The CJHL officially cancelled the entirety of its postseason games including the Centennial Cup which was set to take place in May. This was obviously due to the COVID-19 virus that has been spreading across the world.

The Portage Terriers were three games into the MJHL playoffs at this time and had a 2-1 series lead over the Dauphin Kings in the first-round matchup. Head coach and general manager Blake Spiller describes how he heard the news and gives his initial reaction.

"It went from our commissioner, last Thursday, sending an email at a quarter after 12 saying that it is business as usual and then, just after 2:00, the Winkler and Virden game was cancelled," says Spiller. "Then at 7:00 at night, the season was done. The way it all unfolded, I think, was disappointing and I thought it was a little bit of a knee-jerk reaction by the CJHL."

Spiller says it initially came out that the season was postponed until further notice but it released the following day that it would not take place at all. Once he received this information he informed the rest of the team.

The players were extremely disappointed by this outcome as they had their guaranteed spot in the Centennial Cup taken away. The 20-year olds will now be moving on to new endeavours in their life/hockey career and Spiller feels bad for the fact that they didn't know they were playing in their last game ever in the MJHL.

He talks about the worst part for the guys in the locker room.

"Everybody had the hope that they would suspend the season temporarily, similar to the Western Hockey League and similar to a couple of the leagues in the states," says Spiller. "I think that was the disappointing part for our guys, for them to completely close it down saying there's no possible way."

Spiller says things more than likely could've been adjusted if need be to make the postseason still happen in some form.

"It appears that other leagues are going to try and find a way," says Spiller. "Sometimes it takes some originality, whether you have got to shorten the series or whether you've got to play some kind of a tournament format. It seemed like the CJHL just didn't want to entertain any of that stuff, which to me is very disappointing and that was the big thing for our guys."

Spiller notes he was fairly happy with their season as a whole and feels they were just hitting their stride as a team before it ended.