How to sell NHL season tickets · 2026-27 season · For season ticket members
Hockey is the league where the rules decide the sale. One club allows its own exchange only. One sets a floor 20% under your rate. One counts your listings. Ontario caps the price by law. Know yours first.
The resale clauses in real NHL terms, word for word; how the Ticket Exchange’s three pricing modes work for and against you, what a 41-game season nets under two plans, the Ontario cap, and the 2026-27 dates read as a seller. Every fact is sourced; the list is at the bottom.
Every NHL team’s resale rule, from its own terms
These are the sentences that decide how you can sell, team by team, pulled from the terms each club publishes. Bold rows have a hard line in writing: a percentage, a game count, a price cap or a single named channel. Checked November 2026; we re-read every page each summer at renewal, and your club’s current terms beat this table.
| Team | Channel named | Limit or trigger | If you cross it | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | One only: “TD Garden Account Manager is the only platform where resale is allowed” | Resell “at least 50% of your tickets within a seat location” and you are “subject to further review” | A “High Volume Reseller” is “not allowed to renew” for 2027-28; outside resale cancels the tickets | 2026-27 terms, Feb 25 2026 |
| San Jose Sharks | not named | Listing “twenty (20) or more Games in a single season” on secondary vendors; exchange floor 20% below your rate | Club may “not renew” or “immediately cancel” the account | 2023-24 terms |
| Vancouver Canucks | The club’s designated resale system | A price cap: resale “at a price higher than the price paid for the Ticket is prohibited” except through that system; no “commercial resale” | Revoke resale access, decline or reprice renewal; seizure or cancellation without refund | Updated March 2026 |
| Montreal Canadiens | One only: “Canadiens.com and ticketmaster.ca are the only official and authorized ticket resale sites” | Commercial or promotional resale needs written consent | Cancel tickets or orders; deny entry; no refund | Purchase agreement |
| Ottawa Senators | Sens Account Manager | Tickets “not intended for commercial re-sale unless expressly authorized by CSE”; a broker is anyone buying “with the primary intent of reselling” | Cancel “all of the Member’s Package tickets, playoff tickets, and Membership Benefits without compensation” | Jan 15 2026 |
| Edmonton Oilers | NHL Ticket Exchange, “the only safe, secure and authorized site” | None stated; fixed, declining or market pricing | Not stated | Exchange page |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL Ticket Exchange in your account; outside transfers “may not be recognized” | No count; “zero tolerance” for deceptive or fraudulent resale | Remaining tickets revoked without refund; account privileges cancelled | 2026-27 handbook |
| Calgary Flames | not stated | No purchase for “commercial resale (whether through online resale platforms or other forms of distribution)” | Tickets “voided, effective immediately” | Member terms |
| Minnesota Wild | not stated; the team may “monitor and track” resale activity | Accounts bought “for the primary purpose of reselling” | Suspend or cancel; unlawful resale is “grounds for revocation without refund” | Member terms |
| New York Islanders | Ticketmaster Account Manager | Resale must follow law (New York: no unlicensed resale of five or more tickets; none within 1,500 feet of the arena) | “Material breach”; revocation and loss of future benefits | 2026-27 terms |
| Dallas Stars | Ticketmaster Account Manager | Resale prohibited “unless expressly authorized in writing”; the account is “not to generate financial gain” | Ticket revocation, account lock, loss of the discounted rate at renewal | 2025-26 terms, Oct 2025 |
| Colorado Avalanche | Ticketmaster (venue’s authorized seller) | Lawful resale allowed; complimentary, premium and special-event seats excluded | Withhold, deactivate or cancel tickets | Ball Arena terms, Apr 2026 |
| New Jersey Devils | not stated | Resale “in violation of applicable law” | License “revoked immediately”, no refund | Ticket terms |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Account Manager, Ticketmaster’s resale market | Not stated on the public page; Ontario law caps resale at the price paid | Not stated | Account Manager guide |
| Los Angeles Kings | AXS Resale, “the official ticketing marketplace” | Not stated on the public page | Not stated | Member Central |
Not yet read: the Ducks, Sabres, Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Blue Jackets, Red Wings, Panthers, Predators, Rangers, Flyers, Kraken, Blues, Lightning, Mammoth, Golden Knights and Jets did not publish member terms on a page we could open in November 2026 (the Capitals publish only the general Monumental ticket terms). Your renewal invoice or the terms link inside Account Manager carries the rule; send it with your inquiry and we read it with you.
What the whole league says, in four lines
Two clubs put a number on it: Boston reviews you at 50% of a seat location, San Jose at 20 games listed. One caps the price, Vancouver, at what you paid; Ontario does the same by law for Leafs and Senators members since April 23, 2026. Everyone else writes “commercial” or “primary intent” and leaves the number to the club.
Three clubs name one channel and make everything else a breach: Boston, Montreal and Edmonton. Pittsburgh says outside transfers “may not be recognized.” Consignment through us moves tickets by your club’s own transfer, from your account, so nothing of yours appears on a site your terms forbid.
The floor is the quiet rule. Where a club sets a minimum list price (San Jose: 20% below your rate), the January weeknights on the chart below cannot be sold on the exchange at all. That is the gap a consignor fills.
The penalty is the account, not the game: non-renewal (Boston, San Jose), playoff tickets and benefits (Ottawa), the discounted rate (Dallas). Protect the account.
The Ticket Exchange’s three prices, and when each one costs you
The Oilers’ guide to the NHL Ticket Exchange describes the listing flow (Account Manager, Manage My Tickets, Sell Tickets, Post for Sale) and three ways to price: a fixed price; a declining price that drops every day until the game sells; and a market price that adjusts daily to sales in your section. The guide adds a line every member should read twice: “Oilers Season Seats are priced below retail price, please consider this prior to setting your posting price.” Your per-game cost is lower than the single-game price in your section, which is why a well-priced listing can clear above what you paid.
Fixed
Right for a big date you’re willing to hold: the Saturday rival, the one visit from the league’s most-followed team. Set it above the single-game price and let traveling fans come to you.
Declining
Right for a weeknight you want gone; wrong for a big date, where it hands the market a discount it never asked for. Where a club sets a floor, the decline stops at the floor and the game may never sell.
Market
Follows your section’s recent sales, which means it follows other members’ mistakes too. Fine for average dates; check it weekly rather than trusting it.
What a 41-game season nets
Take a pair at $95 a seat per game, $190 a game, $7,790 for the regular season, and say you attend 21 games and sell 20. The shape below is what NHL members see: Saturdays and rivals above the per-game price, winter weeknights well under it.
| The 20 games you sell | Fixed at your per-game price, listed late | Priced per game, listed early, inside your terms |
|---|---|---|
| 3 circled dates (rival Saturday, marquee visitor, opener) | Sell instantly at $190: $570 | About 1.7x: $969 |
| 5 Saturdays against average teams | 4 of 5 sell at $190: $760 | About 1.1x, all sell: $1,045 |
| 12 weeknights, mixed | 3 of 12 sell at $190: $570; 9 expire | About 0.6x average, all sell where no floor blocks it: $1,368 |
| Gross on 20 games (before any fee) | $1,900, with 10 empty seats | $3,382, nothing empty |
Illustrative: the multiples are the shape of the market, not a promise; your building, section and record move every number. Under a club floor like the Sharks’ (no lower than 80% of your rate), the weeknight row can’t be sold on the exchange at 0.6x, which is exactly when members ask us about other routes. At our 20% the managed column nets about $2,706.
Where else a listing can go
Where your terms allow it, an open marketplace takes the listing at any price (sellers typically keep 90% on StubHub, SeatGeek and Vivid Seats, 85% on TickPick) and you transfer from Account Manager when it sells. Or transfer the games to us once: we read your terms first, price each game to the live market, list on every major resale marketplace and with our private buyers, re-price until puck drop, and pay you every Friday. Every route’s fee and payout timing, side by side →
The 2026-27 calendar, read as a seller
| Date | What happens | What it means for your tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 29 | Season opens | Openers sell on their own. After that, the opponent and the night of the week set the price. |
| Oct 25; Dec 31; Feb 20 | Heritage Classic (Winnipeg), Winter Classic (Mammoth vs Avalanche), Stadium Series (Dallas) | Outdoor games are separate tickets, not part of a season package. |
| Nov 12 and 14; Dec 18 and 20 | Global Series: Hurricanes vs Kraken in Helsinki; Blackhawks vs Senators in Dusseldorf | Those four fan bases lose home dates to Europe; fewer games to sell makes the remaining ones a little scarcer. |
| Feb 5 and 6 | All-Star Weekend, hosted by the Islanders | No home games. Re-price for the stretch now that the standings have shape. |
| Through Apr 10 | Regular season ends with all 32 teams playing | Race dates rise, dead-team dates fall. Decide by March 1 which season you’re in. |
| Mid-April | Stanley Cup Playoffs | A separate purchase through member priority, with the strictest resale rules of the year. Selling NHL playoff tickets → |
Six decisions, once a season
- Read your resale clause and write it at the top of your plan. Channel, floor, count, cap. Everything else follows from it.
- Schedule week: mark the misses. A date you might attend can be sold later; one you never decide on gets remembered the night before.
- Circle the Saturdays, the rivals and the one visit from the league’s biggest draws. Those are fixed-price listings in October, set above the single-game price.
- Decide the weeknights’ route now. If your club sets a floor, know which games it will block and where they go instead.
- Re-price at the All-Star break. Contender or not decides March.
- Never list the same game in two places, and never share your login. A double sale is a cancelled order, a penalty and the attention your terms warn about.
Frequently asked questions
Can I resell my NHL season tickets?
Yes, game by game, from your team’s Account Manager onto the NHL Ticket Exchange, at a fixed, declining or market price. Your team’s terms set the limits, and in the NHL they vary widely: official channel only, a price floor, a count of listed games, or a legal price cap in Ontario.
How many NHL games can I resell before my club objects?
Two clubs publish a number. The Bruins review any member who resells “at least 50% of your tickets within a seat location”; the Sharks may decline renewal for listing “twenty (20) or more Games in a single season.” Every other club we read uses words, “commercial resale” or “primary intent of reselling,” and decides case by case. Selling the games you cannot attend, from your own account, inside the club’s channel, is within every set of terms we read. The team-by-team table above links each one.
Can you resell NHL season tickets if you can’t make a game?
That is exactly what the exchange exists for. Some clubs also run an exchange program that returns the game for account credit instead; the Sharks365 program takes returns up to 48 hours before puck drop, with credit good that season for upgrades or extra tickets but not for playoffs.
Why won’t the exchange let me price a game low enough to sell?
Your club has set a minimum list price. The Sharks allow no lower than 20% under the member rate for that game. On a soft weeknight that floor can sit above what any buyer will pay, which is when members use another route or let us handle it.
Can I list NHL tickets on StubHub or another marketplace?
Only if your team’s terms allow it. The Bruins permit TD Garden Account Manager only and cancel tickets resold elsewhere; many clubs are silent on open marketplaces for regular-season games and strict for playoffs. Read your clause first, or send it to us and we will.
Can Maple Leafs or Senators members sell above face value?
Not since April 23, 2026. Ontario law caps resale at the all-in price paid, including fees and taxes. A member can recover the cost of a missed game, not profit on it.
What does it cost to have you sell them?
20% of each completed sale, nothing upfront and nothing if a game doesn’t sell. A new season ticket member’s first regular-season sale is commission-free, and you are paid every Friday. We read your team’s terms before listing anything.
Sources: Boston Bruins 2026-27 season ticket terms · San Jose Sharks: Ticket Exchange variable pricing (Sep 15, 2023) · San Jose Sharks 2023-24 ticket terms · Sharks365 Ticket Exchange FAQ · New York Islanders season ticket terms · Pittsburgh Penguins 2026-27 season ticket handbook · Calgary Flames season ticket terms · NHL Ticket Exchange (Oilers guide) · NOW Toronto: Ontario resale cap (Apr 24, 2026) · BNN Bloomberg (Apr 23, 2026) · NBC Sports Boston: NHL key dates 2026-27 (Sep 23, 2026) · StubHub newsroom (Oct 20, 2026) · TickPick: seller fee
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