2025–26 OHL season

The 2025–26 OHL season is the 46th season of operation (45th season of play) of the Ontario Hockey League. The league will play a 68-game regular season which began on September 18, 2025, and will conclude on March 22, 2026. The post-season will begin on March 26, 2026, and conclude in May 2026.

The team who wins the championship will win the J. Ross Robertson Cup and will represent the Ontario Hockey League at the 2026 Memorial Cup, which will be hosted by the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League. The tournament will be held at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.^[1]

On June 3, the OHL and the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League announced four interleague games between the two leagues.^[2]

The Ottawa 67's hosted the Gatineau Olympiques on January 16 at TD Place Arena before making the trip to Gatineau, Quebec to face the Olympiques at Centre Slush Puppie on January 17. The 67's won both games, winning the first game 2–1 in Ottawa^[3], followed by a 5–3 win in Gatineau.^[4]

The Sudbury Wolves hosted the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies at the Sudbury Community Arena on January 18. The two clubs played again in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec a week later at Aréna Glencore on January 25. The Wolves won both games, winning the first game 5–3 in Sudbury^[5], followed by a 4-3 overtime victory in Rouyn-Noranda.^[6]

On June 13, the OHL announced its first ever OHL Rivalry Week, as it highlights intense matchups in a four-day window from October 16 until October 19. The matchups will feature a home-and-home between two familiar opponents.^[7]

The matchups will include:

• Barrie Colts vs. North Bay Battalion
• Brampton Steelheads vs. Brantford Bulldogs
• Erie Otters vs. Niagara IceDogs
• Flint Firebirds vs. Saginaw Spirit
• Guelph Storm vs. Owen Sound Attack
• Kingston Frontenacs vs. Ottawa 67's
• Kitchener Rangers vs. London Knights
• Oshawa Generals vs. Peterborough Petes
• Sarnia Sting vs. Windsor Spitfires
• Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. Sudbury Wolves

On August 26, the OHL and FloSports entered into a seven-year media partnership that establishes FloHockey as the global home for live and on-demand streaming coverage of the OHL. All regular season games, playoff rounds and other marquee events are included in the deal.^[8]

On July 7, 2025, the OHL announced the preseason schedule for the 2025–26 season. In total, there was 50 preseason games which began on August 29 and concluded on September 14.

This years schedule had a pre-season showcase at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium over Labour Day weekend that included the host team, the Kitchener Rangers, as well as the Brantford Bulldogs, Oshawa Generals and Saginaw Spirit.

Neutral site games include:

• Oshawa Generals vs. Saginaw Spirit at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario on August 29.
• Saginaw Spirit vs. Brantford Bulldogs at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario on August 30.
• Erie Otters vs. Peterborough Petes at the Lindsay Recreation Complex in Lindsay, Ontario on August 30.
• North Bay Battalion vs. Owen Sound Attack at Eddie Bush Memorial Arena in Collingwood, Ontario on August 31.
• Erie Otters vs. Peterborough Petes at the Cavan Monaghan Community Centre in Millbrook, Ontario on August 31.
• Brantford Bulldogs vs. Guelph Storm at the North Dumfries Community Complex in Ayr, Ontario on September 1.
• Rouyn-Noranda Huskies vs. Sudbury Wolves at McIntyre Arena in Timmins, Ontario on September 3.
• Windsor Spitfires vs. Flint Firebirds at Flint Iceland Arena in Flint, Michigan on September 5.
• Kingston Frontenacs vs. Ottawa 67's at the North Grenville Municipal Centre in Kemptville, Ontario on September 5.
• North Bay Battalion vs. Sarnia Sting at the North Simcoe Sports & Recreation Centre in Midland, Ontario on September 5.
• London Knights vs. Erie Otters at the Western Fair Sports Centre in London, Ontario on September 6.
• Barrie Colts vs. Sarnia Sting at the North Simcoe Sports & Recreation Centre in Midland, Ontario on September 6.
• Barrie Colts vs. Owen Sound Attack at The Plex in Port Elgin, Ontario on September 7.
• Kingston Frontenacs vs. Peterborough Petes at the Asphodel-Norwood Community Centre in Norwood, Ontario on September 7.
• Windsor Spitfires vs. Saginaw Spirit at Chatham Memorial Arena in Chatham, Ontario on September 7.
• Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. Saginaw Spirit at Midland Civic Arena in Midland, Michigan on September 12.
• Flint Firebirds vs. Erie Otters at William Allman Memorial Arena in Stratford, Ontario on September 12.
• Kitchener Rangers vs. Windsor Spitfires at the Atlas Tube Recreation Centre in Lakeshore, Ontario on September 13.
• Flint Firebirds vs. Windsor Spitfires at Vollmer Arena in La Salle, Ontario on September 14.
• Kingston Frontenacs vs. Sudbury Wolves at Stouffville Arena in Stouffville, Ontario on September 14.

OHL training camps began in late August in preparation of the 2025–26 season, which started on September 18, 2025.^[9]

Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against;
PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title
Standings as of March 18, 2026^[10]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes^[11]

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses;
SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average^[12]

On January 14, the top NHL entry draft eligible prospects participated in the Connor McDavid OHL Top Prospects Game at the Peterborough Memorial Centre in Peterborough, Ontario in a matchup of the Eastern Conference against the Western Conference.^[13]

Alessandro Di Iorio of the Sarnia Sting and Adam Novotný of the Peterborough Petes were named captains for their respective conferences.^[14]

Nikita Klepov of the Saginaw Spirit scored a goal and added two assists, leading the Western Conference to a 4-3 win in front of 3,697 fans.^[15]

• List of OHL seasons
• 2025–26 QMJHL season
• 2025–26 WHL season

• Ontario Hockey League