2019-20 NPHL season

This is the 2019-20 North Peace Hockey League season.

The league's two British Columbia based teams had met in a best-of-three series in January of 2017 to determine the area representative at the 2018 Coy Cup. This was not done for the 2019 Coy Cup berth. Due to a lack of other teams at the Senior AA level in the province both teams advanced to the Coy Cup tournament

The league has not sent a representative to the Alberta Senior AA Playoffs for at least several seasons. The Grimshaw Huskies were to have participated in the Senior AA Provincials in Lethbridge that were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Membership Changes
 * The Fort St. John Flyers announced on October 8, 2019 that the team was having to ask for a one-year leave of absence due to a lack of player availability. As a result the league announce it would revise the schedule to a single division play with each team playing the other teams four times two home and two away.  All teams will now qualify for the playoffs.


 * On November 3, 2019 it was announced the High Prairie Regals folded after being fined $1,000 for playing a previous game on November 2nd with five skaters and a goalie. The team was only allowed back in the league after paying off fines from the previous season. The game was stopped after the second period after one of the players was injured and the game was played 4-on-4 for part of the second period. The score was 12-0 in favor of Manning when the game was called.


 * The league had scheduled two neutral site games at the Northern Lights Recreation Centre in La Crete, Alberta for January 24th and 25th but the games were cancelled citing lack of community support for the event.

Format
All teams qualify with the top three teams earning a bye to the semifinals. The preliminary round is best-of-five. The semifinal and final rounds are best-of-seven.

Preliminary Round
best-of-five
 * Grimshaw Huskies defeated Falher Pirates 3 games to 2

Semifinals
best-of-seven
 * Dawson Creek Sr. Canucks defeated Grimshaw Huskies 4 games to none
 * Grande Prairie Athletics defeated Manning Comets 4 games to 1

League Final
best-of-seven Series suspended with Dawson Creek Canucks leading Grande Prairie Athletics 3 games to 2