TOPSHOT - Flowers lie at centre ice as people gather for a vigil at the Elgar Petersen Arena, home of the Humboldt Broncos, to honour the victims of a fatal bus accident, April 8, 2018 in Humboldt, Canada. Mourners in the tiny Canadian town of Humboldt, still struggling to make sense of a devastating tragedy, prepared Sunday for a prayer vigil to honor the victims of the truck-bus crash that killed 15 of their own and shook North American ice hockey. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / JONATHAN HAYWARD

Report: Saskatchewan junior league to resume playoffs after Humboldt bus tragedy

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The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League decided Wednesday to resume its postseason in the wake of the Humboldt Broncos bus accident that claimed 15 lives last Friday, according to Farhan Lalji of TSN.

Hockey was put on hold after the horrific accident, but the decision to complete the season was made with the full support of the Broncos' team and staff.

The bus collided with a tractor trailer as the team traveled to play its SJHL semifinal against the Nipawin Hawks.

The vote to resume the season was a unanimous one, according to Lalji, with Game 1 of the final expected to be Saturday in Nipawin.

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