As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed.

Despite the issues, Union and most of ECAC Hockey was expecting to start playing some time in November.

On October 16, Yale raised the campus alert status from green to yellow when the 18th member of the men's ice hockey team tested positive for coronavirus.

[1] Less than a month later, the Ivy League, the primary conference for 6 ECAC programs, announced that it was cancelling all winter sports for 2020–21.

[3] Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Union's players would lose a season of play.