The Ontario Hockey League announced June 12th their home openers for the 2025-26 regular season for all 20 of its member teams.
The 680-game OHL regular season opens on Thursday, September 18th when the North Bay Battalion play host to the Oshawa Generals at 7:00pm while the Peterborough Petes take on the visiting Brampton Steelheads at 7:05pm. Opening Week action continues on Friday with a total of eight home openers on the schedule, including a banner-raising night for the defending OHL and Memorial Cup champion London Knights. Five more teams open the home portion of their schedule on Saturday, September 20th before two more do so on Sunday, September 21st. An additional three teams including Flint, Owen Sound and Ottawa will hold home openers the following weekend.
The entire 2025-26 Ontario Hockey League regular season schedule will be released Monday, June 16th at 2:00pm.
2025-26 OHL Home Openers
Thurs., September 18 – North Bay Battalion (vs. Oshawa) 7:00pm
Thurs., September 18 – Peterborough Petes (vs. Brampton) 7:05pm
Fri., September 19 – Brampton Steelheads (vs. Niagara) 7:00pm
Fri., September 19 – London Knights (vs. Owen Sound) 7:00pm
Fri., September 19 – Kitchener Rangers (vs. Brantford) 7:00pm
Fri., September 19 – Kingston Frontenacs (vs. Ottawa) 7:05pm
Fri., September 19 – Sarnia Sting (vs. Windsor) 7:05pm
Fri., September 19 – Sudbury Wolves (vs. North Bay) 7:05pm
Fri., September 19 – Guelph Storm (vs. Erie) 7:07pm
Fri., September 19 – Soo Greyhounds (vs. Saginaw) 7:07pm
Sat., September 20 – Brantford Bulldogs (vs. Peterborough) 7:00pm
Sat., September 20 – Erie Otters (vs. Kitchener) 7:00pm
Sat. September 20 – Saginaw Spirit (vs. Flint) 7:05pm
Sat. September 20 – Windsor Spitfires (vs. London) 7:05pm
Sat. September 20 – Barrie Colts (vs. Guelph) 7:30pm
Sun., September 21 – Niagara IceDogs (vs. Sudbury) 2:00pm
Sun., September 21 – Oshawa Generals (vs. Kingston) 6:05pm
Sat., September 27 – Flint Firebirds (vs. Niagara) 7:00pm
Sat., September 27 – Owen Sound Attack (vs. Kitchener) 7:00pm
Sun., September 28 – Ottawa 67’s (vs. Sault Ste. Marie) 3:00pm
Source: OHL
