January 31st – Return to Hockey. Please read the article for everything you need to know.
Dear WCMHA Families,
We are very excited to announce that on January 31st we will be returning to the ice!
Warriors
Following LCMHL league guidance, we will continue the season in accordance with these key points below:
• Game play will resume on Jan 31st (as per provincial guidelines).
• The existing regular season games (Jan 31 - Feb 13) will be played as scheduled.
• Additional games will be added within the period Feb 14 - Mar 31 (for the games missed during the pause).
• Game play will pause for March Break as per usual (Mar 12 - 20)
• Regular season banners will be awarded as per usual.
• The remainder of the season will be devoted to completing the Regular Season game schedule.
Crusaders
Following OBMHL league guidance, we will continue the season in accordance with these key points below:
• Game play will resume on Jan 31st (as per provincial guidelines).
• Full 30 game schedule completed by March 6h, rather then the traditional February 6th season ending.
• If we can get to that goal, then the playoff format will only be the top 8 teams with three games played to become league champion - First round : 4 games between 1 to 8, after first round game - reseat the remaining four teams and 2 games are played, then the winners will play a single game for the championship This would happen over a two week period in March - taking off March break.
• Game play will pause for March Break as per usual (Mar 12 - 20).
• If we run into weather delays, COVID outbreaks, etc. the fall-back plan will be to play games in those two weeks and at the end of season, who ever is in first overall is crowns as the league champs.
Guidelines and protocols for teams and players will be communicated to team staff shortly. Continue to watch your
master schedule as changes will be happening frequently over the coming weeks as we try to execute on all
scheduling tasks.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the rink!
WCMHA Executive