24-team season runs from Sept. 4 to March 1
July 28, 2025, Mississauga, ON – The Ontario Junior Hockey League’s (OJHL) 2025-26 regular season schedule opens Thursday, Sept. 4, the league announced today.
The Burlington Cougars visit the Caledon Admirals in the lone game on opening night. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Mayfield Arena in Caledon.
“We are so pleased and happy to announce the 2025-26 OJHL schedule for the upcoming season,” said OJHL Commissioner Marty Savoy. “Our 24 teams have been working very hard over the summer, as have our players, to prepare for a what undoubtedly will be an exciting ’25-26 campaign.”
The defending OJHL Buckland Cup champion Trenton Golden Hawks will raise their championship banner before their game with the North York Rangers in Trenton on Sept. 9.
The regular season ends March 1 with five games on the schedule.
The OJHL is divided into East and West conferences again this season with the top eight teams in each conference qualifying for the playoffs.
Click the link for the full 2025-26 OJHL regular season schedule:
https://www.ojhl.ca/stats/schedule
Highlights of the 2025-26 schedule include:
- The OJHL’s annual Governors’ Showcase returns to the Gale Centre in Niagara Falls, ON Sept. 15-17. The four-arena complex that opened in 2010 is the home of the OJHL’s Niagara Falls Canucks. One of the largest junior showcases in North America, the event attracts more than 150 scouts from all levels of the game each season.
- The OJHL All-Star game will be played Jan. 18 at Milton Memorial Arena, home of the 2025 OJHL Championship Series finalists and West Conference champions, the Milton Menace
- The league’s university showcase for graduating players returns this season. A team composed of the top 20-year-olds in the OJHL will play an exhibition game against U SPORTS’ Ontario Tech Ridgebacks at Campus Ice Centre in Oshawa Dec. 9, 2025.
The playoff schedule includes:
- Round 1, March 6-19
- Round 2, March 20-April 2
- Conference Finals, April 3-16
- Championship Series, April 17-30
You can watch all games at www.flohockey.tv
Live scoring is available on the OJHL’s website.
The OJHL champions will qualify for the 2026 Centennial Cup national championship tournament.
About the OJHL – “League of Choice”
The Ontario Junior Hockey League is the largest Junior ‘A’ league operating under the auspices of the Canadian Junior Hockey League with 24 member clubs. The OJHL is the home of the 2024 Centennial Cup champion Collingwood Blues. A proud member of the CJHL and Ontario Hockey Association, the OJHL was originally named the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League and it was formed out of the Central Junior ‘B’ Hockey League in 1993-94. With a long and storied history of developing players for the next level, including U SPORTS, the NCAA, CHL, minor pro ranks and the NHL, the OJHL had more than 120 commitments this past season.
