Yale has a couple of tweaks in the schedule. Keith Allain prefers opening with an Ivy opponent due to the late start date mandated by the league, only this year it's a scrimmage with both Brown and Princeton (games at Princeton.) Sacred Heart is the official season-opener a week later. 

Also, there was some haggling with Providence, which owed the Bulldogs a return game for last season's meeting at Schneider Arena, to find a date that worked for both teams. At the 11th hour, they settled on Jan. 10. 

The University of Ottawa fills the annual Christmas week exhibition, a slot filled by the Russian Red Stars for several seasons until they stopped touring last year. And the Quinnipiac games are once again at season's end, Feb. 4 at Yale, Feb. 24 in Hamden.

2016-17 Yale Men’s Hockey Schedule

Date                      Opponent                                           Time                                                                     

Oct.        22           vs. Brown#                                          2:15

at Princeton#                                     4:00

                29           SACRED HEART                                  7:00                       

Nov.      4             at Union*                                            7:00                                                       

                 5             at RPI*                                                  7:00                       

                11           COLGATE*                                           7:00                       

                12           CORNELL*                                           7:00                       

                18           at St. Lawrence*                               7:00                                       

                19           at Clarkson*                                       7:00                       

                25-26     at Notre Dame Classic                   TBA                       

                                (with Holy Cross, Clarkson)

Dec.       9              RPI*                                                       7:00       

                10           UNION*                                               7:00

                13           at Boston University                       7:00

                28           OTTAWA @                                        7:00

Jan.          3            NORTHEASTERN                               7:00

                  7            at Connecticut (XL Center)          7:00

                10           PROVIDENCE                                     7:00

                13           CLARKSON*                                        7:00

                14           ST. LAWRENCE*                                                7:00

                20           at Dartmouth*                                  7:00

                21           at Harvard*                                         7:00

                27           at Brown*                                           7:00

                28           BROWN*                                             7:00

Feb.       3             PRINCETON*                                      7:00

                 4             QUINNIPIAC*                                    7:00

                10           at Cornell*                                          7:00

                11           at Colgate*                                         7:00

                17           HARVARD*                                         7:00

                18           DARTMOUTH*                                   7:00

                24           at Quinnipiac*                                  7:00

                25           at Princeton*                                     7:00

March   3-5          ECAC Hockey First Round

                10-12     ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals

                17-18     ECAC Hockey Championships

                24-26     NCAA Regionals

April      6-8         Frozen Four (Chicago, Ill.)

# pre-season scrimmage

@ exhibition game

* ECAC Hockey Games