The No. 19 Colorado College Tigers return to action in the NCHC with a weekend series against the Miami University RedHawks, Dec. 12-13, in Oxford, Ohio. The first game on Friday, Dec. 12, is scheduled for 7 p.m. (ET) at Steve Cady Arena. Live streaming and 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
Both games 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
The Tigers split a pair of games with 16th-ranked Providence at Robson Arena, Nov, 28-29 ... On Friday, Brandon Lisowsky scored twice and Riley Stuart notched the game-winning goal midway through the third period in a 3-2 victory. Colorado College had a great opportunity to take an early lead when Providence's John Mustard was whistled for a 5-minute major and game misconduct for contact to the head just 4:55 into the contest. However, CC could not convert on its four shots during the power play. Following coincidental roughing penalties to CC's Fisher Scott and PC's Logan Sawyer at the 11:05 mark of the opening frame, Alex Rybakov put the Friars on the board with a 4-on-4 tally just over one minute later. The Tigers tied it up early in the second period when Lisowsky netted his second goal of the season at the 2:06 mark. The Friars capitalized on a CC penalty as Hudson Malinoski took a pass from Sawyer and fired a shot from the right circle that beat CC goalie Kaidan Mbereko. Lisowsky evened it up once again with a power-play goal at the 1:27 mark of the third period. Stuart then notched the first game-winning goal of his career with 8:50 remining in the contest. Kaidan Mbereko had 23 saves for the Tigers ... On Saturday, Lisowsky scored and Jackson Unger made 25 saves in his collegiate debut for Colorado College, Providence salvaged a weekend split with a 2-1 victory. Hunter Malinoski opened the scoring to give Providence a 1-0 lead just 5:51 into the contest. Lisowsky squared things up with his third goal of the weekend just 2:10 into the second period. The Friars took the lead once again with 3:11 remaining in the middle frame when Malinoski scored on a 2-on-1 rush. Unger was on the bench for the final 2:34 of the contest in favor of an extra skater, but the Tigers managed to get just one shot on target. CC outshot Providence, 38-27, and neither team converted on the power play.
 
The Coaches 
Kris Mayotte is in 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 … Anthony Noreen is in his second season as head coach at Miami. Noreen was the head coach of the Tri-City Storm in the USHL since 2017 and also served as the Storm's President of Hockey Operations since 2019. 

Previous Meetings
Colorado College and Miami have met 38 times, with CC holding a 23-11-4 advantage in the series, including an 8-6-2 mark in Oxford. The Tigers have a 15-game unbeaten streak (13-0-2) against Miami, and are 15-1-2 in the last 16 games vs. the RedHawks. Miami's last victory in the series was on Jan. 10, 2020 (6-1 at the Broadmoor World Arena).

Lisowsky Named NCHC Rookie of the Week  
Freshman Brandon Lisowsky was named the KJ Branding NCHC Rookie of the Week following the Providence series. Lisowsky scored three of CC's four goals during the weekend. He scored twice in the 3-2 victory on Friday to open the series, evening the game with each goal, then scored CC's lone goal early in the second period in a 2-1 loss. Lisowsky completed the series with three goals on six shots on goal.

Tiger Tales  
The Tigers are fifth in the country with 573 shots on goal and sixth with 35.8 shots per game ... They are fifth in the country in faceoff percentage (54.8) ... Owen Beckner is tied for 13th in the NCHC with 16 points and 12th with 10 assists ... Klavs Veinbergs is second in the NCHC with 198 faceoff wins and fourth with a 60.2 win percentage ... Brandon Lisowsky is 10th in the NCHC with 55 shots.

Beckner Named to Spengler Cup Roster  
Sophomore forward Owen Beckner will represent college hockey at the prestigious Spengler Cup this year after he was named to the U.S. Collegiate Selects roster. The 2025 Spengler Cup will be the first time a select team representing college hockey has ever competed in the event. The U.S. Collegiate Selects team will be comprised of active NCAA Division I players of any nationality representing all six conferences and the Division I independent programs. The six-team invitational tournament is hosted by the Swiss professional team HC Davos each year from Dec. 26-31 in Davos, Switzerland.

Björck Named to Sweden's Wolrd Junior Team  
Freshman Wilson Björck has been selected to the Team Sweden roster that will travel to St. Paul, Minn., later this month for the IIHF 2026 World Junior Championship. The left wing from Stockholm, Sweden, has six points (3g,3a) this season for the Tigers. Björck is the 27th player from Colorado College to play in the World Junior Championship, a list that includes teammate Kaidan Mbereko, who was a member of Team USA in 2022-23, and former Tiger and current New York Ranger Noah Laba, also a member of Team USA in 2023. In addition, former Tigers and current NHL players Jaden Schwartz and Jaccob Slavin played in the WJC for Canada and the USA, respectively. Gustav Olofsson, who played at Colorado College during the 2013-14 season before turning pro and appearing in the NHL with Minnesota, Montreal and Seattle, is the only other Tiger to play for Sweden in the World Junior Championship.

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. 


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.

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

CC to Have 15 Games Televised This Season 
Colorado College announced that 15 games will be broadcast live on television this season, including 12 games by partner SOCO CW. SOCO CW is available to viewers throughout Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Southern Colorado. In addition, KRDO-13 (ABC) in Colorado Springs will televise two games. 

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.