WCHA Announces 2020-21 Composite Schedule With Non-League Action Slated For Late November Start

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Oct. 28, 2020 – The Men's League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, which includes Ferris State University, has finalized an 18-game league schedule for the abbreviated 2020-21 men's ice hockey season. 

The Bulldogs are slated to open non-conference action the weekend of Nov. 27-29 and are currently slated to play a total of five non-conference games versus league member schools prior to the holiday break and the official start of the 18-gmae WCHA league slate on Jan. 1-2. The 2020-21 schedule remains subject to change.

Ticket information and spectator capacity at the Ewigleben Ice Arena along with other pertinent details will be announced in the near future. The 2020-21 campaign will mark the Bulldogs' final season in the WCHA before moving into the new Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) next year. Overall, FSU currently has 23 total games on the docket for the upcoming campaign.

Each WCHA team will play a single league series against the other nine league schools with all but three of the contests slated to be played in January and February 2021.

Additionally, league teams will play a total of 38 non-league games beginning Nov. 20. Due to limited opportunities for contests against non-league opponents this season, 30 of those contests will pit WCHA teams against each other in games that will not count in the league standings.

Return to Competition Protocols

In addition to state and local health and safety guidelines in force at each WCHA campus, the 2020-21 schedule will play out under the WCHA's Return to Competition protocols. Those protocols will include COVID-19 testing for student- athletes, coaches, staff and game officials as well as social-distancing requirements at all WCHA arenas.

Non-League Contests

While every WCHA team will face at least one other league opponent in non-league competition, Alabama Huntsville and Bowling Green are the only WCHA teams scheduled to face teams from outside the league. The Chargers will visit Robert Morris on Nov. 20-21, the opening weekend of the regular season, while Bowling Green will travel to Robert Morris on Nov. 24 before a home-and-home series with Mercyhurst, Nov. 27 (away) and Nov. 29 (home).

BGSU will visit Quinnipiac Dec. 18-19 and host Robert Morris on Dec. 29 to conclude the non-league season for the WCHA. The Falcons are also slated to play a road exhibition game against the U.S. National Team Development Program on Nov. 7.

League Schedule

The chase for the MacNaughton Cup will begin on Dec. 2 when Northern Michigan visits Lake Superior State for a single league game. Minnesota State will visit Alaska Anchorage Dec. 18-19 for the only other WCHA league games currently scheduled to be played prior to the end of the calendar year.

League play will begin in earnest the weekend of Jan. 1-2 with five league series – Alabama Huntsville at Michigan Tech, Alaska Anchorage at Bemidji State, Alaska at Lake Superior State, Bowling Green at Ferris State and Minnesota State at Northern Michigan.

The regular season will conclude Feb. 24-27 with each school playing a home-and-home series with its designated travel partner- Alabama Huntsville vs. Bowling Green, Alaska vs. Alaska Anchorage, Bemidji State vs. Minnesota State Ferris State vs. Lake Superior State and Michigan Tech vs. Northern Michigan.

The weekend of March 5-6 has been designated as a bye weekend for all 10 schools and will be used as a make-up game weekend should any league series or single games be postponed.