This year’s high school ice hockey season already is odd. For one, it’s been altered from a 2020-21 season to just a 2021 season. Secondly, it’s been reduced to a 15-game, regular-season schedule. And what’s this? No fans screaming and yelling at games?

“That’s definitely going to be different,” said Southern Regional head coach Graham Borg, who’s about to guide the Rams for the first time against his former squad, Toms River South-East, on Friday, Jan. 15.