2019–20 SJHL season explained

2019–20 SJHL season
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League:	SJHL
Sport:	Ice hockey
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Battlefords North Stars
Finals Champ:	Playoffs cancelled
Seasonslist:	List of SJHL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	List of SJHL
Prevseason Link:	2018–19 SJHL season
Prevseason Year:	2018–19
Nextseason Link:	2020–21 SJHL season
Nextseason Year:	2020–21

The 2019–20 SJHL season was the 52nd season of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The Battlefords North Stars finished the regular season in first place overall. Seven teams were still in contention for the Canalta Cup when the post-season was cancelled due to public health restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Regular season standings

|+ style="background:#334C99; border-top:#F9DC56 5px solid; border-bottom:#F9DC56 5px solid"| |- ! style="width:11em" | Team! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | |- align="right"| align="left"| xy-Yorkton Terriers || 58 || 35 || 20 || 2 || 1 || 73|- align="right"| align="left"| x-Estevan Bruins || 58 || 31 || 20 || 3 || 1 || 66|- align="right"| align="left"| Weyburn Red Wings || 58 || 20 || 35 || 1 || 2 || 43|- align="right"| align="left"| Melville Millionaires || 58 || 16 || 36 || 2 || 4|| 38|-

|+ style="background:#334C99; border-top:#F9DC56 5px solid; border-bottom:#F9DC56 5px solid"| |- ! style="width:11em" | Team! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | |- align="right"| align="left"|xy-Flin Flon Bombers|58|36|15|7|0|79|- align="right"| align="left"| x-Melfort Mustangs| 58 ||32 ||17 ||6 ||3 ||73|- align="right"| align="left"| x-La Ronge Ice Wolves|58 ||33 ||19 ||3 ||3 ||72|- align="right"| align="left"| x-Nipawin Hawks|58||30||24||3||1||64

|+ style="background:#334C99; border-top:#F9DC56 5px solid; border-bottom:#F9DC56 5px solid"| |- ! style="width:11em" | Team! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | ! style="width:2.2em" | |- align="right"| align="left"| xy-Battlefords North Stars|58 ||45 ||11|| 2|| 0|| 92|- align="right"| align="left"| x-Humboldt Broncos|58|| 28|| 21||7||2||65|- align="right"| align="left"| Kindersley Klippers|58|24|27|6||1||55|- align="right"| align="left"| Notre Dame Hounds|58|18|32|5|3||44

• x = Clinched playoff position
• y = Clinched division

Playoffs

Playoffs cancelled during the first round due to Covid-19 Pandemic.

Further reading

• News: Kowal . Nolan . SJHL Attendance Down Across the League; Bruins Still Third Overall . 29 July 2024 . discoverestevan.com . 20 October 2021.
• News: Cairns . John . A long-awaited salute to the 2019-20 Battlefords North Stars . 11 August 2024 . SaskToday.ca . Harvard Media . 18 December 2021 . en.
• Web site: 2019-20 SJHL standings . www.hockeydb.com . 11 August 2024.
• News: Cornet . Derek . Kaminski named SJHL Coach of the Year . 11 August 2024 . sasknow.com . Pattison Media . 26 February 2020 . en.
• News: Schulze . Aaron . Hawks’ season ends with game seven loss . 11 August 2024 . sasknow.com . Pattison Media . 27 March 2019 . en.
• News: Gillis . Tory . Sask. Junior Hockey League to continue coronavirus-shortened playoffs via video game simulation . 11 August 2024 . CBC News . CBC/Radio-Canada . 22 April 2020.