2019-20 FPHL season

This is the 2019-20 Federal Prospects Hockey League season. This is the league's 10th season.
==Suspension of Season==
The league issued the following statement on March 12th:
"The Federal Prospects Hockey League is announcing today that its 2019-20 season is postponed indefinitely effective March 13 due to the health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic across the world.
Today's game between the Elmira Enforcers and the Watertown Wolves in First Arena will go an as scheduled with no fans in attendance. After that game is completed, the league will go into a suspended state."https://www.federalhockey.com/news/fphl-suspends-season-effective-march-13
On March 16th the league would announce that it was cancelling the balance of the season effective immediately.https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/fphl-cancels-remainder-of-2019-20-season/n-5611333https://www.federalhockey.com/news/fphl-cancels-remainder-of-2019-20-season
==Membership Changes==
*On April 22, 2019 the league announced the addition of a team based in Danbury, Connecticut for the 2019-20 season. A formal unveiling of name and colors will be held May 3rd.https://www.oursportscentral.com/sports/danbury/t-4318
*On May 21, 2019 the league announced the addition of the Columbus River Dragons who will be based out of the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia.https://www.federalhockey.com/news/river-dragons-arrive-in-columbus
*Just prior to the announcement of the Columbus team, the oursportscentral.comhttps://www.oursportscentral.com/sports/delaware-thunder/t-4321 and busleaguehockey.comhttps://busleaguehockey.com/2019/05/14/the-fhls-newest-team-is-the-delaware-thunder/ listed the Delaware Thunder as a member of the league. The team will apparently be based out of Dover, Delaware.
*Postings on several websites and statements made by owners of the Delaware team when they were formally announced indicate a tenth team is planned for the 2019-20 season. Speculation was pointing towards Battle Creek, Michiganhttps://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/weekly-sporrrints-league-and-franchise-report/n-5507424 The league announced on July 23rd that the tenth team would be the Battle Creek Rumble Bees. The team will be based out of the The Rink Ice Arena in Battle Creek, Michigan. https://www.oursportscentral.com/sports/battle-creek-rumble-bees/t-4347
*The Battle Creek Rumble Bees would quietly fold after the 2019-20 season was cancellled.
==Teams==
Team 	Home arena 	Capacity	City
Battle Creek Rumble Bees	The Rink Ice Arena 	1,000 	Battle Creek, Michigan
Carolina Thunderbirds 	LJVM Coliseum Annex 	4,000 	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Columbus River Dragons 	Columbus Civic Center 	10,000 	Columbus, Georgia
Danbury Hat Tricks 	Danbury Ice Arena 	3,005 	Danbury, Connecticut
Danville Dashers 	David S. Palmer Arena 	2,350 	Danville, Illinois
Delaware Thunder 	Centre Ice Rink 	700 	Harrington, Delaware
Elmira Enforcers 	First Arena 	3,700 	Elmira, New York
Mentor Ice Breakers 	Mentor Civic Arena 	1,600 	Mentor, Ohio
Port Huron Prowlers 	McMorran Place 	3,400 	Port Huron, Michigan
Watertown Wolves 	Watertown Municipal Arena	2,000 	Watertown, New York
==Standings==
Standings as of games played March 12th when season is suspended.
===Eastern Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OW	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts	%
Danbury Hat Tricks 	46	29	12	2 	3 	213	158	94 	.681
Elmira Enforcers 	48	29	13	3 	3 	201	149	96 	.667
Watertown Wolves 	48	22	21	3 	2 	192	182	74 	.514
Mentor Ice Breakers	48	15	30	0 	3 	147	196	48 	.333
Delaware Thunder 	45	12	31	1 	1 	165	206	39 	.289
===Western Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OW	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts	%
Carolina Thunderbirds 	46	33	6 	2 	5 	219	106	108	.783
Port Huron Prowlers 	46	28	14	4 	0 	212	166	92 	.667
Danville Dashers 	47	24	18	2 	3 	174	150	79 	.560
Columbus River Dragons 	46	18	21	6 	1 	195	183	67 	.486
Battle Creek Rumble Bees	48	1 	45	0 	2 	94 	304	5 	.035
Note: Three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime win, one for an overtime loss, none for a regulation loss.
==Commissioner's Cup Playoffs==
Playoffs Cancelled
==References==
Category:2020 in hockey
Category:Federal Hockey League seasons