Battalion schedule released
NORTH BAY, Ont. — The North Bay Battalion plays four games in September, split two at home and two away, to start the 2026-27 Ontario Hockey League season.
North Bay hosts the Barrie Colts at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, in the curtain raiser before visiting the Oshawa Generals at 6:05 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, for their home opener. Two more September dates on the schedule, which was announced Tuesday, feature a home game against the Brampton Steelheads and a visit to the Soo Greyhounds.
The Battalion plays 34 home games, comprising 17 Thursdays, 14 Sundays, two Fridays and one Monday. The Monday is Thanksgiving Day, against the Peterborough Petes. The traditional New Year’s Eve home game falls on a Thursday, against Brampton.
Within the Eastern Conference’s Central Division, North Bay faces the Sudbury Wolves eight times and Barrie, Brampton and the Niagara IceDogs six times apiece. Against the East Division this season, the Battalion plays Oshawa, Peterborough, the Brantford Bulldogs and Ottawa 67’s four times each, with two games against the Kingston Frontenacs.
Making up for a reduction of two games with Kingston are games against the Val-d’Or Foreurs of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. The Foreurs visit North Bay on Nov. 1, and the Battalion travels to Val-d’Or on Jan. 22, with the interlocking games counting in both leagues’ standings.
North Bay faces Western Conference foes twice each, except for Soo, which provides the opposition in four games.
Home games on Thursday and Friday start at 7 p.m., while Sunday home games begin at 2 p.m. Exceptions are Sunday, Nov. 15, at 3 p.m. because of the Santa Claus parade, and Sunday, Feb. 7, at 1 p.m. for YourTV Hockey Day in the OHL. The Dec. 31 game starts at 1 p.m., and the Thanksgiving Monday game is a 2 p.m. start.
BATTALION BULLETS: The Battalion’s busiest month is January, which features 14 games. The Troops play 12 games in each of October and February, 10 in November, eight in both December and March and the four in September … The Battalion plays a season-high four straight road games twice, from Sept. 26 to Oct. 3 and Feb. 15-21 … The longest run of home games also is four, scheduled Nov. 29 to Dec. 10 … The Battalion has four home-and-home series, including Oct. 12-15 against Peterborough, starting at home. North Bay plays Sudbury on Oct. 22-23 as part of Rivalry Week, also starting at home. Brampton is the opposition Nov. 27-29 and Ottawa the competition Jan. 31-Feb. 4, with both sets opening on the road … The Troops visit Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 15, the Family Day holiday … The Battalion has three sets of three games in as many days, scheduled Oct. 1-3, Oct. 22-24 and Feb. 19-21 … The Kitchener Rangers, reigning Memorial Cup champions, are at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens on Nov. 20 … The schedule ends Sunday, March 21, against visiting Sudbury … The preseason schedule numbers four games, including home and away dates with the Owen Sound Attack.
Following is the complete schedule of exhibition and regular-season games, with home games capitalized:
Exhibition
Wednesday, Sept. 2 @ Owen Sound 7:00
Sunday, Sept. 6 vs. SUDBURY 2:00
Friday, Sept. 11 @ Brampton 7:00
Saturday, Sept. 12 vs. OWEN SOUND 4:00
Regular Season
Friday, Sept. 18 vs. BARRIE 7:00
Sunday, Sept. 20 @ Oshawa 6:05
Thursday, Sept. 24 vs. BRAMPTON 7:00
Saturday, Sept. 26 @ Soo 7:07
Thursday, Oct. 1 @ Windsor 7:05
Friday, Oct. 2 @ London 7:00
Saturday, Oct. 3 @ Brantford 4:00
Thursday, Oct. 8 vs. SUDBURY 7:00
Monday, Oct. 12 vs. PETERBOROUGH 2:00
Thursday, Oct. 15 @ Peterborough 7:05
Sunday, Oct. 18 vs. NIAGARA 2:00
Thursday, Oct. 22 vs. SUDBURY 7:00
Friday, Oct. 23 @ Sudbury 7:05
Saturday, Oct. 24 @ Barrie 7:30
Thursday, Oct. 29 vs. LONDON 7:00
Friday, Oct. 30 @ Niagara 7:00
Sunday, Nov. 1 vs. VAL-D’OR 2:00
Friday, Nov. 6 @ Kitchener 7:00
Saturday, Nov. 7 @ Guelph 4:07
Thursday, Nov. 12 vs. SARNIA 7:00
Sunday, Nov. 15 vs. SUDBURY 3:00
Wednesday, Nov. 18 @ Owen Sound 7:00
Friday, Nov. 20 vs. KITCHENER 7:00
Sunday, Nov. 22 vs. NIAGARA 2:00
Friday, Nov. 27 @ Brampton 7:00
Sunday, Nov. 29 vs. BRAMPTON 2:00
Thursday, Dec. 3 vs. ERIE 7:00
Sunday, Dec. 6 vs. SOO 2:00
Thursday, Dec. 10 vs. KINGSTON 7:00
Saturday, Dec. 12 @ Niagara 7:00
Sunday, Dec. 13 @ Brantford 2:00
Thursday, Dec. 17 vs. GUELPH 7:00
Friday, Dec. 18 @ Brampton 7:00
Thursday, Dec. 31 vs. BRAMPTON 1:00
Friday, Jan. 1 @ Oshawa 2:05
Sunday, Jan. 3 vs. PETERBOROUGH 2:00
Thursday, Jan. 7 vs. WINDSOR 7:00
Friday, Jan. 8 @ Soo 7:07
Sunday, Jan. 10 vs. BRANTFORD 2:00
Thursday, Jan. 14 vs. SOO 7:00
Saturday, Jan. 16 @ Barrie 7:30
Sunday, Jan. 17 vs. OWEN SOUND 2:00
Thursday, Jan. 21 vs. FLINT 7:00
Friday, Jan. 22 @ Val-d’Or 7:00
Sunday, Jan. 24 vs. OTTAWA 2:00
Thursday, Jan. 28 @ Peterborough 7:05
Saturday, Jan. 30 @ Kingston 4:05
Sunday, Jan. 31 @ Ottawa 3:00
Thursday, Feb. 4 vs. OTTAWA 7:00
Friday, Feb. 5 @ Sudbury 7:05
Sunday, Feb. 7 vs. BARRIE 1:00
Thursday, Feb. 11 vs. OSHAWA 7:00
Sunday, Feb. 14 vs. SAGINAW 2:00
Monday, Feb. 15 @ Ottawa 3:00
Friday, Feb. 19 @ Flint 7:00
Saturday, Feb. 20 @ Saginaw 7:05
Sunday, Feb. 21 @ Sarnia 2:05
Thursday, Feb. 25 vs. NIAGARA 7:00
Friday, Feb. 26 @ Sudbury 7:05
Sunday, Feb. 28 vs. BARRIE 2:00
Thursday, March 4 vs. OSHAWA 7:00
Saturday, March 6 @ Erie 6:00
Sunday, March 7 @ Niagara 2:00
Thursday, March 11 vs. BRANTFORD 7:00
Friday, March 12 @ Sudbury 7:05
Sunday, March 14 @ Brampton 2:00
Wednesday, March 17 @ Barrie 7:00
Sunday, March 21 vs. SUDBURY 2:00
