Western Hockey League commissioner Ron Robison recently announced that the board of governors has made a commitment to play a 24-game regular season this year.“This commitment ensures WHL players will receive the opportunity to compete at the highest level in the system and continue to pursue their hockey goals in the world’s finest development league for junior hockey players,” said Robison.
WHL commits to playing 2020-21 season, start date to be determined The announcement, made last Friday, comes after the league had earlier pushed its start date back several times because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Kelowna Rockets president and general manager Bruce Hamilton has chaired the league’s board of governors since 2008.He said the.