GRAND FORKS — Frank Serratore started coaching college hockey in 1987 as a UND assistant.

He is now 68, the oldest head coach in the country.

Serratore knows the history of the sport as well as anyone, and he says the 2025-26 season will be different.

"Get ready for a year unlike any we have ever seen in the history of college hockey," said Serratore, who is entering his 24th season at Air Force. "We're witnessing a massive paradigm shift, the size of which college hockey has never seen.

"This is going to be a special year. The real beneficiaries are going to be the fans of college hockey. They're going to be watching the best college hockey ever played, collectively, from top to bottom."

For the first time in more than 45 years, players from Canada's three major junior hockey leagues

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