The countdown is on; there’s less than 90 days away from Opening Night in both the AHL and NHL. While the latter will release their full 2026-27 regular season schedule next week, those at the AHL office had other ideas. It’s time to start thinking about puck drop in the Inland Empire, with Ontario’s full 72-game schedule released this afternoon.
Per the norm of past Reign seasons, it’s a heavy slate of Pacific Division opponents, mixed in with a few home and road contests against a pair of Central Division teams: the Texas Stars and Milwaukee Admirals.
This year’s slate of action begins on Friday, Oct. 2 in Coachella Valley, with a playoff rematch of the Reign and Firebirds. Regardless of the outcome, there will be an immediate rematch the next night in Ontario, serving as the team’s home opener.
November features two separate trips to Canada for games in Abbotsford early in the month followed by a two-game set in Calgary just after Thanksgiving. Interestingly, there are only four games scheduled with the Canucks next season, and they all come over a two-week stretch in November.
There isn’t a typical home-and-home series with San Diego until early March. However, the longtime rivals will also end the season with another home-and-home in mid-April.
In even better news, after somehow only seeing the Gulls four times all of last season, things return to a more common eight-game season series this time around. Ditto for the usual suspects: Bakersfield, Henderson, San Jose, etc.
Ontario will host a season long seven-game homestand from Jan. 8-23 and will embark on a pair of season long five-game road trips from Dec. 15-27 and Feb. 20-28.
When it comes to home games, 24 of the 36 Reign games scheduled for Toyota Arena will be played on either Friday (7), Saturday (11), or Sunday (6).
Overall, the sting of losing in last season’s Calder Cup Playoffs to Coachella Valley still burns deeply for players, coaches, and management. With mutual bad blood between the two teams for several years now, the temperature should be pretty high right out of the gates come October — and they’ll have new jerseys to show off too:
Ontario Reign to Debut Inland Blue and Gold Jerseys for 2026-27 Season
Ontario Reign 2026-27 Schedule:
All times listed are Pacific. Bold indicates a home game.
Fri,, Oct. 2 at Coachella Valley, 7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 3 vs. Coachella Valley, 6 p.m.
Sun,, Oct. 11 at Coachella Valley, 3 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 14 at San Diego, 7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 17 vs. Henderson, 6 p.m.
Tue., Oct. 20 vs. Calgary, 7 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 23 at Texas, 5 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 24 at Texas, 5 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 28 at Henderson, 7 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 30 vs. Tucson, 7 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 31 vs. Tucson, 3 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 4 vs. San Jose, 7 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 6 at Abbotsford, 6 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 7 at Abbotsford, 4 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 14 vs. Abbotsford, 6 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 15 vs. Colorado, 6 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 18 vs. Abbotsford, 7 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 21 vs. Coachella Valley, 6 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 22 vs. Henderson Silver, 3 p.m.
Tue., Nov. 24 at San Diego, 7 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 28 at Calgary, 4 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 29 at Calgary, 1 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 2 vs. Calgary, 7 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 5 at Bakersfield, 7:10 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 6 vs. Calgary, 3 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 9 vs. San Jose, 7 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 12 vs. San Diego, 6 p.m.
Tue., Dec. 15 at Tucson, 5:30 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 16 at Tucson, 5:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 19 at Henderson, 6 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 20 at Henderson, 5 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 27 at Coachella Valley, 3 p.m.
Thu., Dec. 31 vs. San Jose, 5 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 2 at Bakersfield, 7:10 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 3 vs. Coachella Valley, 3 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 6 at Henderson, 7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 8 vs. Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 9 vs. Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 13 vs. San Jose, 7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 15 vs. Calgary, 7 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 17 vs. Bakersfield, 3 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 20 vs. Coachella Valley, 7 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 23 vs. San Diego, 6 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 29 at San Jose, 7 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 30 at San Jose, 6 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 5 at Bakersfield, 7:10 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 6 vs. Bakersfield, 6 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 12 at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 13 at Milwaukee, 4 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 17 vs. Colorado, 7 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 19 vs. Bakersfield, 7 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 20 at Bakersfield, 7:10 p.m.
Tue., Feb. 23 at Tucson, 5:30 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 24 at Tucson, 5:30 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 26 at Calgary, 4 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 28 at Calgary, 10 a.m.
Sat., Mar. 6 vs. San Diego, 6 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 7 at San Diego, 5 p.m.
Wed., Mar. 10 vs. Texas, 7 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 12 vs. Henderson, 7 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 14 vs. Texas, 3 p.m.
Wed., Mar. 17 at San Jose, 7 p.m.
Fri., Mar. 19 at Colorado, 6:05 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 20 at Colorado, 5:05 p.m.
Wed., Mar. 24 at San Jose, 10:30 a.m.
Sat., Mar. 27 vs. Tucson, 6 p.m.
Wed., Mar. 31 vs. Bakersfield, 7 p.m.
Fri., Apr. 2 vs. Tucson, ,7 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 3 at Coachella Valley, 6 p.m.
Wed., Apr. 7 vs. Henderson, 7 p.m.
Fri., Apr. 9 vs. San Diego, 7 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 10 at San Diego, 6 p.m.
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