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  CALGARY -- After having to shut down for two weeks because of a positive COVID-19 result, the Calgary Hitmen will return to action on Friday afternoon when they host the Lethbridge Hurricanes at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex. The season however wont last much longer for the Hitmen after the league announced earlier this week there would be no playoffs. WHL Commissioner Ron Robison said the pandemic forced their hand. "With all the various restrictions in place, particularly the Canada/Uni...

CALGARY - There will be no playoffs in the Western Hockey League following the 2020-21 season.

WHL cancels 2020-21 playoffs The Western Hockey League announced Monday that it’s cancelling the playoffs following the completion of the 24-game 2020-21 regular season schedule. TSN.ca Staff WHL , CTV Regina The Western Hockey League announced Monday that it’s cancelling the playoffs following the completion of the 24-game 2020-21 regular season schedule. Due to current public health conditions and ongoing challenges due to COVID-19, including tr...

WHL confirms no playoffs for 2020-21 season In an announcement that was widely expected, the Western Hockey League confirmed on Monday that there will be no playoffs for the 2020-21 season. “When we returned to play in February, we set out with the intention of completing a 24-game regular season schedule, knowing adjustments would be needed along the way,” WHL commissioner Ron Robison said in a prepared statement. “We remained hopeful that public health conditions would improve, but unfo...

The league said in a release that travel restrictions across provincial and international borders in place to try to stem the tide of the global pandemic would make it difficult to conduct a post-season. The announcement comes a week after the Canadian Hockey League, the umbrella organization for the WHL, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League, cancelled the 2021 Memorial Cup major junior championship due to COVID-19. The QMJHL is going ahead with a modified playoff format,...

  CALGARY -- The Western Hockey League (WHL) season will finish with the end of the regular season schedule, the league announced Monday. Complications created by the pandemic, including border closures, were ultimately too much to continue the season, the league said. “When we returned to play in February, we set out with the intention of completing a 24-game regular season schedule, knowing adjustments would be needed along the way,” said WHL commissioner Ron Robison. “We remained ...

Kelowna (3-1) returned to play Saturday night in a 7-5 victory over the Prince George Cougars in the Rockets’ first game in 19 days after a COVID-19 outbreak sidelined the club for nearly three weeks. They are undefeated since their return, showing little if any signs of rustiness in dispatching the Royals and Cougars. Another way to look at it is that the Rockets are three points ahead of Victoria despite playing seven less games. “It’s puck hunger around the net,” said Victoria GM and...

By Mitchell Blair There will be no playoffs in the WHL this season. The league says it is not in a position to hold any playoffs because of current public health conditions and the ongoing challenges COVID-19 brings including restrictions on travel across both provincial and international borders. “When we returned to play in February, we set out with the intention of completing a 24-game Regular Season schedule, knowing adjustments would be needed along the way,” commented WHL Comm...

Article content Western Hockey League (WHL) clubs including the Edmonton Oil Kings are participating in a trial to test a method of detecting COVID-19 through a smartphone app. The WHL announced this week that Vancouver-based Light AI Inc.’s diagnostic test would be included in its return-to-play health and safety protocols for the 2020-21 season. The AI diagnostic testing will be in addition to the PCR testing that players, team staff, billets and officials will have to undertake during the...

Kelowna and Kamloops will be the hub centres for the Western Hockey League's return to play in British Columbia.The Provincial Health Office has given...