in his third season at Bentley. He led the Falcons to their first Atlantic Hockey title and appearance in the NCAA Tournament in program history. He spent five years as the associate head coach at UMass Lowell for five years. Jones has also been an assistant coach at Clarkson and Amherst, and Sioux Falls of the USHL.

Previous Meetings
This is the first meeting between Colorado College and Bentley.     

Another Tough Schedule  
The Tigers are scheduled to play 11 of their 34 regular season games aginst teams that played in the 2024 NCAA Division I Tournament, including Bentley, and 14 against eight of the last 10 national champions (Minn. Duluth, Denver, North Dakota, Providence and Western Michigan). CC will also play 16 games against teams ranked in the preseason USCHO.com Top 20 poll.  

2025-26 Leadership
Senior goaltender Kaidan Mbereko and junior defenseman Max Burkholder have been named team captains of the Colorado College hockey team for the 2025-26 season, while junior forward Drew Montgomery and sophomore forward Owen Beckner will serve as assistant captains. Mbereko, a 2024 First-Team All-American, posted a 15-15-1 record last season with a .905 save percentage and 2.65 goals-against average. Burkholder was a second-team all-NCHC pick last season after tying for the the team lead with 20 assists and tied for second with 26 points. Montgomery tied for the team lead with 10 goals in '24-25 and finished with a career-high 18 points in 34 contests. Beckner led the team in scoring with 27 points, the most by a CC freshman since Scott Swanson had 48 in 1996-97.

Tiger Tales 
Colorado College led the NCHC and tied for No. 3 in the country in faceoff percentage (54.5%) last season ... Klavs Veinbergs finished second in the NCHC in faceoff percentage (59.0%), followed by Gavin Lindberg in seventh (55.6%) ... The Tigers were third in the NCHC and 14th in the country in penalty killing (83.3%) ... Owen Beckner led the team with 27 points, the most by a CC freshman in a season since Scott Swanson had 48 in 1995-96 ... Beckner and Max Burkholder tied for 19th in the NCHC with 20 assists, the most by a Tiger in a season since Bryan Yoon had 23 in '18-19 ... Kaidan Mbereko is ranked No. 7 in program history with 46 career victories.

Most NHL Draft Picks on Roster in Two Decades
The 2025-26 roster has nine players that have been drafted by the NHL. That ties for the third-most on a roster in program history. The 2003-04 and '04-05 rosters each had 10 draft picks, while there were nine on the 2002-03 and '24-25 rosters. 

Burkholder Named Second-Team All-NCHC in '24-25
Sophomore Max Burkholder was named to the 2024-25 All-NCHC Second Team by league coaches and media. Burkholder, who tied for the team lead with 20 assists and tied for second with 26 points, collected 44 of a possible 85 points. He is the first CC defenseman to earn All-NCHC honors since Jaccob Slavin was a first-team selection in 2014-15. 

2024-2025 Second-Team All-NCHC
F: Aidan Thompson, Denver, Jr. – 55 points (6 first-team votes)
F: Lukas Sillinger, Arizona State, Gr. – 31 points (1)
F: Sam Stange, Omaha, Gr. – 29 points
D: Max Burkholder, Colorado College, So. – 44 points (5)
D: Noah Beck, Arizona State, Gr. – 42 points (2)
G: Hampton Slukynsky, Western Michigan, Fr. – 39 points (5)

The Incoming Class
14 newcomers join the Tiger hockey program for the 2025-26 season.The class consists of 12 incoming freshmen and two transfers. The incoming class consists of Ryan Alexander (Arizona State - NCHC), Wilson Björck (Djurgardens IF), Seth Constance (Northeastern Univ. - HEA), Beckham Dempsey (Boston Jr. Rangers - NCDC), Connor Hvidston (Calgary Hitmen - WHL), Shane Kozlina (Maine Nordiques - NAHL), Brandon Lisowsky (Victoria Royals - WHL), Matteo Mann (St. John Sea Dogs - QMJHL), Mateo Mrsic (Chiiliwack Chiefs - BCHL), Tomas Mrsic (Prince Albert Raiders - WHL), Colton Roberts (Vancouver Giants - WHL), Brayden Schuurman (Seattle Thunderbirds - WHL), Merril Steenari (Fargo Force - USHL) and Jackson Unger (Lethbridge Hurricanes - WHL). Six of the players (Björck, Hvidston, Lisowsky, Mann, T. Mrsic and Roberts) have been drafted by NHL franchises, making a total of nine draft picks on the 2025-26 roster.

Tigers Picked Fifth in NCHC Preseason Poll
Colorado College was picked fifth in the 2025-26 NCHC Preseason Poll. 

1.    Western Michigan - 252 (19 first-place votes)
2.    Denver – 225 points (4)
3.    North Dakota – 220 (5)
4.     Arizona State - 180 (2)
5.    Colorado College – 128
6.    Minnesota Duluth – 120
5.    Omaha - 110
8.    St. Cloud State – 80 
9.    Miami - 35

Oh Brother
Freshmen Tomas and Mateo Mrsic are the 21st set of brothers to play hockey together at Colorado College and the first since Cody (2012-16) and Trey Bradley (2015-19) during the 2015-16 season. Other prominent brothers to lace their skates up at the same time in Colorado Springs include the only two NHL first-round draft picks from CC, Jaden (St. Louis, 2010) and Rylan Schwartz played together from 2010-12, while Mark Stuart (Boston, 2003) played two years with each of his older brothers, Mike from 2000-02 and Colin from 2002-04. Marty Sertich, the 2005 Hobey Baker winner, and his brother, Mike, played together at CC during the '04-05 campaign.

Season Five at Robson Arena
Never in the storied 80-plus years history of Colorado College Tiger Hockey had the team played its home games on campus. Thanks to the generosity of donors, including former CC hockey player Ed Robson '54 the school's Board of Trustees, that changed on October 8, 2021, when the Tigers and St. Lawrence battled in the first regular-season game at Ed Robson Arena. Colorado College was one of nine Division I teams to surpass capacity on a per game basis last season at 106.7 percent. The capacity of Robson Arena is 3,407 and CC averaged an attendance of 3,634 in its 17 home games.