2020-21 HJBHL season

This is the 2020-21 Heritage Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 33rd season.

The league began play October 30th. On November 13th, along with all Junior B, Junior C and Senior leagues in the province, the league announced a two week pause in games due to a spike in COVID-19 cases after the Thanksgiving holiday. . On December 3rd the league announced that the pause would be extended into January. The league had a virtual meeting on December 16th and decided to extend the break until at least mid-January. On February 15th Hockey Alberta in consultation with Junior B, Junior C, and Senior leagues in the province decided to end the 2020-21 playing season

Membership changes

 * The Three Hills Thrashers had requested and received a one year leave of absence from the league for the 2019-20 season on June 4, 2019. On March 17, 2020 the organization announced it would be returning for the 2020-21 playing season.
 * Around the 2020 Canada Day holiday the High River Flyers and Medicine Hat Cubs both announced they were sitting out the 2020-21 season citing fundraising and ticket sale issues as the main reasons.
 * The Medicine Hat Cubs were not listed on a report indicating that they would not be sitting out the 2020-19 season was released on August 14th.
 * On June 22, 2021 the league announced the return of the High River Flyers along with the addition of the Kainai Junior Braves for the 2021-22 playing season.

Standings
(As of games played November 8th)

Format
The top six teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. The top two seeds earn a bye into the division semifinals. The 3rd place team plays the 6th place team and the 4th place team plays the 5th place team in a best-of-five qualifying round. The teams are re-seeded for the best-of-seven division semifinal round. The division semifinal winners meet in the best-of-seven division final round. The division winners meet in the best-of-three league championship series. For overtime play the league uses one ten minute overtime period followed by 20 minute overtime periods.

Both finalists qualify for the 2021 Russ Barnes Trophy which determines the provincial champion.