CHICAGO – The Wisconsin men’s and women’s hockey teams will take part in “The Frozen Confines: Big Ten Hockey Series” on Saturday, Jan. 4 at historic Wrigley Field in Chicago, the Big Ten Conference and Chicago Cubs announced on Thursday.
The UW women’s hockey team will take on Ohio State in a rematch of the 2023 and 2024 NCAA Championship Games, while the UW men will face defending Big Ten regular-season champion Michigan State. It will mark the first outdoor game at a baseball stadium for both programs. Saturday’s games are scheduled for 4:30 and 8 p.m., though which game will be played at what time is still to be determined.
The day before, on Jan. 3, a doubleheader with Penn State meeting Notre Dame and Ohio State taking on Michigan, will also take place.
The outdoor contest will be the women’s hockey program’s second-ever outdoor game after defeating Bemidji State, 6-1, at the 2010 Camp Randall Hockey Classic in Madison.
The game will mark men’s hockey’s first outdoor hockey game since Feb. 17, 2013, when the Badgers won a 3-2 contest over Minnesota in the OfficeMax Hockey City Classic at Soldier Field in Chicago in front of 52,051.
UW most recently played games in Chicago’s United Center, skating to a 2-2 tie on Jan. 20, 2019 against Notre Dame, and ending the top-ranked Fighting Irish’s 16-game winning streak with a 5-0 victory on Jan. 21, 2018
The Badger men are 3-0-0 in outdoor hockey games beginning with a 4-2 triumph over Ohio State at Lambeau Field on Feb. 11, 2006, in the Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
UW also captured the Camp Randall Hockey Classic with a 3-2 victory over Michigan on Feb. 6, 2010, in Madison.
Tickets for Saturday’s Wisconsin women’s and men’s hockey doubleheader at Wrigley Field will go on sale to the public on Friday, Aug. 30 at 10 a.m. CT through Wrigley Field. All tickets will be digital through the MLB Ballpark app.
Wrigley Field seats 41,639 for baseball.
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