Peterborough Petes Shortened 40-Game Season Set To Begin Early February

The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) has announced an updated timeline on its return to play plan for the 2020-21 season as it continues to work with government and health agencies to finalize outstanding matters that help ensure the health and safety of all members of the OHL community.

“We remain committed to providing our players with a safe, first-class development experience as they pursue their professional and academic goals, and we look forward to the planned opening of our regular season on Thursday, February 4th,” says OHL Commissioner David Branch.

Under the new timelines, OHL Training Camps including the Petes are scheduled to commence on Saturday, January 23rd in preparation for the 2020-21 Regular Season that will feature a 40-game schedule running from Thursday, February 4th through Saturday, May 8th.

Teams will play primarily against opponents in their geographic region in an effort to reduce travel in consideration of the health and safety of all players and staff. Details concerning the structure of team alignment will be made available upon release of the 2020-21 OHL Regular Season schedule.

A total of eight teams will qualify for the 2021 OHL Playoffs in pursuit of the J. Ross Robertson Cup that gets underway on Tuesday, May 11th. The OHL Playoffs will consist of three rounds, the first being a best-of-five opening round, followed by two best-of-seven formats to crown a League champion by no later than Monday, June 14th. The 2021 Memorial Cup presented by Kia is scheduled to begin Thursday, June 17th in either Oshawa or Sault Ste. Marie.

Go Petes Go.

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