MJHL revealed a reduced schedule on Thursday for its 12 member teams.The regular-season schedule has been significantly modified to keep players safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
The usual 60-game season has been trimmed down to 40 games for the 2020-21 campaign. The Winnipeg Freeze join the MJHL They’re playing almost exclusively on weekends and the schedule is broken down into four five-week blocks.
Each block is separated with a break in case there are COVID-19 implications.“In the course of our planning for the upcoming season, it became clear that we had to further self-impose schedule modifications and restrictions to ensure that we were moving forward in a safe, structured and responsible manner,” commissioner Kevin Saurette.