February 09, 2021 - 2:31 PM
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Play in the American League s five-team Canadian Division will begin Friday.
The league announced the February portion of its Canadian schedule in a Tuesday release.
The Belleville Senators, AHL affiliate of the NHL s Ottawa Senators, and the Laval Rocket (Montreal Canadiens) will begin play in the one-time-only division when they meet Friday at Montreal s Bell Centre.
The Toronto Marlies (Toronto Maple Leafs) and Manitoba Moose (Winnipeg Jets) open their season in Winnipeg on Feb. 15, and the Stockton Heat (Calgary Flames) host Toronto at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on Feb. 21.
Stockton temporarily relocated from California to Calgary for the 2021 season.
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The season is finally upon us!
I said three weeks ago I was going to write a season preview for the Colorado Eagles. At that point in time, the Eagles were expected to kick off their season on Feb. 5. Then, the Stockton Heat AHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames decided to move to Canada for the year. It was a move that made perfect sense, logistically, but shouldn’t they have figured that out weeks ago rather than three days before the season was supposed to start?
The Belleville Senators, AHL affiliate of the NHL s Ottawa Senators, and the Laval Rocket (Montreal Canadiens) will begin play in the one-time-only division when they meet Friday at Montreal s Bell Centre.
The Toronto Marlies (Toronto Maple Leafs) and Manitoba Moose (Winnipeg Jets) open their season in Winnipeg on Feb. 15, and the Stockton Heat (Calgary Flames) host Toronto at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on Feb. 21.
Stockton temporarily relocated from California to Calgary for the 2021 season.
The Marlies and Senators are playing all their February games on the road as the Ontario government has not yet approved plans for them to play at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
TORONTO — Ontario is not ready to approve play for its two American Hockey League teams in the province, creating some uncertainty for a new five-team Canadian Division.A spokesperson for Ontario . . .
When it comes to the Western Hockey League restarting its season for its East Division, things are a little confusing right now.
There have been reports of a possible WHL East Division bubble in Regina, and reports of that not being the case. We do not know if the division will operate in a bubble or not, but there are a lot of other questions like: How will the players be housed or billeted? And how will game day operations work?
Meanwhile, Alberta teams already received approval last week on Jan. 28 and have at least started to wrap their heads around what the WHL season will look.