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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 position to determine a new target date for our season. We will continue to consult with health author...

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 in our region as we consider schedule options for the 2020-21 WHL Regular Season. The WHL have develo...

  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 start date. A new season start date will be considered during a meeting between regional health aut...

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 get our season started, but our first priority has always been the health and safety of our players...

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 with Government and Health Authorities in our region as we consider schedule options for the 2020-21 ...