2020-21 WSHL season

This is the 2020-21 Western States Hockey League season. This was to be the league's 27th season.
==Cancelling the season==
In late May the league would announce that it would be cancelling the 2020-21 season due to concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic and logistics of playing games, travel, housing, and the likelihood of people not be able to attend games.
http://www.wshl.org/news/2020-2021-wshl-season
==Membership Changes==
The league assumed operations of the Oklahoma City Blazers on January 1, 2020.http://www.wshl.org/news/blazers-announce-coaching-ownership-changes-for-20 The team would be dissolved once the season was cancelled. The previous owner would establish a team in the North American 3 Hockey League for the 2020-21 season also using the Oklahoma City Blazers moniker.
On April 17, 2020 the Anaheim Avalanche, Fresno Monsters, Las Vegas Thunderbirds, Northern Colorado Eagles, Pueblo Bulls, San Diego Sabers, Southern Oregon Spartans, and Utah Outliers were announced as joining the United States Premier Hockey League's Premier League for the 2020-21 season.https://www.usphl.com/news_article/show/1101391 On April 21st the Ogden Mustangs were announced as joining them.https://www.usphl.com/news_article/show/1101884
At the end of the 2019–20 regular season, the Valencia Flyers' home rink was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ice Station Valencia, which was also owned by the Flyers' owner Roger Perez. The closure was made permanent due to the financial losses incurred by the shutdown, leaving the future of the team undetermined.
On June 16, 2020 the El Paso Rhinos were added to the North American 3 Hockey League from the Western States Hockey League. They will also join the North American Hockey League for the 2021-22 season.https://www.aberdeennews.com/sports/professional/wings/nahl-approves-el-paso-texas-team-for-2021-22/article_2b1ce9be-b00a-11ea-8401-6bcd813acc2e.html
On January 22, 2021 the league announced the addition of the Vancouver Devils who are due to be based out of the Fraser Valley in suburban Vancouver, British Columbia who will begin play with the 2021-22 season.
On July 28, 2021 the league announced the approval of the Edson Aeros to Cold Lake where they will be known as the Cold Lake Aeros and will be located out of the Cold Lake Energy Centre.http://www.wshl.org/news/aeros-find-new-home
The Barrhead Bombers relocated to Medford, Oregon after former WSHL member the Southern Oregon Spartans who withdrew from the WSHL to join the United States Premier Hockey League for the 2020-21 season and then withdrew after a few games and were planning on sitting out the 2021-22 season lost their lease at The RRRink. The team intended to keep the Bombers nickname but no prefix to the teams name was announced.
On August 1, 2021 the league announced the addition of the Vernal Oilers. The team will be based out of the Western Park Ice Rink in Vernal, Utah.http://www.wshl.org/news/vernal-oilers
On August 5, 2021 the league announced the addition of the Utah Altitude. The team will be based out of the Olympic Oval in Kearns, Utah in suburban Salt Lake City.http://www.wshl.org/news/utah-altitude
As part of the same announcement that introduced the Utah Altitude the addition of the Edmonton Eagles was also announced for the 2021-22 season.
==Remaining Teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Joined
Mountain 	Mountain 	Mountain 	Mountain
Dallas Snipers 	Plano, Texas 	Plano Star Center 	2011
Wichita Jr. Thunder	Wichita, Kansas 	Wichita Ice Center 	2012
Northwest 	Northwest 	Northwest 	Northwest
Bellingham Blazers 	Bellingham, Washington 	Bellingham Sportsplex 	2016
Seattle Totems 	Mountlake Terrace, Washington	Olympic View Arena 	2012
Provincial 	Provincial 	Provincial 	Provincial
Barrhead Bombers 	Barrhead, Alberta 	Barrhead Agrena 	2019
Cold Lake Hornets 	Cold Lake, Alberta 	Imperial Oil Place at Cold Lake Energy Centre	2019
Edson Aeros 	Edson, Alberta 	Repsol Place 	2018
Hinton Timberwolves	Hinton, Alberta 	Dr. Duncan Murray Recreation Centre 	2018
==References==
Category:2021 in ice hockey
Category:WSHL seasons