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WHL to start 2021-22 campaign on Oct. 1
Western Hockey League fans can start to plan out their schedules.
Following the conclusion of their annual general meeting on Tuesday, the league announced that a full 68-game schedule will begin on Friday, Oct. 1, with all 22 buildings expected to be at full capacity.
The one difference in this year’s schedule, which will conclude on April 3, 2022, is the fact that teams from the Eastern Conference will not square off with teams from the Western Conference until the league final.
Teams across the WHL will be announcing their home openers starting on Wednesday, with a league-wide pre-season slate to follow on June 21.
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The 2020-21 NHL regular season is mostly over. The 16-team field for the Stanley Cup Playoffs is set, and while some North Division teams still have one or a few games to play, those contests won t have much of an impact on the standings.
For the 15 teams that missed out on the postseason (as well as the expansion Seattle Kraken, who will join the league next season), it s time to start looking ahead to the offseason. And that includes the 2021 NHL draft, which is scheduled for July 23-24.
The order won t be set until after the draft lottery, which doesn t yet have a date but will take place in June. However, it s not too early to start predicting where some of the top prospects in this year s class could end up.