WCHA Announces 2020-21 Composite League Schedule
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The annual 140-game quest for the MacNaughton Cup and the fifth installment of the league's on-campus postseason tournament highlight the 2020-21 composite league schedule for the Men's League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
The composite schedule for the WCHA's 69th season outlines league game dates and opponents for the league's 10 member institutions. Non-conference games and start times will be announced at a later date. The schedule is subject to change pending a final decision on the start of the 2020-21 competition year.
The chase for the MacNaughton Cup will play out over 20 weekends, beginning with the Lake Superior State-Alaska series on the season's opening weekend, Oct. 3-4. There are five weekends that feature a full slate of five league series: Nov. 6-7, Dec. 4-6, Jan. 8-9, Feb. 5-6 and the closing weekend of the 2020-21 regular season – Feb. 26-27.
Each member institution will play a total of 28 WCHA games (14 at home and 14 on the road). Teams play five other league members four times each and four others two times each.
2021 WCHA Postseason Tournament
The last four seasons have produced epic WCHA Championship moments and vivid scenes of overtime winners and underdog triumphs – all before frenzied, capacity crowds in hometown rinks. Once again in 2021, the WCHA will bring the singular intensity and passion of playoff college hockey directly to its member institution fans with an eight-team, three-round tournament hosted on-campus by the highest remaining seeds.
The 2021 WCHA Playoffs will consist of four best-of-three, quarterfinal-round series hosted by the league's top four regular-season finishers the weekend of March 5-7, followed by two best-of-three semifinal-round series hosted by the highest remaining seeds the weekend of March 12-14. The 2021 WCHA Championship will be a single game, hosted by the highest remaining seed, Saturday, March 20.
The postseason tournament winner will receive an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship and the Jeff Sauer WCHA Championship Trophy, presented by Anderson's Pure Maple Syrup.
Fans can catch all the WCHA action live on FloHockey.tv again this season.
About the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Men's League
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association, among the most historic, tradition-rich and successful conferences in all of collegiate athletics, will mark its 69th season of men's competition in 2020-21. The 10-team NCAA Division I conference consists of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (Chargers), the University of Alaska Anchorage (Seawolves), the University of Alaska (Nanooks), Bemidji State University (Beavers), Bowling Green State University (Falcons), Ferris State University (Bulldogs), Lake Superior State University (Lakers), Michigan Technological University (Huskies), Minnesota State University (Mavericks) and Northern Michigan University (Wildcats). For more information, visit wcha.com.