The Colorado College Tigers return home for an NCHC weekend series against the Arizona State Sun Devils, Jan. 30-31, at Ed Robson Arena. The Tigers earned four points against ASU earlier this season in Tempe with a tie and a win. 
 
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 with the 'Voice of the Tigers' Ken Landau and streamed live on NCHC.tv. Friday's contest will be televised live on SOCO-CW with Josh Howe and Kyle Huson.
  
Last Time Out
The Tigers split a pair of 3-1 decisions at Omaha last weekend ... On Friday, Trevor Wong scored twice to lead Omaha to a 3-1 victory, while Philippe Blais-Savoie scored and Kaidan Mbereko collected 20 saves for CC. It appeared the Tigers scored first at the 7:41 mark of the first period when Ryan Alexander put the puck in the net, but the play was ruled offside following an Omaha challenge and official review. Another review occurred with 44.5 seconds remaining in the opening frame after an Omaha player put the puck in the net after Mbereko had covered it and the whistle blew. The call of no goal on the ice was confirmed with the review. Omaha struck first with a power-play goal at the 12:16 mark of the second period. Aidan de la Gorgendiere took a shot from the point that deflected off a CC player's stick in front of the net and found its way past Mbereko. The Mavericks took a 2-0 lead at the 4:46 mark of the third period when Wong deflected a shot from the left boards by Griffin Luedtke that snuck past Mbereko. Blais-Savoie put the Tigers on the board with 4:32 remaining in regulation when he took a pass from Wilson Björck and fired a wrist shot from the left point that eluded Omaha goalie Simon Latkoczy. Klavs Veinbergs also collected an assist on the play. Mbereko exited the ice in favor of an extra skater with 2:10 left in the third period and Wong scored into the open net with 40.1 seconds remaining ... On Saturday, Connor Hvidston and Drew Montgomery each collected a goal and an assist and Mbereko made 30 saves in a 3-1 victory. Omaha put the first goal on the board just seconds after the Tigers killed off a power play. Brett Hyland to a centering pass from Wong and beat Mbereko from the slot at the 12:04 mark of the first period. Mbereko came up with some outstanding saves in the first 20 minutes as Omaha held a 21-8 shot advantage after the opening frame. The senior from Aspen, Colo., had 12 of his 20 first-period saves come during three Omaha power plays. The Tigers turned the tide in the second period, outshooting Omaha, 16-4, and outscoring the Mavericks, 2-0. Klavs Veinbergs evened things up with a power-play goal, his team-high seventh of the season, at the 6:49 mark of the period. Mats Lindgren sent his own rebound shot towards the net from the slot and it deflected off Veinbergs in front past Latkoczy. The officials reviewed the play for goaltender interference, but the call was upheld. Hvidston, who assisted on Veinbergs goal, put the Tigers ahead at the 15:58 mark after taking a pass from Montgomery, flying down the right side and firing a wrister from the right circle that cleanly beat Latkoczy, giving Hvidston his second multi-point game of his career. The Tiger defense stifled Omaha the rest of the middle period and all of the third and Montgomery gave CC an insurance goal with an empty-netter with 52.3 seconds left.

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 … Greg Powers is in his 18th overall season on the Sun Devil staff and his 11th as head coach of ASU's NCAA Division I Hockey program. He was a finalist for the 2019 and 2020 Spencer Penrose Award, awarded to the Division I Coach of the Year.  

Previous Meetings
Arizona State leads the all-time series against Colorado College, 8-6-2. However, the Tigers are 4-2-2 against the Sun Devils in Colorado Springs.  

Mbereko, Beckner Named Hobey Baker Nominees
Senior Kaidan Mbereko and sophomore Owen Beckner are among 87 student-athletes nominated for the 2026 Hobey Baker Award, according to the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation. Mbereko is sixth in the NCHC with 10 victories in 2025-26. A first-team All-American in 2024, he has been nominated for the Hobey Baker Award each of the last three seasons. Meanwhile, Beckner leads the Tigers with 16 points and 10 assists. To vote for the 2026 Hobey Baker Award, please visit: hobeybaker.com/vote. 

Tiger Tales  
The Tigers lead the NCHC and are fourth in the nation in faceoff winning percentage (55.0) ... Klavs Veinbergs leads the NCHC with a 61.5 faceoff win percentage and is second with 300 faceoff wins ... CC is 12th in the country with 33.5 shots on goal per game and 17th with 803 shots on goal this season ... 16 of CC's last 17 games have been decided by two goals or less.

Mats Lindgren Added to 2025-26 Roster  
Defenseman Mats Lindgren has been added to the 2025-26 roster, effective immediately. Lindgren, a fourth-round pick (#106 overall) by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2022 NHL Draft from North Vancouver, B.C., most recently played during the 2024-25 campaign, scoring 21 points (7g,14a) in 56 games for the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL and appearing in seven games for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. Prior to that, he played five seasons in the WHL between the Kamloops Blazers and Red Deer Rebels, collecting 129 points (24g,105a) in 220 games.

Björck Wins Gold at World Junior Championship  
Freshman Wilson Björck won a gold medal with Team Sweden at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship. Team Sweden defeated Czechia, 4-2, in the final Monday in St. Paul, Minn. Björck is the third Colorado College player to win gold at the World Junior Championship, joining Mark Stuart (team captain) and Brett Sterling, who helped Team USA win its first title in 2004. The winger appeared in three games for Team Sweden during the '26 tournament, including the 4-3 overtime semifinal victory over Finland and the final.

Most NHL Draft Picks on Roster in Program History
With the addition of Mats Lindgren, the 2025-26 roster has 10 players that have been drafted by the NHL. That ties for the most on a roster in program history, joining the 2003-04 and '04-05 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
7.    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.