2020-21 CWUAA Women's Season

This is the 2020-21 Canada West Universities Athletic Association Women's ice hockey season.
==Delay and Possible Cancellation of 2020-21 season==
On June 8, 2020 U Sportshttps://usports.ca/en/news/2020/06/4079288233/u-sports-cancels-2020-fall-championships-due-to-covid-19 along with Atlantic University Sporthttps://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com/genrel/AUS_COVID-19_impacts_update_June_2020, Canada West Universities Athletic Associationhttps://canadawest.org/news/2020/6/8/cross-country-canada-west-cancels-2020-21-first-term-team-competitions.aspx, and Ontario University Athleticshttps://oua.ca/general/2019-20/releases/x-9gciq all announced that the fall semester athletic competitions were cancelled indicating that ice hockey and other winter sports will not start until January of 2021 and that the situation will be reviewed in a timely manner. Canada West's release set a deadline of October 8th for a decision whether to begin play in January.
On the October 15th Canada West announced that no conference regular season, playoff, or championship events will be staged during the 2020-21 season in men's and women's hockey.https://canada-west.prezly.com/canada-west-cancels-multiple-conference-competitions-defers-on-others# 
==New Teams==
*The MacEwan Griffins women's ice hockey team joins the conference (along with the men's team) from the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Women's conference
*The Trinity Western Spartans women's ice hockey team joins the conference after playing in the Sunshine Coast Women's Hockey League.
==Discontinuation of Team==
On April 20, 2020 the University of Lethbridge announced due to budget constraints the men's and women's hockey programs would be discontinued.https://gohorns.ca/news/2020/4/20/general-budget-constraints-spell-end-for-university-of-lethbridge-hockey-programs.aspx
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Alberta Pandas 	Edmonton, Alberta 	Clare Drake Arena
Calgary Dinos 	Calgary, Alberta 	Father David Bauer Olympic Arena
MacEwan Griffins 	Edmonton 	Downtown Community Arena
Manitoba Bisons 	Winnipeg, Manitoba 	Max Bell Centre Winnipeg
Mount Royal Cougars 	Calgary, Alberta 	Flames Community Arenas
Regina Cougars 	Regina, Saskatchewan 	The Co-operators Centre
Saskatchewan Huskies 	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 	Merlis Belsher Place
Trinity Western Spartans	Langley 	Langley Events Centre & George Preston Arena
UBC Thunderbirds 	University Endowment Lands (Suburban Vancouver, British Columbia	Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
==References==
Category:2021 in ice hockey
Category:CWUAA Women's Seasons