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Coronavirus: Vernon, Penticton among BCHL’s ‘pod’ cities for 2020-21 hockey season
British Columbia Hockey League‘s safe return to play proposal on Friday, teams around the province are getting ready to play an abbreviated season.Dressing rooms in Penticton, Vernon, West Kelowna and Salmon Arm are all empty, as the four Okanagan teams have already begun the mandatory two-week quarantine period.If all goes well, the BCHL is hoping to drop the puck on their 2020-21 season sometime during the first week of April.“The concept for us is to play regionally,” BCHL commissioner Chris Hebb told Global News. Okanagan teams excited after BCHL gets green light for shortened season According to Hebb, three or four teams will play out of five “pod” cities across the province.“And those teams will play 18 games against each other.