2020-21 NSRJHL season

This is the 2020-21 Nova Scotia Regional Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 22nd season. The league renamed itself from the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League during the early part of the 2016-17 season.
==Season delays==
The league would begin play on October 24th and play until play was suspended on November 22nd. The league would restart on January 30th. It would last play games on February 21st.http://nsrjhl.com/master_sched_league.php?from_month_year=2020-09-01&to_month_year=2021-02-01 The season stopped February 26th for at least 4 weeks due to additional restrictions in the greater Halifax area.https://twitter.com/jrcastaways/status/1365381961506824201 The Junior B level Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League would cancel its' season effective the end of games on February 27th due to the additional restrictions.http://nsjhl.ca/news.php?news_id=1918994 As a result of a reconsideration by the Nova Scotia health authority, the NSRJHL announced that the season would return to play on March 7th.
==Membership Changes==
*None
==The Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	Notes
Chester Castaways 	Chester 	Eleanor Pew-Morris Memorial Arena Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre	2019-20 expansion team
East Hants Jr. C Penguins	Lantz 	East Hants Sportsplex 	2017-18 expansion team
Eastern Shore Thunder 	Musquodoboit Harbour (HRM)	Eastern Shore Community Centre 	2016-17 expansion team
Sackville Knights 	Sackville (HRM) 	Sackville Community Arena 	2018-19 expansion team
Spryfield Attack 	Spryfield (HRM) 	Spryfield Lions Rink 	formerly known as Spryfield Silver and Black Attack 2011-14
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W	L 	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
East Hants Jr. C Penguins	12	9	3 	0 	0 	62	40	18
Chester Castaways 	12	8	2 	0 	2 	51	36	18
Eastern Shore Thunder 	12	6	5 	0 	1 	56	50	13
Spryfield Attack 	12	6	6 	0 	0 	56	56	12
Sackville Knights 	12	1	11	0 	0 	35	78	2
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The fourth and fifth place teams play a best-of-three series with the winner becoming the fourth seed. The remaining series are best-of-seven. The league champion normally advances to the 2021 Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships. However the event was cancelled.
===Preliminary Round===
*Spryfield Attack defeated Sackville Knights 2 games to none
===Semifinals===
*Chester Castaways defeated Eastern Shore Thunder 4 games to 1
*East Hants Jr. C Penguins defeated Spryfield Attack 4 games to 2
===Final===
*Chester Castaways lead East Hants Jr. C Penguins 3 games to 1
Due to a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Halifax Regional Municipality the finals was delayed for at least 2 weeks by mutual agreement of the two teams on April 23rd. The East Hants Sportsplex tweeted on April 22nd that they were removing the ice from the arena due to the duration of the restrictions that were in place.https://twitter.com/EastHantsSports/status/1385317005763432454 Hockey Nova Scotia issued a statement stating that all play under its' sanction was suspended until at least May 20th, which would mean the league would not be able start back up until May 20th at the earliest.https://hockeynovascotia.ca/covid-19/updates On May 29th the Chester Castaways tweeted that the league final declared the season over.https://twitter.com/jrcastaways/status/1398840198776111109
==References==
Category:2021 in hockey
Category:Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League