Syracuse Crunch Announce 2025-26 Regular Season Schedule

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse Crunch, in conjunction with the American Hockey League, have announced the 2025-26 regular season schedule.
 
The Crunch will open their 32nd season on the road against the Hershey Bears on Saturday, Oct. 11 and Sunday, Oct. 12 before returning to the Upstate Medical University Arena to host the Rochester Americans for the Home Opener presented by Upstate University Hospital on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m.

 
Syracuse’s 72-game schedule features 36 home contests comprised of one Monday, four Wednesdays, 12 Fridays, 16 Saturdays and three Sundays. Most home games will start at 7 p.m., except Monday, Jan. 19 will start at 1 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 10, Saturday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, March 14 will start at 5 p.m. All Sunday games will start at 4 p.m.
 
The Crunch will face 14 teams in the North and Atlantic Divisions. The most frequent matchups will be 12 contests each against Rochester and Utica, eight each against Belleville and Laval, four each against Charlotte, Cleveland, Hershey, Lehigh Valley, Toronto and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and two each against Bridgeport, Hartford, Providence and Springfield.
 
January and March will be the Crunch’s busiest months with 13 scheduled games. The team will play 12 in November, 10 in December, nine in February, eight in October and seven in April. This season, Syracuse will have two three-in-threes both falling in March.
 
The team will have two four-game homestands this season, with one in February and one in March, and two three-game homestands, with one in March and one in April. The longest road trip is six games spanning from December to January. The most home games are in March when the Crunch host nine. The most road contests are in December with eight.
 
The complete 2025-26 regular season schedule is below, subject to change: