The cancellation of the WHL season nearly one month ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic will have the Lethbridge Hurricanes forever wondering what could have been in 2019-20.
The league announced that the regular season had concluded on March 18, 11 days after the Hurricanes (37-19-7) had played what would turn out to be their final game — a 5-4 loss — in Kelowna.
For Lethbridge native and Hurricanes rookie Zack Stringer, the news meant an unexpected end to his first full season in the league. “Going into the start of the season, you wouldn’t really picture it ending in the way it did,” Stringer said. “But it was really fun and I learned a lot of stuff… but I would have wanted it to go longer.” The blow of the cancelled season also meant the