Remainder of 2019-20 AHL season canceled

The American Hockey League announced Monday that the remainder of the 2019-20 season has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

On Friday, May 8th, the league’s board of governor’s held a vote to cancel the season. The announcement comes exactly two months to the day of the announcement of the postponement of the season. This is the first time in the American Hockey League’s history that the season will not be completed. 

The Hershey Bears finish the season a 37-18-3-4 record with 81 points in 62 games, good for second in the Atlantic Division at the time of the cancelation. 

“After a lengthy review process, the American Hockey League has determined that the resumption and completion of the 2019-20 season is not feasible in light of current conditions,” said AHL President Dave Andrews in a statement.

“We are very grateful to the National Hockey League and its teams for their support and leadership in navigating through the challenges faced over the past two months.”

“The AHL continues to place paramount importance on the health and safety of our players, officials, staff and fans and all of their families, and we all look forward to returning to our arenas in 2020-21.”

“The safety and health of our players, coaches, staff, fans, and community has always been of the utmost importance, so we understand and support the difficult decision made by the American Hockey League to end the season due to this global health pandemic,” said Hershey Bears Vice President of Hockey Operations Bryan Helmer in a statement.

“We firmly believe we had a great chance of bringing a championship to Chocolatetown this year. We are very disappointed that we will not get to see that goal achieved for our team and, most importantly, for our tremendous fans. However, during this difficult time, the health and safety of our community needs to be the number one priority.” 

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