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The 2024–25 Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings men's ice hockey season will be the 2nd season of play for the program and 2nd in the CCHA. The Vikings will represent Augustana University , play their home games at Midco Arena and be coached by Garrett Raboin in his 2nd season.
The Vikings will play a transitional conference schedule in their first two seasons, meeting each CCHA opponent for one weekend series each year (16 games). None of the games against their conference opponents were counted in the league standings. As a result, Augustana is ineligible for the conference tournament until 2026.
The Augustana Vikings were admitted as the 9th member of the conference on May 17, 2022 with 2023–24 being the first season of play for the program. [2] In the first two seasons, the team would play a transitional schedule by facing the other league members twice each year for a total of 16 games.
The Vikings played their first five home games off campus at Denny Sanford Premier Center. [1] Midco Arena opened on January 26, 2024, and the Vikings played their first game at the arena on the same date. [5] The program is the first varsity ice hockey team at any level to call South Dakota home.
Rather than become a full conference member in 2025–26, the Vikings would be eligible for the conference tournament in 2024–25. [1] As schedules had already been set before the announcement, the CCHA would use point percentage to determine Augustana's place in the standings.
On May 17, 2022, Augustana University was announced as the league's ninth member. The Vikings will play a partial league schedule in the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons before playing a full league schedule in 2025–26.
The Augustana Vikings are the athletic teams that represent Augustana University, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Vikings compete as members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference for all 14 varsity sports. The Vikings joined the NSIC from the North Central Conference, which folded ...
Augustana University Vikings men's ice hockey (2024–) Midco Arena in Sioux Falls, South Dakota is a 3,082-seat [ 1 ] ice hockey arena on the campus of Augustana University . The arena broke ground on October 5, 2021 [ 2 ] and opened as the permanent home of the Augustana Vikings men's ice hockey team on January 26, 2024.