Manitoba Moose Unveil 2025-26 Regular Season Schedule
It will be another 72-game season for Manitoba that will see 12 different opponents over the course of the course of seven different calendar months.
Photo by Steve Sasaki
View the full schedule here.
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Beginning with their home opener on Friday, October 10 at Canada Life Centre vs. the Laval Rocket, Manitoba will face Canadian opponents 20 times this year (Laval, Abbotsford Canucks, Calgary Wranglers, Belleville Senators and Toronto Marlies). 2025-26 will also feature the first game between the Moose and Tucson Roadrunners since the 2016-17 season.
The Moose will have two six-game road trips this season, while staying home three different times for stretches of six games in a row.
27 of the Manitoba's 36 home contests will be held on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays or holidays this year, while 20 of the games at Canada Life Centre will be 2:00 PM matinee starts. November 25 and March 18 home dates will be 10:30 AM school day events.
The team is expected to release its full promotional schedule in the coming month. All games will be aired live on AHL TV.
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