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The Western Hockey League has committed to dropping the puck on the 2020-21 season, but a start date has yet t...

CALGARY - The Western Hockey League says major junior hockey will still be played this...

Decision to push back OHL regular season not surprising The league is planning to discuss a new potential start date with government and health officials in the new year Dec 23, 2020 3:00 PM By: Brad Coccimiglio Soo Greyhounds file photo. Brad Coccimiglio/SooToday With the expectation that American and European players would be arriving over the next two weeks to quarantine prior to beginning play, the Ontario Hockey League announced on Wednesday morning that the r...

Ed Fowler, the Royals director of player personnel, is welcoming the additional time. “This will relieve some of the pressure to research players without in-person viewing, and give us time to properly evaluate the 2006-born players,” Fowler said. “It will be a challenge logistically, though, to get eyes on these players against their own peer group next season.” WHL commissioner Ron Robison, however, is banking on a return to normal by autumn. “We anticipate minor hockey leagues and ...

In October, Commissioner Ron Robison issued what he called a firm date, not tentative, of January 8. That has been postponed.

WHL Dumps January 8 return, Start Date In Limbo Last October, Commissioner Ron Robison had issued a release with a " firm" return of January 8, said it was not tentative. In a statement this week, Robison said  that has been scrubbed: “We continue to make every effort to get our season started, but our first priority has always been the health and safety of our players, and everyone associated with the WHL, Given the public health restrictions that are currently in effect, we are not in a po...

The Western Hockey League announced Dec. 15, it will delay the start of the 2020-21 WHL Regular Season, and following further consultation with regional health authorities, the Board of Governors will meet in January to consider potential start dates. With public health restrictions in place across Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest U.S., the WHL is not in a position to start its Regular Season as planned on January 8. The WHL will continue to work with Government and Health Authorities i...

  CALGARY -- Fans of the Western Hockey League will have to wait a little longer before seeing their favourite teams hit the ice, as the league announced Tuesday the start of the 2020-21 season will be delayed. Originally slated to get underway Jan. 8, 2021, the season will be pushed back for the second time due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As the WHL has teams on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, the league said they were not in a position to go ahead with the originally planned ...

By Mitchell Blair Dec 15, 2020 7:22 PM In a move that shouldn’t surprise anyone, the Western Hockey League announced Tuesday night that the season will not begin on January 8 as they had hoped to. The league says with public health restrictions in place across the jurisdictions where league teams come home, they are simply not able to start as planned with talks to continue between government and health authorities in the different jurisdictions. “We continue to make every effort to...

Western Hockey League Calgary, Alta. – The Western Hockey League announced today it will delay the start of the 2020-21 WHL Regular Season, and following further consultation with regional health authorities, the Board of Governors will meet in January to consider potential start dates. With public health restrictions in place across Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest U.S., the WHL is not in a position to start its Regular Season as planned on January 8. The WHL will continue to work w...