MHL announces schedule changes due to NS COVID-19 restrictions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Truro, N.S. (November 25, 2020) – The Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) is announcing several schedule changes as a result of evolving COVID-19 restrictions. The government of Nova Scotia announced a number of restrictions on Tuesday which will affect hockey across the province. The effect on the MHL is that the six teams based in Nova Scotia will be restricted to regional play.

For the next four weeks, which carries the 2020-21 regular season schedule to the league’s Christmas Break, teams will be restricted to play within their mini-division. The Amherst Ramblers, Pictou County Weeks Crushers, and Truro Bearcats will play each other during this time period, with the South Shore Lumberjacks, Valley Wildcats, and Yarmouth Mariners doing the same.

This decision requires extensive changes to the schedule due to the number of games where teams in different mini-divisions were scheduled to play. As such, the following games have been rescheduled:

• • November 26^th – Valley at Pictou County to March 11^th
  • November 28^th – Yarmouth at Amherst to January 9^th
  • December 3^rd – Yarmouth at Pictou County to March 6^th
  • December 3^rd – Amherst at South Shore to February 12^th
  • December 4^th – Yarmouth at Truro to January 30^th
  • December 10^th – Yarmouth at Pictou County to February 18^th
  • December 18^th – Truro at South Shore to March 6^th
  • December 19^th – South Shore at Amherst to January 30^th
  • December 19^th – Truro at Yarmouth to February 5^th

The following games have been moved into their place:

• • March 11^th – Amherst at Pictou County to November 26^th
  • February 18^th – Truro at Pictou County to December 3^rd
  • March 6^th – Yarmouth at South Shore to December 3^rd
  • January 30^th – Amherst at Truro to December 4^th
  • March 21^st – Valley at Yarmouth to December 5^th
  • March 6^th – Truro at Pictou County to December 10^th
  • January 16^th – Yarmouth at Valley to December 11^th
  • February 6^th – Truro at Amherst to December 12^th
  • February 12^th – Valley at South Shore to December 18^th
  • March 13^th – Truro at Amherst to December 19^th
  • January 9^th – South Shore at Yarmouth to December 19^th

The following games have been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date:

• • December 11^th – Truro at Valley
  • December 12^th – Yarmouth at Amherst

Finally, the following changes have also been made:

• • January 7^th – Amherst at Pictou County to January 28^th
  • January 28^th – South Shore at Pictou County to January 7^th

More games may be moved up from later in the season to fill out the pre-Christmas schedule. Any announcement on that will be made at the appropriate time.

Note that these changes affect Nova Scotia teams only. New Brunswick teams within the MHL can continue, at this time, to play between their mini-divisions as scheduled. As previously announced, the Summerside Western Capitals will not be playing through December 5^th due to new COVID-19 restrictions on Prince Edward Island.

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Media Contact:
James Faulkner
Director of Communications
Maritime Hockey League
jfaulkner@themhl.ca