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  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 hopeful that public health conditions would improve, but unfortunately that is not the reality we se...

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 head coach Dan Price. “Kelowna was hungry for pucks around our net and got to them before us. 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 Commissioner Ron Robison. “We remained hopeful that public health conditions would improve, but unfort...

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 shortened season. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or ...

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...