The 2020–21 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season began on February 5, 2021 and concluded on March 14 of the same year. This was the 39th season of second-tier college ice hockey.
Regular season
Due to
COVID-19
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concerns, the
Northeast-10 Conference
The Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of ...
announced in July that all league activities would be suspended through the end of the 2020 calendar year.
As all Division II programs played in the Northeast-10, this put the entire D-II season in jeopardy. Eventually all of the schools decided to cancel their seasons except for one.
Franklin Pierce
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soldiered on by themselves, playing just six games against three opponents (all
Division III
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
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Standings
See also
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2020–21 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on November 14, 2020 and concluded with the Frozen Four on April 10, 2021. Due to the cancellation of the previous year's tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic, this was the 73rd season in ...
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2020–21 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
The 2020–21 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 30, 2020, and concluded on April 5, 2021. This was the 48th season of Division III college ice hockey.
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, approximately half of the ...
References
External links
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NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...