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The Ontario Hockey League released the following statement on Thursday regarding their plans for return to play in the 2020-2021 season.
“Further to public comments made earlier today regarding the 2020-21 OHL season, the Ontario Hockey League is providing an update on its return to play status.
Over the past number of months, the League has worked tirelessly with Premier Doug Ford and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health on a return to play plan, which we believe is in the best interest of our players’ physical and mental health. This has been our priority and our return to play plan was recently granted conditional approval. The recent increase in COVID-19 cases across the province paired with the latest reinstatement of a stay-at-home order have put increased pressure on these plans.
The League will provide a further update to our players, families, billets, teams and fans in the coming days.”
Since then, the league has not made any comments on the status of the season. The Ontario Hockey League is the only member of the CHL to not currently be playing, with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League still actively playing their respective seasons.
One Knights fan, Raymond Ellison says that he’s frustrated with the league.
“I understand that they have to follow public health rules and that they are changing all the time, but it feels like they aren’t communicating enough info to the fans. It’s just really frustrating.”
The OHL hasn’t played any games since before the COVID-19 pandemic came to Canada in March of 2020. This year’s Memorial Cup Tournament, a tournament which sees the best teams from each CHL organization face off for the national title, has already been cancelled for the 2020-2021 season.
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