2020-21 NBJHL season

This is the 2020-21 New Brunswick Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 11th season under this name and 12th season overall. The league is a mixed level Junior B and Junior C league as the league came about as the result of the collapse of the New Brunswick Junior C Hockey League in 2011. That league's remaining team, the Hampton Hurricanes moved up to play in the then New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League. Three additional Junior C level teams wanted to join the league for the 2012-13 season and the league was subsequently renamed. With the present set up of the league; normally the Junior "B" champion advances to the Don Johnson Memorial Cup and the Junior "C" champion advances to the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships but both events were cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
Usually, the league plays a limited interlocking schedule with the 4 teams in the Prince Edward Island based Island Junior Hockey League. These games count in both league's standings but the inter-league games were also cancelled due to the pandemic.
After having play suspended in late December the league returned on March 12th going directly to the playoffs.
==Membership Changes==
*None for 2020-21, but the Richibucto Rangers were added to the league for the 2021-22 season at the league annual meeting on May 24, 2021.
==Teams==
Team 	Established 	Tier	Centre 	Arena
Kent Koyotes 	2013 	B 	Cocagne 	Cocagne Arena
Moncton Vito's 	2008 	B 	Moncton 	Superior Propane Centre
Southern Sting 	2011 asHamptonHurricanes	C 	Blacks Harbour 	Fundy Arena
Sunny Corner Thunder 	2014 	C 	Sunny Corner 	Sunny Corner Arena
Tri-County River Cats 	2009 	C 	Fredericton Junction	Tri-County Complex
Western Valley Panthers	2012 	C 	Woodstock 	AYR Motor Centre
==Standings==
(As of last regular season games played December 29th)
===Junior B===
Team 	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Kent Koyotes 	3 	2	1	0 	14	9 	4
Moncton Vito's	4 	1	2	1 	12	16	3
===Junior C===
Team 	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Western Valley Panthers	5 	4	1	0 	18	8 	8
Tri-County River Cats 	5 	4	1	0 	35	21	8
Southern Sting 	4 	2	2	0 	16	19	4
Sunny Corner Thunder 	5 	0	4	1 	15	35	1
==Playoffs==
===Junior B===
====Format====
The two teams compete in a best-of-seven league final. The playoff champion would normally advance to the 2021 Don Johnson Memorial Cup but the event was previously cancelled.
====Final====
*Moncton Vito's defeated Kent Koyotes 4 games to 3
===Junior C===
====Format====
All teams qualify. The teams participate in a round robin. The top two teams advance to the league final. The league champion normally advances to the 2021 Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships but the event was previously cancelled.
====Junior C Round Robin====
Team 	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Tri-County River Cats 	3 	3	0	0 	12	8 	6
Western Valley Panthers	3 	1	1	1 	7 	12	3
Southern Sting 	3 	1	1	1 	15	15	3
Sunny Corner Thunder 	3 	1	2	0 	14	13	2
====Round Robin Results====
*Southern 4-5 Tri County 
*Sunny Corner 3-4 (ot) Western Valley
*Western Valley 1-6 Southern
*Sunny Corner 2-4 Tri County 
*Southern 5-9 Sunny Corner
*Tri County 3-2 Western Valley
====Final====
*Tri County defeated Western Valley 2 games to none
Category:2021 in hockey
Category:NBJHL seasons