The University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team officially released its entire 2024-25 schedule, which will include the earliest start to a Bulldog regular season in program history. 

UMD will enter its 26th season and tenth under head coach Maura Crowell with a mid-September rematch with reigning NCAA champions Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio on Sept. 21-22, which will double as the Bulldogs Western Collegiate Hockey Association's opener. UMD will drop the puck on its home ice of AMSOIL Arena the following weekend with a first-ever meeting with Syracuse University on another Saturday-Sunday series on Sept. 28-29.

The Bulldogs will face Colgate University in Hamilton, NY in a non conference series on Oct. 4-5, and will stay on the road the following weekend to face the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. (Oct. 11-12).  UMD notably hosts instate rival the University of Minnesota at AMSOIL on Nov. 15-16, the first of three-straight home series that concludes with a visit from the University of Vermont on Nov. 29-30, the first visit by the Catamounts in program history. In all, UMD will play three non conference opponents next season, two of which will be in Duluth.

UMD's first action of 2025 will take place in AMSOIL on Jan. 10-11 against St. Cloud State University. The Bulldogs follow that up with a visit from the Buckeyes on Jan. 17-18, and wrap up January with a series against the Badgers on Jan. 31-Feb. 1. The regular season will conclude on Feb. 21-22 at Ridder Arena against the Gophers.

Bulldog fans should note that UMD will host the WCHA's Final Face-Off for a third time ever and second time at AMSOIL on March 7-8.

In all, the Bulldogs will play 14 games of their 34 regular season games against programs that played in 2024 NCAA Regional Finals. UMD, which made its fourth-straight NCAA Tournament in March and third-straight NCAA Regional Final, finished the 2023-24 season 21-14-4

To see UMD's full 2024-25 schedule, click here.