2020-21 CWUAA Women's Season

This is the 2020-21 Canada West Universities Athletic Association Women's ice hockey season.

Delay and Possible Cancellation of 2020-21 season[]

On June 8, 2020 U Sports^[1] along with Atlantic University Sport^[2], Canada West Universities Athletic Association^[3], and Ontario University Athletics^[4] all announced that the fall semester athletic competitions were cancelled indicating that ice hockey and other winter sports will not start until January of 2021 and that the situation will be reviewed in a timely manner. Canada West's release set a deadline of October 8th for a decision whether to begin play in January.

On the October 15th Canada West announced that no conference regular season, playoff, or championship events will be staged during the 2020-21 season in men's and women's hockey.^[5]

New Teams[]

The MacEwan Griffins women's ice hockey team joins the conference (along with the men's team) from the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Women's conference
The Trinity Western Spartans women's ice hockey team joins the conference after playing in the Sunshine Coast Women's Hockey League.

Discontinuation of Team[]

On April 20, 2020 the University of Lethbridge announced due to budget constraints the men's and women's hockey programs would be discontinued.^[6]

Teams[]

Team	Centre	Arena
Alberta Pandas	Edmonton, Alberta	Clare Drake Arena
Calgary Dinos	Calgary, Alberta	Father David Bauer Olympic Arena
MacEwan Griffins	Edmonton	Downtown Community Arena
Manitoba Bisons	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Max Bell Centre Winnipeg
Mount Royal Cougars	Calgary, Alberta	Flames Community Arenas
Regina Cougars	Regina, Saskatchewan	The Co-operators Centre
Saskatchewan Huskies	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Merlis Belsher Place
Trinity Western Spartans	Langley	Langley Events Centre & George Preston Arena
UBC Thunderbirds	University Endowment Lands (Suburban Vancouver, British Columbia	Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre

References[]

[1] ttps://usports.ca/en/news/2020/06/4079288233/u-sports-cancels-2020-fall-championships-due-to-covid-19

[2] ttps://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com/genrel/AUS_COVID-19_impacts_update_June_2020

[3] ttps://canadawest.org/news/2020/6/8/cross-country-canada-west-cancels-2020-21-first-term-team-competitions.aspx

[4] ttps://oua.ca/general/2019-20/releases/x-9gciq

[5] ttps://canada-west.prezly.com/canada-west-cancels-multiple-conference-competitions-defers-on-others#

[6] ttps://gohorns.ca/news/2020/4/20/general-budget-constraints-spell-end-for-university-of-lethbridge-hockey-programs.aspx

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Canada West Universities Athletic Association Women's
Current Teams	Alberta Pandas - British Columbia Thunderbirds - Calgary Dinosaurs - MacEwan Griffins - Manitoba Bisons - Mount Royal Cougars - Regina Cougars - Saskatchewan Huskies - Trinity Western Spartans
Former Teams	Lethbridge Pronghorns (1997-2020)
List of CWUAA Women's Seasons	1997-98 - 1998-99 - 1999-00 - 2000-01 - 2001-02 - 2002-03 - 2003-04 - 2004-05 - 2005-06 - 2006-07 - 2007-08 - 2008-09 - 2009-10 - 2010-11 - 2011-12 - 2012-13 - 2013-14 - 2014-15 - 2015-16 - 2016-17 - 2017-18 - 2018-19 - 2019-20 - 2020-21 - 2021-22 - 2022-23 - 2023-24 - 2024-25
Other Women's Canadian University/College Leagues	U Sports: Atlantic University Sport Women's - Ligue de Hockey Universitaire Féminin - Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey Canadian Colleges Athletic Association: Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Women's - Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
U Sports - U Sport women's ice hockey championship.