Sports reporter Mike Sawatzky revealed that a plan is being put together that would see all seven East Division clubs — the Warriors, Regina Pats, Saskatoon Blades, Prince Albert Raiders, Winnipeg Ice and Brandon Wheat Kings — joined by the Central Division’s Swift Current Broncos for a 24-game regular season that would play their full campaign out of the Brandt Centre in the Queen City.
“It's been discussed and I would say there's a tentative plan in place but I know that there's no date established yet," Regina Pats vice-president of hockey operations and general manager John Paddock told Sawatzky. “The province and medical people are in charge... It's been discussed about (Regina) being the hub here in some sort of detail, but the dates -- it would be premature to put down any date as far as I know.”
Under the proposed plan, teams would practice on the six-sheet Co-Operator’s Centre and players would be housed in the University of Regina dormitories.
Games would only be played between teams in the same division and no spectators would be allowed.
One question that’s outstanding is whether or not the Ice and Wheat Kings will be able to travel into Saskatchewan, as the current travel ban in Manitoba prevents that as a possibility.
“I guess they could get thrown a curveball all of a sudden and they can't come or something but that's not my understanding,” said Paddock. “We're a division and we're going to play together.”
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