Ice Miners announce 2019-20 regular season schedule

Thursday morning, the UTEP Hockey Club announced their 2019-20 season schedule, with 14 home games and 14 away games with eight non-conference opponents and 20 conference games.

New this season in hopes of starting a new tradition, the Miners have added 10:30 p.m. Friday night games.

The Miners open the season at home Saturday, Sept. 21 at 3:30 p.m. MT, against TCHC opponent Texas State with game two slated for Sunday, Sept. 22 at 10:00 a.m. MT.

The Miners will then hit the road for their first road trip of the season at the University of Texas. The Miners and Longhorns will face off Friday, Sept. 27 at 7:50 p.m. MT and Saturday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. MT.

UTEP will then continue on the road the following weekend against Texas A&M, Friday, Oct. 4 at 6:00 p.m. MT and Saturday, Oct. 5 at 6:00 p.m. MT. After a week off, the Miners will return home to host Texas Christian University, Friday, Oct. 18 at 10:30 p.m. MT and Saturday, Oct. 19 at 3:30 p.m. MT.

UTEP will close out October on the road at Dallas Baptist, Friday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. MT and game two will be played Saturday, Oct. 26 at 1:00 p.m. The Miners will host Grand Canyon University Friday, Nov. 1 at 10:30 p.m. MT and Saturday, Nov. 2 at 3:30 p.m. MT, their first non-conference opponent of the season.

The Miners will next head west to Arizona for their first of two four-game road trips starting Thursday, Nov. 14 against Arizona State at 7:30 p.m. MT. The Arizona road trip will also include one game against Northern Arizona Friday, Nov. 15 at 8:30 p.m. MT and two games against Grand Canyon Saturday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m. MT and Sunday, Nov. 17 at 11:30 a.m. MT.

Closing out the first semester, UTEP will host North Texas thanksgiving weekend Friday, November 29 and Saturday, November 30. Both games will be played at 10:30 p.m. MT.

Following the holiday break, the Miners will begin a four-game homestand the longest homestand of the season) Monday, Jan. 6 vs. Texas A&M at 10:30 p.m. MT with game two scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 7 vs. Texas A&M at 3:30 p.m. MT. UTEP concludes the homestand Thursday, Jan. 9 and Friday, Jan. 10 vs the University of Texas. 11:00 a.m. MT.

Both games will be played at 11:00 a.m. MT.

UTEP will next travel to Shreveport, LA for the first time in club history to visit the East Texas Baptist Tigers Wednesday, Jan. 15 and Thursday, Jan. 16. Both games will be played at 6:00 p.m. MT.

Before heading back to El Paso, the Miners will complete the road trip with two games against Texas State, Friday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. MT and Saturday, Jan. 18 at 6:45 p.m. MT.

The Miners will host the Texas Tech Red Raiders for their final homestand of the 2019-20 season Friday, Jan. 31 at 11:00 a.m. MT and Saturday, Feb. 1 at 3:30 p.m. MT.

Science on Ice returns for a third season, all dates scheduled for the second semester. Game dates currently scheduled as  Jan. 9, Jan. 10 and Jan. 31.

The Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference playoffs will take place February 6-8 in Dallas, Texas at the Children’s Health Center StarCenter in Mansfield, TX.

The on-sale date and pricing for UTEP Hockey regular season tickets will be announced in the near future.

Date	Opponent	Time (MT)	Location
Sep 21, 2019	Texas State	3:30 p.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Sep 22, 2019	Texas State	10:00 a.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Sep 27, 2019	University of Texas	7:50 p.m.	Chaparral Ice
Sep 28, 2019	University of Texas	6:30 p.m.	Chaparral Ice
Oct 4, 2019	Texas A&M	6:00 p.m.	Spirit Ice Arena
Oct 5, 2019	Texas A&M	6:00 p.m.	Spirit Ice Arena
Oct 18, 2019	Texas Christian	10:30 p.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Oct 19, 2019	Texas Christian	3:30 p.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Oct 25, 2019	Dallas Baptist	7:30 p.m.	StarCenter
Oct 26, 2019	Dallas Baptist	1:00 p.m.	Allen Event Center
Nov 1, 2019	Grand Canyon	10:30 p.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Nov 2, 2019	Grand Canyon	3:30 p.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Nov 14, 2019	Arizona State	7:30 p.m.	Oceanside Ice Arena
Nov 15, 2019	Northern Arizona	8:30 p.m.	Jay Lively Activity Center
Nov 16, 2019	Grand Canyon	6:30 p.m.	AZ Ice Peoria
Nov 17, 2019	Grand Canyon	11:30 a.m.	AZ Ice Peoria
Nov 29, 2019	North Texas	10:30 p.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Nov 30, 2019	North Texas	10:30 p.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Jan 6, 2020	Texas A&M	10:30 p.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Jan 7, 2020	Texas A&M	10:30 p.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Jan 9, 2020	University of Texas	11:00 a.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Jan 10, 2020	University of Texas	11:00 a.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Jan 15, 2020	East Texas Baptist	6:00 p.m.	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
Jan 16, 2020	East Texas Baptist	6:00 p.m	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
Jan 17, 2020	Texas State	7:30 p.m.	Chaparral Ice
Jan 18, 2020	Texas State	6:45 p.m.	Chaparral Ice
Jan 31, 2020	Texas Tech	11:00 a.m.	El Paso County Events Center
Feb 1, 2020	Texas Tech	3:30 p.m.	El Paso County Events Center