Virginia Tech ice hockey releases 2016-2017 schedule

2011 / Collegiate Times

Virginia Tech’s Ice Hockey team announced its schedule on Monday afternoon.

The Hokies, entering their 31st season, will kick off on Friday, Sept. 23 on the road against Liberty. The team will open at home at the Berglund Center in Roanoke on Friday, Oct. 14 against Rider.

General Manager Chris Arnold said, “We are happy to be returning to the Berglund Center for our 22nd season. We are looking forward to continuing our long-standing relationship with the Berglund Center and Roanoke Valley Youth Hockey.”

The rest of the schedule features notable games including home games against Virginia, Rowan, NC State, North Carolina, Maryland and West Virginia, and road games against some of the same opponents including West Virginia, Maryland and Ohio.

The Hokies will look to improve on their last season's 14-12-2 record and 10th rank in American Collegiate Hockey Association’s Southeast Region. Tech will look to better its play at the Berglund Center, where Virginia Tech finished 7-6 last season.

To improve, Virginia Tech will need to start as well as it did last season as the team captured three of the first four games of the season defeating West Virginia, Akron and Wright University.

The 2016-2017 Virginia Tech hockey schedule is listed below.

September

9/23 — at Liberty D2

9/30 — at West Chester

October

10/1 — at Millersville

10/7 — at Maryland

10/8 — at UMBC

10/14 — Rider

10/15 — Cincinnati

10/22 — Alumni Game FREE ADMISSION

10/28 — at Delaware

10/ 29 — at Navy D2

November

11/5 — Rowan

11/6 — NC State

11/11 — at Ohio D2 Showcase

11/12 — at Ohio D2 Showcase

11/13 — at Ohio D2 Showcase

11/19 — Virginia

December

12/3 — North Carolina

12/4 — Maryland

January

1/7 — West Virginia

1/8 — Ohio

1/13 — at Liberty D2 Showcase

1/14 — at Liberty D2 Showcase

1/15 — at Liberty D2 Showcase

1/21 — UMBC

1/22 — Delaware

1/28 — at West Virginia D1

1/29 — at West Virginia D1

February

2/3 — at Rider

2/4 — at Rowan

2/11 — Liberty D2

All game dates and times are subject to change.