FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Tech men's hockey team has released its schedule for the 2023-24 season.
 
Head Coach Frank DiCristofaro enters his tenth year at the helm of Warrior hockey. Last season, he helped lead the program to a 32-5 overall record, the most wins for the program since the 2018-19 season when they won the NAIHA National Championship. The 32 wins last season put DiCristofaro over the 200 mark at Tech (202-105-1) and improved his winning percentage to an impressive .656. Tech would go 22-2 in WHAC play on their way to a third straight conference regular season championship. The 22 conference wins also marked a new program record for most in a season! The Warriors would finish the regular season at No. 8 in the national ranking, reaching as high as No. 5 during the season. In the postseason, the Warriors would fall in the conference tournament semifinal. At the ACHA National Championships the Warriors would earn the No. 8 overall seed, winning one game before falling in the quarterfinals to No. 1 seed and eventual national champion Minot State University. Four Warriors would earn WHAC All-Conference honors in 2022-23, while 16 would be named to the WHAC All-Academic Team. Coach DiCristofaro was also named WHAC Coach of the Year.
 
Tech will start the 2023-24 season with a two-game home and away series with Grand Valley State University (Mich.) on September 29^th and 30^th with the 29^th being the Warriors home opener at the SportONE/Parkview Icehouse. The Warriors will host Kent State University (Ohio) on October 6^th on homecoming. The Orange & Black will look to defend their three straight WHAC regular season championships when conference play begins with a two-game home and away series with Cleary University (Mich.) on October 13^th and 14^th. The Warriors will end the 2023 half of the schedule with two road games at Maryville University (Missouri) on December 8^th and 9^th. After a couple weeks off, Tech will kick off 2024 with two games against Cleary University, the first one being on the road January 5^th and the second being their first home game of the new year January 6^th. The Warriors will close out the regular season with two games against Rochester University (Mich.) on February 9^th and 10^th. The WHAC Tournament is set for February 16-18^th and the ACHA National Championship will begin on March 7^th.