(UW ATHLETICS) – The No. 20 Wisconsin men’s hockey team is set to participate in the 2027 Friendship Four tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The news was announced today at the Massachusetts State House.
“We’re really excited about having an opportunity as a university to provide our athletes with a forever experience,” Head Coach Mike Hastings said. “One of the reasons they came to this university is to experience unique things, and this is very unique, so we’re excited to have an opportunity to be a part of it.”
The Badgers will join former WCHA conference-rival North Dakota, as well as Quinnipiac and Northeastern at the 2027 edition of the four-game tournament where teams compete for the coveted Belpot Trophy. Games will be held at SSE Arena, home of the Belfast Giants, on the Friday and Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend on Nov. 26-27, 2027.
The tournament marks the first time Wisconsin men’s hockey will play regular-season games outside of the United States in the modern era of the program, which began in 1963. UW did skate against Michigan on March 5, 7 and 8, 1927, in Windsor, Ontario, which marked the first American intercollegiate hockey games played outside the U.S.
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