The Superior International Junior Hockey League has officially approved a return-to play plan.
Play will resume Friday, February 4 with the Dryden GM Ice Dogs opening at home the following day against Kam River.
The Red Lake Miners will have to wait a little longer before they play as they have the weekend off.
The regular season will not be extended as a result of the Province of Ontario’s 27-day pause.
It will conclude as originally planned with the final games being played on Saturday, March 26.
The playoff tournament for the Bill Salonen Cup is slated to begin on Tuesday March 29.
Additionally, the SIJHL has postponed it’s 2021-22 Showcase, originally scheduled from February 8 through 10, to March 1 through 3.
The event will remain in Spooner, Wisconsin.
The complete SIJHL schedule for the remainder of the regular season will be released in the coming days.
The league’s re-opening weekend schedule is as follows:
Friday February 4
Thunder Bay North Stars at Kam River Fighting Walleye, 7:30pm EST, NorWest Arena, Oliver Paipoonge, ON
Fort Frances Lakers at Wisconsin Lumberjacks, 7:05pm CST, Spooner Civic Center, Spooner, Wisconsin
Saturday February 5
Fort Frances Lakers at Wisconsin Lumberjacks, 7:05pm CST, Spooner Civic Center, Spooner, Wisconsin
Kam River Fighting Walleye at Dryden GM Ice Dogs, 7:30pm CST, Dryden Memorial Arena, Dryden, ON
Current SIJHL standings:
1 Kam River Fighting Walleye 26 22 3 1 0 45 0.865 113 55 12-0-0-0 10-0-0-0 438
2 Red Lake Miners 21 16 3 2 0 34 0.810 112 57 6-0-1-0 8-1-1-0 433
3 Thunder Bay North Stars 25 15 7 3 0 33 0.660 91 76 6-0-3-0 6-1-3-0 492
4 Dryden GM Ice Dogs 26 16 9 1 0 33 0.635 132 73 0-1-0-0 9-1-0-0 629
5 Wisconsin Lumberjacks 28 8 18 1 1 18 0.321 71 145 1-0-0-1 2-7-0-1 465
6 Thief River Falls Norskies 21 5 15 0 1 11 0.262 46 98 0-1-0-0 2-7-0-1 241
7 Fort Frances Lakers 21 2 19 0 0 4 0.095 38 99 0-12-0-0 0-10-0-0 273
