 Get out your calendars and start circling some dates because BSU released their women's hockey schedule for next year. 34 games in all and the season is going to start off with a bang. The first weekend of the year the defending two-time national champion Clarkson Knights come to town followed by a trip to hockey east powerhouse Providence. Great way to get to start the season playing really quality non-conference opponents. We know how tough our league is so by the time we play Duluth we'll have had four really really quality games two here at home two on the road. The beginning of the schedule is road heavy with trips to Duluth, Minnesota and Wisconsin all coming before Thanksgiving. Certainly be a challenge but at the same time you have an opportunity if you can do well early that's certainly going to set you up for a really really strong second half. The Beavers will play in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame game again playing St. Cloud State in Brainerd. Just a great opportunity to bring our game to Brainerd where they have a very very strong girls high school program right now a good youth program on the on the girls side so a great opportunity to just promote our game and to help grow the game in a community like that. Here you have a look at the full schedule of home games also announced was the start of the Minnesota Cup a tournament with five Minnesota D1 women's hockey teams. BSU will sit this year out and will host for the first time in 2023. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.