2012 NCAA Hockey schedule: Season starts with intriguing weekend matchups

College hockey season is underway, and busy 19-game schedule for Friday features some local action as No. 8 Miami (OH) hosts Colgate, Bowling Green hosts No. 10 Union and Ohio State hits the road to take on Minnesota-Duluth in non-conference action. On Saturday those back-to-back series wrap up for each team, and more will be know about the direction of each club early in the season.

Here is a breakdown of the game times and schedules for the three weekend series highlighted above:

Friday, October 12, 2012

7:05 ET Union at Bowling Green, BGSU Ice Arena, Bowling Green, OH

7:35 ET Colgate at Miami (OH), Steve Cady Arena, Oxford, OH

8:05 ET Ohio State at Minnesota-Duluth, AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, MN

Saturday, October 13, 2012

7:05 ET Union at Bowling Green, BGSU Ice Arena, Bowling Green, OH

7:05 ET Colgate at Miami (OH), Steve Cady Arena, Oxford, OH

8:05 ET Ohio State at Minnesota-Duluth, AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, MN

See the full schedule of Friday's college hockey action here, and be sure to check out the complete USCHO.com poll.