Coronavirus cancels another hockey league, CHL ends season

By Anthony Scultore

·Updated: March 23, 2020

The CHL cancels their season, and the latest from the NHL.

The CHL has officially announced the end of their season and the Memorial Cup will not be awarded. According to the CHL press release, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the CHL and their three other regional leagues (WHL, OHL, QMJHL) have moved from a pause to a full out cancel.

The #CHL and regional leagues have made the difficult decision to cancel our 2020 Playoffs and @CHLMemorialCup.

We look forward with hope that next season will provide new opportunity to celebrate and that the #MemorialCup may be presented.

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— Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) March 23, 2020

NHL Update

The league continues to work on all kind of different format/scheduling scenarios to prepare for all the possibilities but for now can't commit to anything because of the uncertainty…
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) March 23, 2020

The NHL also did a Q&A to answer questions about the pause and hopeful return to play. Here are some key takeaways:

No mandatory Coronavirus testing for players unless they have symptoms
The format of scenarios will depend on what’s going on with the virus and government/CDC recommendations. That will dictate what they can do.
Even if playoffs begin in July/August they don’t see a shortened 2020-2021 regular season

By Anthony Scultore

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