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==Post-season== |
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Revision as of 03:46, 20 March 2021
| 2020–21 BCHL Season | |
|---|---|
| League | British Columbia Hockey League |
| Duration | Regular season TBD Playoffs TBD |
| Fred Page Cup | |
The 2020–21 BCHL season is the 59th season of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). Originally, eighteen teams from the Interior and Coastal Conferences were to play 54-game schedules, but due to delays caused by COVID-19 pandemic, sixteen teams will play an 18 to 20 game schedule in five pods of three to four teams each.
In normal seasons, the top teams from each conference would play for the Fred Page Cup, the BCHL Championship, in March. From there, the champion represents the league in the Doyle Cup, a best-of-seven series against the Alberta Junior Hockey League champion, to determine who represents the Pacific region in the National Junior A Championship, the Centennial Cup, that would have been held in Penticton. However, the 2021 Doyle and Centennial Cups were cancelled by Hockey Canada.[1] It is not yet known if the BCHL will hold any playoffs.
Offseason
Pandemic impact
Due to ongoing restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the league announced a tentative start date of December 1,[2] with an extended training camp and exhibition season starting on September 25. This was to serve as a test for how the BCHL envisioned the regular season would work out, with the 17 teams able to participate while divided in to four groups playing in their home arenas. The league had made a number of changes to ensure the health and safety of its players, such as requiring full-face shields. Players were also required to separate as soon as play stops with ten minute misconducts being given out for failing to do so.
However, as British Columbia started to experience a second wave of infections, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry introduced new restrictions on November 7 barring non-essential inter-regional travel for sporting competitions in the Lower Mainland. This effected the Chilliwack Chiefs, Coquitlam Express, Langley Rivermen, Powell River Kings and Surrey Eagles, and all remaining exhibition games were cancelled between them. Two weeks later, these restrictions were expanded to the rest of the province on November 23, as well as the suspension of all adult sporting activities. Because the league has 19 and 20-year-olds on its roster, the remainder of the exhibition season was cancelled and plans for the regular season were put on hold.[3] In the meantime, the Wenatchee Wild announced that they had withdrawn from the regular season due to the ongoing Canada-United States border closure as it is a US-based team.[4]
With restrictions having not been lifted by March, and continued talks between the league and the Provincial Health Authority still ongoing, the BCHL considered a possible cancellation of the season. On March 12, the Provincial Health Authority approved the league's return-to-play plan and it was announced that the 2020–21 season would go ahead,[5] with teams playing 18 to 20 game schedules divided into five pods of three to four teams each starting in April, with only the Langley Rivermen opting out of the season.[6]
League changes
- The Cranbook Bucks joined the league as part of the Interior Conference.
- The Prince George Spruce Kings moved to the Interior Conference. The remaining nine teams in the Island and Mainland Divisions were merged into the Coastal Conference.
- The regular season schedule was reduced from 58 games to 54.
- The top eight teams from each conference would qualify for the playoffs. As a result, crossover spots were eliminated.[7]
- Players would be suspended after their second fight of the season, (previously fifth) and discipline would increase exponentially for every fight after. Players would now receive automatic suspensions for instigator and aggressor penalties.[8]
- A number of changes were made as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including requiring full-face shields for all players and attempting to reduce the amount of contact between teams during stoppages in play, including assessing ten minute misconducts for failing to separate.
- Due the United States-Canada border closure during the pandemic, the Wenatchee Wild withdrew from the season.
- The Langley Rivermen opted-out of the league's plans to restart the season.
Standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points
| Alberni Valley Pod | |||||
| GP | W | L | OT/SOL | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberni Valley Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cowichan Valley Capitals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nanaimo Clippers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victoria Grizzlies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chilliwack Pod | |||||
| GP | W | L | OT/SOL | PTS | |
| Chilliwack Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merritt Centennials | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prince George Spruce Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Langley Rivermen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coquitlam Pod | |||||
| GP | W | L | OT/SOL | PTS | |
| Coquitlam Express | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Powell River Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Surrey Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penticton Pod | |||||
| GP | W | L | OT/SOL | PTS | |
| Cranbrook Bucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penticton Vees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trail Smoke Eaters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Pod | |||||
| GP | W | L | OT/SOL | PTS | |
| Salmon Arm Silverbacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Vipers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Kelowna Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Up-to-date standings are avalable on the league website.
See also
References
- ^ "Hockey Canada statement on spring 2021 national championships". Hockey Canada. 2021-02-05.
- ^ "BCHL Announces A Tentative Dec. 1st Start Date". BCHL. July 17, 2020.
- ^ "BCHL Delays Season Start Due to COVID-19 Restrictions". BCHL. 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Wild take hiatus for 2020-21 season due to border closure and state restrictions". BCHL. November 24, 2020.
- ^ "BCHL Board of Governers Approve 2021 Season". bchl.ca. 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Langley Rivermen (@langleyrivermen) / Twitter". twitter.com. 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ "Board of Governors Approve Realignment for 2020/21". BCHL. February 23, 2020.
- ^ "BCHL Approves Several New Initiatives and Protocols after AGM (Part 1)". BCHL. June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.