2020-21 STHL season

This is what was intended to be the 2020-21 Saskatchewan Treaty Hockey League season. The league was announced as being formed on September 25th in an attempt to create the first province wide indigenous men's senior league sanctioned by the Saskatchewan Hockey Association.https://www.mbcradio.com/2020/10/new-indigenous-senior-hockey-league-created Due to the late start in organizing and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the league was faced with challenge that would make getting to playing games very difficult to say the least. The league would get commitments for 14 teams when the league's line up announced on October 27th.https://www.pearlcreekmedia.com/single-post/saskatchewan-treaty-hockey-league-announces-14-teams-for-inaugural-season
==Province wide Restrictions due to Pandemic==
The Saskatchewan Health Authority issued a statement around September 9th that stated: 
::"Tournaments, out-of-province travel, and games of any kind are not sanctioned by the SHA at this time. This applies to minor, junior, and senior hockey." https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/saskatchewan-health-authority-says-no-to-hockey/ essentially putting all play in the province on hold.
As of November 27th all sport in the province is on an indefinite hold. The earliest date of a restart would have been January 12th. https://sha.sk.ca/news/return-to-hockey
The SHA would release a statement on January 12th extending the prohibition on games for at least 4 more weeks but also state that the chances of anything starting back up before the end of March were bleak.https://sha.sk.ca/news/archives/return-to-play-update-jan-14-2021?fbclid=IwAR0iI_FaivpOin6jbxaTjGtkFHXj8GcMm6AKL2N26IXLWBA5r6R5JaJtuks
The league would announce that they would try to focus on starting the league up in the fall of 2021 due to issues caused by the pandemic.https://www.mbcradio.com/2021/02/sask-treaty-hockey-league-focusing-on-fall-start?fbclid=IwAR0ov0iIjCRL_Zk5PQuSLf5TY45koBfzEARCERg9jnKbR8AOPDDPB5MZUqc
==Teams==
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Team 	First Nation 	Arena
Beardy's Blackhawks 	Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation 	Willow Cree Arena
Canoe Lake Pluck Ducks 	Canoe Lake Cree First Nation 	
Canoe Lake Young Guns 	Canoe Lake Cree First Nation 	
Cote Selects 	Cote First Nation 	Cote Memorial Arena
CTK Islanders 	Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation 	
Gordon Hawks 	George Gordon First Nation 	
Keeseekoose Rangers 	Keeseekoose First Nation 	
La Ronge 89ers 	Lac La Ronge Indian Band 	Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre
Little Pine Braves 	Little Pine First Nation 	
Ochapowace Thunder 	Ochapowace Nation 	Chief Denton George Memorial Multiplex
Onion Lake Sr. Border Chiefs	Onion Lake Cree Nation 	Onion Lake Arena
PBCN Stars 	Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation 	
Waterhen Blues 	Waterhen Lake First Nation (Sîkîp Sâkahikan)	
Whitefish Flyers 	Big River Cree First Nation 	Whitefish Arena
==Standings==
As of mid-February the league has been unable to schedule any games.
==Links==
League website
==References==
Category:2021 in hockey
Category:Saskatchewan Treaty Hockey League seasons