Innisfail Eagles grounded for 2020/21 as Ranchland Hockey League season cancelled
The NCHL ‘Senior AA’ 2020/21 season isn’t the only one being cancelled, as the Ranchland Hockey League also voted this week to take a year off.
The RHL, what would’ve been home to the Innisfail Eagles for the first time, unanimously decided to scrap its season also. The league is also ‘Senior AA,’ though the Eagles planned to compete as a ‘AAA’ team in order to be eligible for the 2021 Allan Cup.
Ryan Dodd, Eagles assistant coach and general manager, spoke to rdnewsNOW Friday and was blunt about how this will affect everyone involved with his club.
“This is the first year I will not have been involved with the Eagles since about 1994, so I’m devastated. You’re scared for the future of your club, your sponsors, and I feel terrible for the guys because as their coach, we have some great relationships and I love them; they’re like brothers,” Dodd said. “We won’t see each other, we won’t have the laughs. I won’t see them succeed, or help them through tough times and failures. I feel awful.”