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Raiders Set to Take Part in 2026 Friendship Four

| By: Dylan Rippe

Annual event is held in Belfast, Northern Ireland

BOSTON, Mass. - Colgate men's hockey will compete in the Friendship Four in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2026 The Odyssey Trust announced on Tuesday.

Founded by The Odyssey Trust and held annually at The SSE Arena, Belfast, the Friendship Four is the first and only National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I ice hockey tournament to take place outside of North America. Since its inception in 2015, the tournament has become a flagship event in Northern Ireland's sporting calendar, bringing world-class collegiate hockey to Belfast while promoting education, cultural exchange, and community engagement.

Along with the Raiders, the University of Connecticut, Providence College, and the University of Minnesota Duluth will be competing at The SSE Arena in November 2026.

Colgate has featured in the Friendship Four twice before with its last appearance being in 2019. The Raiders were also involved in the inception of the Friendship Four, taking part in the first one held back in 2015.

ALL-TIME FRIENDSHIP FOUR MEN'S PARTICIPANTS
2015 – UMass-Lowell*, Brown, Northeastern, Colgate
2016 – Vermont*, Quinnipiac, UMass, St. Lawrence
2017 – Clarkson*, Providence, Maine, RPI
2018 – Union*, Boston University, Yale, UConn
2019 – Northeastern*, Colgate, New Hampshire, Princeton
2022 – Quinnipiac*, UMass-Amherst, UMass-Lowell, Dartmouth
2024 – Boston University*, Harvard, Merrimack, Notre Dame
2025 – Miami, RIT, Sacred Heart, Union
2026 – Colgate, UMD, Providence, UConn
2027 – North Dakota, Northeastern, Quinnipiac, Wisconsin
2028 – Dartmouth, Maine, Notre Dame, Omaha
 
* - Previous Belpot Champion
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