The No. 9 Colorado College Tigers open NCHC play with a home series against 7th-ranked Minnesota Duluth, Oct. 30-31, at Robson Arena. Both games will begin at 7 p.m. The Tigers retained the Pikes Peak Trophy for the ninth consecutive season with a home-and-home sweep of Air Force last weekend. 

Live streaming and live stats links can be found on the CC Hockey schedule page at CCTigers.com.

88 Years of Tiger Hockey
This season marks the 88th year of varsity ice hockey at Colorado College and 14th 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 broadcast live on SOCO-CW with Josh Howe and Kyle Huson on the call.
  
Last Time Out
The Tigers swept Air Force in a home-and-home series, Oct. 23-24, to retain the Pikes Peak Trophy for the ninth consecutive season. CC captured a 6-2 victory on Friday at Robson Arena, then blanked the Falcons, 4-0, on Saturday at the Academy. Carmelo Crandell scored three goals and added an assist on the weekend, while Owen Beckner scored twice on Saturday. Jackson Unger posted his second career shutout with a career-high 35 saves on Saturday.  

Movin' On Up
The Tigers moved up three spots to No. 9 in this week's USCHO.com poll and one spot to No. 10 in the USA Hockey national poll. This marks the first time CC has been ranked in the Top 10 since dec. 30, 2024 (#8).   

100th Game and Sellout at Robson Arena
Last Friday marked the 100th game and sellout at Robson Arena. The first was an exhibition vs. Air Force on Oct. 2, 2021, while the first regular-season contest was Oct. 8, 2021, vs. St. Lawrence.  

The Coaches 
Kris Mayotte is in his sixth 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 … Scott Sandelin is in his 27th season at Minnesota Duluth. He led the Bulldogs to the 2011, 2018 and 2019 national championships and won the Spencer Penrose Award (Division I Coach of the Year) in 2004.

Previous Meetings
The Tigers and Minnesota Duluth have met 216 times, with the Bulldogs holding a 112-91-13 advantage in the series, including a 53-50-7 mark in Duluth.

Most NHL Draft Picks on Roster in Program History
The 2026-27 roster has 11 players that have been drafted by the NHL, the most on a roster in program history. 

Another Tough Schedule  
The Tigers are scheduled to play 18 of their 36 regular-season games against teams in this week's USCHO.com national poll. Another eight games are scheduled against teams that received votes in the poll. In addition, CC has 16 games scheduled against nine of the last 10 national champions (UMass, Minnesota Duluth, Denver, North Dakota, and Western Michigan).  

2026-27 Leadership
Senior defenseman Max Burkholder has been named team captain of the Colorado College hockey team for the 2026-27 season, while junior forward Owen Beckner and senior forwards Drew Montgomery, Bret Link and Riley Stuart will serve as assistant captains. Burkholder will wear the 'C' for the second conseutive year after playing just three games last season. Beckner tied for the team lead with 27 points and 15 assists in 2025-26, while Montgomery had 16 points (8g,8a) and tied for second on the team with eight goals. Link is the team's career active leading scorer with 53 points (18g,35a), including 17 (7g,10a) last season and Stuart posted career highs of four goals, four assists, eight points and 33 games played last season as a junior.
 
Tiger Tales 
The Tigers are tied for third in the country allowing 1.2 goals per game and ninth averaging 4.0 goals per game ... Jackson Unger leads the NCHC and is tied for third in the country with five wins ... Unger is the first CC goalie since 2008 (Richard Bachman) to post two shutouts in the first six games on a season ... Carmelo Crandell was named the KJ Branding NCHC Forward of the Week with three goals and an assist vs. Air Force ... Fisher Scott is tied for NCHC lead and sixth nationally with a +9 rating this season.

Tigers Picked Sixth in NCHC Preseason Poll
Colorado College was picked sixth in the 2026-27 NCHC Preseason Poll. 

1.    Denver, 304 points (14 first-place votes)
2.    North Dakota, 302 (12)
3.    Minnesota Duluth, 273 (7)
4.    Western Michigan, 237
5.    Miami, 175
6.    Colorado College, 159
7.    St. Cloud State, 121
8.    St. Thomas, 102
9.    Arizona State, 73
10.    Omaha, 69

The Incoming Class
Six newcomers join the Tiger hockey program for the 2026-27 season; Carmelo Crandell (Arizona State - NCHC), Ty Halaburda (Kelowna Rockets - WHL), Blake Jones (Nanaimo Clippers - BCHL), Zach Olsen (Saskatoon Blades - WHL), Michal Pradel (Tri-City Storm - USHL) and Sebastian Vitali (New Jersey Jr. Titans - NAHL). The six newcomers ties Princeton and Harvard for the fewest in the country. 

Two New Assistant Coaches
Head coach Kris Mayotte welcomes two new faces to the staff this season, Dana Borges (assistant coach) and David Powlowski (assistant coach / director of operations). Borges comes to Colorado Springs after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at Arizona State, where he focused on player development as well as recruiting. He helped recruit and develop an All-American, five NCHC all-conference selections, five NHL draft picks and three players on the 2026 Central Scouting List for this year's draft. Borges, played collegiately at Stonehill College. Powlowski, meanwhile, spent the last three seasons as an assistant general manager and assistant coach for the Rochester Jr. Americans of the North American Hockey League (NAHL). He worked primarily with the team's defensive unit and focused on scouting and recruiting, including the organization's draft day operations. Powlowski played college hockey and golf at Nazareth College.

Oh Brother
Sophomores 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.

13 Games Televised This Season 
Colorado College will have 13 games broadcast live on television this season, including 10 games by partner SOCO CW. SOCO CW is available to viewers throughout Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Southern Colorado and televised Friday's game vs. #10 UMass. In addition, KRDO-13 (ABC) in Colorado Springs will televise both home games against Denver in The Gold Pan rivalry. The Feb. 26 game at Denver will be televised on Altitude. 

Season Six 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 seven Division I teams to surpass capacity on a per game basis last season at 102.7 percent.