The season's start was delayed for more than a month while university and health officials could decide on a safe way to play games.
This was done to reduce the amount of travel and exposure that the players and staff members would experience throughout the season.
[2] As a result of this arrangement, the conference standings would not be altered, however, tournament seeding would continue with east and west teams until the semifinal round.
This would cause the Pairwise Rankings, which were normally used to determine the at-large bids for the NCAA tournament, to be rendered useless.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average[5] Teams are reseeded for the semifinals Note: * denotes overtime period(s) USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.