2020-21 SIJHL season

This is the 2020-21 Superior International Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 20th season.
On March 1, 2021 the league announced the cancellation of the balance of the 2020-21 playing season.https://sijhlhockey.com/sijhl-cancels-2020-21-season/
==Membership Changes==
*On June 12, 2019 it was announced the Minnesota Iron Rangers would take a one year leave of absence for the 2019-20 season with the intention of relocating somewhere within the Iron Range of Minnesota.https://www.mnironrangers.com/2019/06/12/minnesota-iron-rangers-to-take-one-year-leave-of-absence-from-sijhl/ Other sources indicate that the team may have in fact folded.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/the-death-pool-minnesota-iron-rangers-are-dead/ The team does not return for the 2020-21 season.
*On February 18, 2020 the league announced the addition of the Kam River Fighting Walleye.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/sijhl-expansion-1.5462999 The team will begin play with the 2020-21 season. The organization is moving up from the Junior B Lakehead Junior Hockey League which it has played in for the past three seasons. https://sijhlhockey.com/sijhl-expansion-kam-river-fighting-walleye-name-matt-valley-first-ever-head-coach/ On September 3rd the Kam River Fighting Walleye announced that they would be based out of the NorWest Recreation Centre in Oliver Paipoonge, Ontario after playing out of the Thunder Bay Tournament Centre as a Junior B team.https://sijhlhockey.com/welcome-home-the-journey/
*On July 28th the league announced a tentative November 14th starting date.https://sijhlhockey.com/sijhl-announces-tentative-nov-14-start-date/ Some sources indicate the league's two US-based teams, the Thief River Falls Norskies and the Wisconsin Lumberjacks may end up taking the season off due to border crossing issues.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/sijhl-targets-november-14-start-date/ On November 2nd it became a reality when the league announced that neither team would be playing this season.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/sijhl-american-teams-wont-play-season-start-delayed/
*On November 2nd, the Superior International Junior Hockey League announced that the two US-based teams, the Thief River Falls Norskies and the Wisconsin Lumberjacks will not participate in the 2020-21 season due to the border closure.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/sijhl-american-teams-wont-play-season-start-delayed/
*Due to travel restrictions the league would have two guest teams and work out a schedule for a U-16 team in the area as the Thunder Bay Kings Midget AAA would play against the Kam River Fighting Walleye and Thunder Bay North Stars and the Kenora AAA Thistles would play against the Dryden Ice Dogs, Fort Frances Lakers, and Red Lake Miners.https://sijhlhockey.com/sijhl-announces-special-guests-for-20-21-schedule/ AS part of the set up the Thunder Bay Kings AAA U-16 team would play the AAA team that was not playing a SIJHL team.
*On April 22, 2021 the SIJHL announced the addition of a new franchise in Sioux Lookout, Ontario for the 2022-23 season. The application is conditional as the ownership group obtains membership in Hockey Northwestern Ontario, which should be taken care of within a few weeks of the league's announcement of the team.https://sijhlhockey.com/sijhl-to-expand-to-sioux-lookout-in-2022-23/ The team will be named the Sioux Lookout Bombers and be based out of the Sioux Lookout Memorial Arena.https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/sioux-lookout-returning-to-sijhl-3655583
==The Teams==
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Team 	Joined	Centre 	Arena
Dryden Ice Dogs 	2001 	Dryden, Ontario 	Dryden Memorial Arena
Fort Frances Lakers 	2007 	Fort Frances, Ontario 	Fort Frances Memorial Sports Centre
Kam River Fighting Walleye	2020 	Oliver Paipoonge, Ontario 	NorWest Recreation Centre
Red Lake Miners 	2013 	Red Lake, Ontario 	Cochenour Arena
Thief River Falls Norskies	2016 	Thief River Falls, Minnesota	Ralph Engelstad Arena
Thunder Bay North Stars 	2001 	Thunder Bay, Ontario 	Fort William Gardens
Wisconsin Lumberjacks 	2019 	Spooner, Wisconsin 	Spooner Civic Center
==Standings==
As of last games played on December 5th
Team 	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Dryden Ice Dogs 	4 	3	1	0 	0 	16	13	6
Kam River Fighting Walleye	4 	3	1	0 	0 	19	17	6
Red Lake Miners 	4 	1	2	1 	0 	13	16	3
Thunder Bay North Stars 	4 	1	2	1 	0 	17	19	3
Fort Frances Lakers 	- 	-	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Thief River Falls Norskies	- 	-	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Wisconsin Lumberjacks 	- 	-	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
==References==
Category:2021 in hockey
Category:Superior International Junior Hockey League