Since September, Reimer has skated with Delta Hockey Academy’s U18 Prep squad alongside some other WHL-bound players. The move allows Everett Silvertips, Portland Winterhawks, Seattle Thunderbirds, Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans to play division-only games. Division will begin their 2020-21 season on March 19, in line with updated COVID-19 protocols in Washington State. “The other divisions haven’t been given the green light, so it’s fortunate to be in the Central Division, and I’m super excited to get playing games again, even though it’s about a month until those (games) happen.” “It’s amazing, and we’re very fortunate,” said Reimer, who previously played minor hockey in Cloverdale. No such return-to-play plan is in place for WHL teams in some other regions, including those in B.C. All games will be played on weekends, with home-and-home games only and no fans allowed in arenas. 12 for the Oil Kings, Red Deer Rebels, Lethbridge Hurricanes, Medicine Hat Tigers and Calgary Hitmen.Īlberta’s WHL teams will play a 24-game schedule, with games against just one opponent per week and a five-day break before playing another team. At the earliest, pre-season on-ice training will start Feb. Upon arrival in Edmonton, Reimer and the others will undergo COVID-19 testing followed by an additional quarantine period. It hasn’t been bad, actually, just pretty funny. “I have five days left, because I leave on Sunday (Feb. “My Mom knocks on the door every couple hours with snacks or lunch, some food,” he added with a laugh. “I’ve got my bed here and my PlayStation, and that’s it. “I’m not allowed to leave my basement,” Reimer, 16, said Monday (Feb.
Reimer is headed to Oil Kings training camp nearly two years after the franchise made him the first Surrey-area player selected in WHL Bantam Draft in the spring of 2019, in the first round, 18th overall.īut first, the league-mandated quarantine period for him and other players.
26, following many months of COVID-caused shutdown. Health authorities in Alberta have allowed the province’s five WHL teams to start their Central Division season on Feb. The six-foot-three centre is quarantined for a week in preparation for his trip to Edmonton and the delayed start of the Western Hockey League (WHL) season. Although he’s endured a kind of prison sentence in the basement of his Surrey home, Caleb Reimer can be considered one of the lucky ones.
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