FH: New season begins Saturday
Teams begin play with alternate format in 2021
VANCOUVER - The 2021 Canada West field hockey season gets underway on Saturday, with all three programs in action, as the conference is set to use an alternate schedule format this season.
The teams will play a total of eight regular season games during two separate double round-robin events. The first weekend of play in Victoria will feature four matches for each team.
The Victoria Vikes and Calgary Dinos are first to get things going with an 11:00 a.m. PDT start on Friday. The Dinos will play back-to-back games on opening day, with a 4:00 p.m. matchup against the UBC Thunderbirds.
Teams will travel to Vancouver for the second weekend of games, October 22-24.
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The Victoria Vikes are coming off of back-to-back conference and national titles in 2018 and 2019. The Vikes posted a 4-0-4 record to claim their 21st conference banner in program history.
The Canada West champion is awarded to the top finisher in the regular season standings. The winner will represent the conference at the best-of-three U SPORTS national championship, hosted by the winner of the OUA.