• The Stouffville Spirit open the 2025–26 OJHL season with back-to-back road games Sept. 6–7 in Oakville and Pickering.
  • The home opener is set for Sept. 11 against the Pickering Panthers, featuring live music and pregame entertainment.
  • Training camp begins Aug. 13, followed by four preseason games and a free intrasquad Red vs. White match on Aug. 16.
  • The Spirit finished 33-19 last season, reaching the second round of the playoffs under OJHL Coach of the Year TJ Hill.
  • The complete schedule is now available online.

 

The Stouffville Spirit are gearing up for another action-packed Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) season. With the release of the 2025–26 regular season schedule, fans can now mark their calendars and get ready to rally behind their hometown team.

Stouffville opens the season with back-to-back road games, starting with a 7 p.m. matchup in Oakville on Saturday, Sept. 6. The following night, they visit the Pickering Panthers for a 7:30 p.m. faceoff.

The Spirit’s home opener is set for Thursday, Sept. 11, when the Panthers come to town for a 7:30 p.m. puck drop at the Stouffville Arena. The night will feature live music and pregame entertainment to welcome fans back. The team’s only other home game in September comes on Sunday, Sept. 21, when the Buffalo Jr. Sabres visit for a 2:30 p.m. matinee.

Before the 57-game regular season gets underway, Spirit players will report to training camp on Aug. 13 for fitness testing. On-ice work begins the following day, with four training sessions scheduled ahead of a slate of exhibition games.

Returning behind the bench is Head Coach TJ Hill, the reigning OJHL Coach of the Year, who says he’s eager to build on last season’s progress.

The Spirit posted a 33-19 record last year, finishing fourth in the Eastern Division and advancing to the second round of the OJHL playoffs, where they were eliminated by the Trenton Golden Hawks. It marked a step forward from the previous season, when the team went 29-20-2 and exited in the first round after narrowly securing the eighth and final playoff spot.

“We are very much looking forward to getting started in a couple of weeks, and there is a lot to be excited about going into the season,” Hill said in comments to Bullet Point News. “We have a great recruiting class of young players coming in. They are a very talented group that is hungry to show everybody what they can do.”

“On top of that, we have a number of players returning from last year, and we are very excited to see them take the next step in their development and become strong leaders for us going forward,” he added.

A new event on the preseason calendar is an intrasquad Red vs. White game, set for 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Stouffville Arena. The scrimmage is free to attend and will offer fans an early glimpse of this year’s roster.

The Spirit will then play four preseason matchups, beginning with a road game against the Toronto Patriots on Aug. 20. The Patriots come to Stouffville Aug. 23 for a 2 p.m. game, and a home-then-away series against the St. Michael’s Buzzers follows on Aug. 28 (7:30 p.m.) and Aug. 29 (7 p.m.).

This year’s home schedule includes 10 Thursday night games, nine Saturday night matchups, two Sunday afternoon contests, and four Thursday afternoon games. Special holiday Monday matinees are also planned for Thanksgiving and Family Day.

Fans can also support local causes during the season through 50/50 draws held at every home game. Proceeds from draws during the preseason and September will benefit the Stouffville Terry Fox Run.

The Spirit close out the regular season with three straight road games, ending Feb. 28 at Haliburton County. If all goes as planned, they’ll be ready for Round 1 of the OJHL playoffs, which begins March 6.