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2025–26 Boston Bruins season
2025-26 Boston Bruins season: NHL campaign under first-year coach Marco Sturm. After a 33-39-10, 76-point 2024-25, Boston returned to the playoffs, finishing fourth in the Atlantic before a first-round exit.
2025–26 Buffalo Sabres season
2025–26 Buffalo Sabres season: NHL team's 56th season under coach Lindy Ruff. Traded JJ Peterka for Doan and Kesselring, fired GM Kevyn Adams for Jarmo Kekalainen in December, finished 50-23-9 with 109 points.
2025–26 Carolina Hurricanes season
2025-26 Carolina Hurricanes season: NHL season in which Carolina went 53-22-7, won the Metropolitan Division, and took its second Stanley Cup, beating Vegas 4-2 in the 2026 Final; Jordan Staal won the Conn Smythe.
2025–26 Champions Hockey League
The 2025–26 Champions Hockey League was the eleventh season of Europe's elite club ice hockey competition, played by 24 teams from August 2025 to March 2026 and won by Sweden's Frölunda Gothenburg.
2025–26 ECHL season
2025–26 ECHL season, the ECHL's 38th: 30 teams including the new Greensboro Gargoyles played 1,080 games from October 17, 2025; the Florida Everblades won a record fifth Kelly Cup over the Kansas City Mavericks.
2025–26 EIHL season
2025–26 EIHL season, UK Elite Ice Hockey League campaign: Belfast Giants won the regular season with 84 points, Cardiff Devils won the playoffs; 10 teams, 54 games, Mitchell Balmas led scoring with 65 points.
2025–26 KHL season
2025-26 Kontinental Hockey League season, the KHL's 18th: 22 clubs, 68 games each, record attendance of 5,874,018 regular-season fans, Shipachyov's 1,000th point, and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl's second straight Gagarin Cup.
2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League
2025-26 Men's FIH Pro League (Season 7), FIH Hockey Pro League for national men's teams, 9 December 2025 to 28 June 2026. Won by Belgium with 42 points; Pakistan debuted via the Nations Cup and finished last with 0 points; Tomas Domene top-scored with 21 goals.
2025–26 Montreal Canadiens season
2025-26 Montreal Canadiens season: NHL season under coach Martin St. Louis, captain Nick Suzuki. Finished 48-24-10 (106 points), third in the Atlantic, lost the conference finals 4-1 to Carolina after adding Noah Dobson and Zack Bolduc.
2025–26 National League (ice hockey) season
2025–26 National League season, Switzerland's top ice hockey league: 14 teams, 52-round regular season from 9 September 2025 to 9 March 2026; Fribourg-Gottéron won its first Swiss title, beating HC Davos 3:2 in overtime in game 7.
2025–26 NHL season
2025-26 NHL season, National Hockey League's 109th season: 1,312-game regular season Oct 7, 2025 to Apr 16, 2026, 82 games per team, with a Feb 6-24 Olympic break for Milano Cortina 2026, three outdoor games, Stockholm Global Series, and centennials for the Blackhawks, Red Wings, and Rangers.
2025–26 NHL transactions
The 2025–26 NHL transactions cover trades and signings by the 32 NHL clubs for the 2025–26 season, including 85 total trades before the March 6, 2026 deadline.
2025–26 Pittsburgh Penguins season
2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins season: NHL team's 59th campaign under first-year coach Dan Muse. Finished 41-25-16 (98 points), second in the Metropolitan Division, returned to playoffs after three misses, and lost the first round to Philadelphia in six games.
2025–26 PWHL season
2025-26 PWHL season: the Professional Women's Hockey League's third season, Nov 21, 2025 to May 2026, with expansion Seattle Torrent and Vancouver Goldeneyes; Montréal Victoire won the Walter Cup 3-1 over Ottawa Charge.
2025–26 San Jose Sharks season
2025-26 San Jose Sharks season: NHL team's 35th season, 39-35-8, 86 points, fifth in Pacific; missed playoffs seventh straight year. Macklin Celebrini set club record with 115 points after veteran offseason additions.
2025–26 SHL season
2025–26 SHL season, Swedish Hockey League (SHL) 2025/2026. 14 teams, Djurgården replacing MoDo; Skellefteå AIK first with 108 points; Luleå HF champion, first title since 1996; record attendance 2,565,027.
2025–26 Toronto Maple Leafs season
2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs season: NHL club that fell from 108 points and first in the Atlantic to 32-36-14, last place, missing the playoffs after the Mitch Marner sign-and-trade, triggering the firings of GM Brad Treliving and coach Craig Berube.
2025–26 Vegas Golden Knights season
2025-26 Vegas Golden Knights season: ninth NHL season; 39-26-17, 95 points, first in Pacific Division; swept Colorado, lost 2026 Stanley Cup Final to Carolina in six; Tortorella replaced Cassidy, Ryan Craig hired after.
2026 Men's European Water Polo Championship
2026 Men's European Water Polo Championship, 37th edition, Belgrade, 10-25 January 2026. Serbia beat Hungary 10-7 for an eighth title; Greece took first-ever bronze; new format, 25m field, centennial edition.
2026 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup
2026 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup: under-21 AHF continental championship, 4–13 September 2026 at Moqi Training Base, Hulunbuir City, China. India won a record sixth title, beating Korea 4–1; Pakistan took bronze; six teams qualified for the 2027 Junior World Cup.
2026 Men's Hockey U18 Asia Cup
2026 Men's Hockey U18 Asia Cup, AHF under-18 field hockey tournament in Kakamigahara, Japan, 29 May to 6 June 2026; India beat hosts Japan 4-1 in the final, Pakistan took bronze; distinct from the IIHF ice hockey U18 event in Bishkek.
2026 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, the Men's Worlds, held May 15-31, 2026 in Zurich and Fribourg, Switzerland. Finland won gold over Switzerland 1-0 in overtime; Norway took bronze.
2026 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
2026 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament: 16-team single-elimination playoff won by Denver (record 10th title) 2-1 over Wisconsin in Las Vegas; first edition selected under the NPI, replacing PairWise.
2026 NHL entry draft
2026 NHL entry draft: player selection held June 26-27, 2026 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, in a decentralized format. Toronto won the lottery for the first pick; 223 players chosen, led by prospect Gavin McKenna.
2026 NHL Winter Classic
2026 NHL Winter Classic, 17th edition, Jan 2, 2026 at loanDepot park, Miami: Rangers beat Panthers 5-1; Zibanejad's first Winter Classic hat trick and first five-point outdoor game; 36,153 attendance, 63°F.
2026 NLL season
2026 NLL season (2025-26): 14-team National Lacrosse League campaign; Vancouver topped standings 13-5; Toronto Rock beat Halifax Thunderbirds 2-0 for its seventh title, Sam English Finals MVP; Finn Thomson drafted first overall.
2026 Premier Lacrosse League season
2026 Premier Lacrosse League season, eighth PLL campaign (May 8 to September 20, 2026); Philadelphia Waterdogs beat Denver Outlaws 14-4 in the championship, CJ Kirst MVP; preceded by the Sixes-format Championship Series and backed by ESPN's five-year deal.
2026 PWHL Draft
2026 PWHL Draft: fourth Professional Women's Hockey League entry draft, June 17, 2026, Fox Theatre, Detroit. 72 players in six rounds; Caroline "KK" Harvey first overall to Vancouver Goldeneyes via Gold Plan standings.
2026 Stanley Cup Final
The 2026 Stanley Cup Final: Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2, June 2-14, 2026, for Carolina's second Cup and first since 2006; Jordan Staal won the Conn Smythe.
2026 Stanley Cup playoffs
2026 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL's 16-team, best-of-7 postseason, April 18 to June 14, 2026. Carolina Hurricanes beat Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 in the Final for their second Cup; Jordan Staal won the Conn Smythe.