COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's University and Augsburg University will play a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) game outdoors as part of Hockey Day Minnesota at 5:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at Polar Lakes Park in White Bear Township. 
 
"I have been trying to get involved with the Hockey Day Minnesota festivities for years and I am very excited that we will be part of the event this year," said SJU head coach Doug Schueller, a graduate of White Bear Lake High School. "This will be a great event for not only SJU and Augsburg, but also to promote and bring awareness to MIAC hockey. We want to show the state of hockey that the MIAC and NCAA Division III hockey is entertaining and a great option for hockey fans around the state. I expect we will have a great atmosphere and it should be a very good hockey game."

The game will be the first MIAC contest to be held as part of Hockey Day Minnesota since the event was established by the Minnesota Wild and Bally Sports North in 2007 and the second NCAA Division III game to be contested in the event's history. St. Thomas tied Wisconsin-Stout 1-1 at Xcel Energy Center as part of the 2017 event.

The Johnnies are 44-39-2 against the Auggies since the 1986-87 season: 19-15-2 in St. Cloud, 19-22 in Minneapolis and 7-3 at a neutral site. SJU is 7-9-1 in the last 17 meetings and the two teams have split their MIAC series each of the past three seasons. 

The two teams will complete their MIAC series at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 , at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. 

More information about the game, as well as the rest of SJU's 2022-23 hockey schedule, will be unveiled in the coming weeks.