FISHERS- The Indy Fuel announced today their full 72-game schedule for the 2026–27 campaign, which is the franchise's third season at the Fishers Event Center and thirteenth season overall.
The Fuel will open their thirteenth season at home on Friday, October 16, 2026 against the Wheeling Nailers. The regular season will close on Sunday, April 11, 2027 after their final regular season game on the road in Greenville, facing the Swamp Rabbits for the third game in a row. Indy will play 36 home games at the Fishers Event Center and visit opponents in ten cities during their 36 games on the road.
The Fuel will start off with a 15-game stretch against Central division opponents before visiting Atlanta for a three-game set in mid-November. In total, 56 of Indy’s 72 games will be played against familiar Central Division rivals.
The Fuel will play 8 games versus the Fort Wayne Komets (three home), 8 versus the Kalamazoo Wings (three home), 11 against the Cincinnati Cyclones (five home), 13 against the Bloomington Bison (seven home), 7 versus the Wheeling Nailers (four home), and 8 versus the Toledo Walleye (six home).
In addition to their heavy Central schedule, the Fuel will play 17 games against eight opponents from the remaining divisions. That includes road games against the Atlanta Gladiators (3), the Greenville Swamp Rabbits (3), the Adirondack Thunder (2), and the Maine Mariners (1), and home games against the Florida Everblades (2), the Trenton Ironhawks (1), the Greenville Swamp Rabbits (2), the Allen Americans (2) and the Kansas City Mavericks (1).
In keeping with previous seasons, the Fuel will be busiest on the weekends with 63 of 72 games falling on Friday, Saturday or Sunday and only 9 games falling on weekdays. Indy will play three games in three days on 13 different occasions.
All home games Monday through Friday are slated for a 7:15 p.m. puck drop, while Saturday games will start at 7 p.m. and Sunday games will start at 4 p.m. The only exception is a 10:30 a.m. game on Tuesday, November 3.
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