WHL announces official end of regular season, Hurricanes finish seventh

Mar 18, 2020 | 11:22 AM

CALGARY, AB – Following the postponement of the 2019-2020 regular season in the fight against COVID-19, the Western Hockey League (WHL) has announced the official end of the season.

WHL Commissioner Ron Robison made the announcement, following a meeting with the WHL Board of Governors and consultation with medical professionals. It’s been determined that the 54 games left on the regular season schedule will be cancelled and not played.

“The WHL takes the safety of our players, officials, staff, fans, and everyone associated with the WHL very seriously,” Robison said in a release.

“Given the ongoing public health developments regarding COVID-19, we deemed it necessary to cancel the remaining games on the 2019-2020 WHL Regular Season Schedule.”

Robison noted that the league will “make every effort possible” to put on the 2020 WHL Playoffs at a later date.

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“We thank WHL fans and partners for your patience and understanding during these challenging times,” he concluded.

The final league standings for the 2019-2020 regular season have been determined by using win percentage for all clubs.

Locally, the Lethbridge Hurricanes finished in seventh place. The ‘Canes played 63 games and earned a record of 37 wins, 19 losses, two overtime losses and five shoot-out losses for 81 points.

The Lethbridge team’s win percentage was 0.643, below the Medicine Hat Tigers (0.675) and above Prince Albert (0.641).

By finishing first, the Portland Winterhawks have been awarded the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for WHL Regular Season Champion.

Below is a list of the final standings:

The final standings for the 2019-2020 regular season (Photo courtesy the WHL at whl.ca)

For more on the Western Hockey League, visit whl.ca.

by Justin Goulet