TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) athletic department has released the 2026-27 women's ice hockey schedule. The Engineers will suit up for 34 regular season games, including 17 home contests inside Houston Field House.

RPI will begin the season with four consecutive road games, opening the year with a two-game series at Mercyhurst University on September 18 and 19 before traveling to Minnesota State University, Mankato for matchups on September 25 and 26.

The Engineers' home opener is set for October 2 against Northeastern University, beginning a seven-game homestand that also features weekend series against Robert Morris University on October 9 and 10, and the University of Maine on October 16 and 17.

ECAC Hockey action begins the following weekend, as RPI welcomes Princeton University on October 23 and Quinnipiac University on October 24. The Engineers will then make their first conference road trip of the season with contests at Colgate University on October 30 and Cornell University on October 31.

A pair of matchups against Capital Region rival Union College highlights the Engineers' calendar, beginning with a November 3 meeting at Houston Field House before RPI travels to Union on December 1. The rivalry continues on January 23, when the Engineers and Garnet Chargers meet in the Capital District Mayor's Cup at Harding Mazzotti Arena in Glens Falls, N.Y.

RPI's November slate also includes home matchups against Clarkson University and St. Lawrence University on November 6 and 7, a home-and-home series with Syracuse University on November 13 and 14, and home contests against Brown University and Yale University on November 21 and 22.

Following a December road swing at Yale and Brown, the Engineers resume ECAC Hockey play in January with road weekends at Quinnipiac and Princeton, and Harvard and Dartmouth. RPI closes the regular season with six straight conference matchups, including home weekends against Cornell and Colgate on January 29 and 30, and Dartmouth and Harvard on February 12 and 13, wrapped around a February 5 and 6 trip to St. Lawrence and Clarkson.