GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) announced today its 96-game conference schedule for the 2015-16 season, including North Dakota's 24-game NCHC slate.

All eight member teams will play a 24-game conference schedule leading up to the annual NCHC Frozen Faceoff at Target Center in Minneapolis.

North Dakota will open the NCHC schedule Oct. 30-31 at Colorado College, one of six conference road trips UND will make in 2015-16. The defending Penrose Cup champion will also travel to St. Cloud State (Nov. 20-21), Minnesota Duluth (Dec. 11-12), Western Michigan (Jan. 29-30), Denver (Feb. 12-13) and Omaha (Feb. 26-27).

UND's conference schedule also features six home series, including Miami (Nov. 13-14), Denver (Dec. 4-5), Omaha (Jan. 15-16), Colorado College (Jan. 22-23), Minnesota Duluth (Feb. 19-20) and Western Michigan (March 4-5).

UND will announce its entire 2015-16 schedule, including non-conference and exhibition games, at a later date.