SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League in the present day launched the entire schedule of video games for the 2025-26 common season, the league’s ninetieth yr of operation. The season, with 32 groups enjoying 72 video games apiece – a complete of 1,152 video games – begins on Friday, October 10 and concludes on Sunday, April 19.
Of word on the 2025-26 schedule:
• The 2025-26 common season begins with eight video games on Oct. 10, and a complete of 28 video games over the league’s opening weekend.
• The Abbotsford Canucks increase their 2025 Calder Cup championship banner once they open their residence slate at Abbotsford Centre in opposition to the Ontario Reign on Oct. 24. The Canucks start the season with a four-game street journey, kicking off Oct. 10 in Henderson.
• The Rochester Individuals start their seventieth season as members of the American Hockey League with a house sport in opposition to the Toronto Marlies on Oct. 10. The Bridgeport Islanders (twenty fifth season), Chicago Wolves (twenty fifth), Grand Rapids Griffins (twenty fifth) and Tucson Roadrunners (tenth) additionally rejoice milestone AHL seasons in 2025-26.
• The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins are scheduled to play the two,000th regular-season sport in group historical past on Feb. 1, 2026, once they go to Lehigh Valley. Wilkes-Barre will grow to be the fifteenth metropolis in AHL historical past to have its group(s) play 2,000 video games.
• The Rockford IceHogs host the 2026 AHL All-Star Traditional introduced by BMO, scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 10 and Wednesday, Feb. 11 at BMO Middle in Rockford, Sick.
• Video games scheduled by day of the week: Monday (13), Tuesday (63), Wednesday (198), Thursday (17), Friday (286), Saturday (395), Sunday (180).
The American Hockey League was formally born in 1936 when the Canadian-American Hockey League and the Worldwide Hockey League merged to type the Worldwide-American Hockey League (the “Worldwide” could be dropped from the league’s title in 1940). The AHL continues to function the highest growth league for all 32 Nationwide Hockey League groups; almost 90 p.c of in the present day’s NHL gamers are American Hockey League graduates, and greater than 100 honored members of the Hockey Corridor of Fame hung out within the AHL of their careers.
