@WHL this afternoon, the league has pushed back the start date for the 2020-21 season. The target date is now Friday, December 4.
The league still plans to play a full, 68-game regular season + 4 rounds of playoffs. https://t.co/oGmvv7LM4S— Danica Ferris (@danicaferris) August 6, 2020Hurricanes general manager Peter Anholt says the decision didn’t come as a shock to anyone in the organization.“I think all of us knew that things were progressing in a way that it didn’t look like it was going to be Oct.
2,” he said. “So we were all poising ourselves for it and positioning ourselves for it.” Return to play priorities include fans in stands and all teams able to play: WHL commissioner A statement from the league on Thursday, cited a.