St. Paul, Minn. - As part of the Division I growth of St. Thomas Hockey, the school announced a men's and women's hockey doubleheader on Friday, October 13, 2023 between St. Thomas and the University of Minnesota set for downtown St. Paul to help roll out the 2023-24 season.

The Tommie women's hockey program will take on the perennial national power Gopher women's hockey team at 4pm, followed by the Tommie men's team battling the returning national runner-up Golden Gophers at 7:30pm

The Friday, Oct. 13 games at Xcel Energy Center are presented by Wings Financial Credit Union. Tickets will go on-sale on Tuesday, August 22 at 10 a.m. St. Thomas and Gophers season ticket holders will have access to a priority pre-sale starting on Monday, August 14. One ticket will give fans access to both games.

All four teams will square off again on Saturday, Oct. 14 in rematch games to close the weekend series.

This will be the first official men's hockey meeting for St. Thomas and Minnesota.

The Purple had the most improved men's hockey team nationally in Division I across several metrics. Blasi's team recorded eight more victories over their inaugural season's win total and moved from No. 59 to No. 40 in the College Hockey News power ratings over the two seasons. In women's hockey in the national D-I Pairwise, Johnson's St. Thomas program moved up from a No. 35 ranking out of 41 teams in season one of its D-I era to a No. 23 rating out of 43 teams at the end of 2022-23 season.

"We are excited to play the Gophers, one of the best programs in all of college hockey," Blasi said. "It's also a great opportunity to play in one of the best hockey venues in the country, and we are appreciative of the hospitality from the Xcel Energy Center staff and the Minnesota Wild."

This is the second time in the D-I era that the St. Thomas men will play in the Xcel Energy Center -- the Tommies played host to St. Cloud State back on Oct. 3, 2022.

Ticket Info
Season tickets for 2023-24 Tommie Hockey will go on sale on Monday, June 5. All season ticket holders will receive priority purchase opportunity for next October's doubleheader at Xcel Energy Center.