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Submitted By Mike Gouglas on Thursday, December 12, 2019 (7316 views)
The MMHA Hockey Development Program is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the following Winter 2020 Development Clinics. Both our Player and Goalie Development Clinics provide our players an opportunity for additional skill instruction by professional instructors throughout the hockey season.
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Submitted By Deb Larsen on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 (945 views)
At
its Winter Congress this weekend in Montreal, the Hockey Canada membership
approved a regulation change proposed by the board of directors to revise the
naming of the age divisions used in minor hockey across Canada.
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Submitted By Deb Larsen on Friday, August 30, 2019 (1132 views)
Download Hockey Canada Safety Requires Teamwork and Safety For All
As we move into the 2019-2020 hockey season Hockey Canada would like to take
this opportunity to emphasize the current regulation that exists with respect to
hazing. Hockey Canada takes hazing very seriously and urges all team staff and
those involved with teams across Canada to implement strict policies against
hazing regardless as to the level of hockey you are involved with.
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Submitted By Deb Larsen on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 (2532 views)
NEW REQUIREMENTS TO PLAY
Rowan’s Law (Concussion Safety), makes Ontario a national leader in concussion management and prevention by establishing mandatory requirements that call for:
- Annual review of concussion awareness resources that help prevent, identify, and manage concussions, which athletes, coaches, educators and parents are required to review before registering in a sport.
- Removal-from-sport and return-to-sport protocols, to ensure that an athlete is immediately removed from sport if they are suspected of having sustained a concussion and giving them the time required to heal properly.
- A concussion code of conduct that sets out rules of behaviour to minimize concussions while playing sport
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Submitted By Deb Larsen on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 (1510 views)
The Ontario Minor Hockey Association announced the grand prize winner and finalists of the fifth annual Essay Contest presented by Respect in Sport. This year's theme was ‘Hockey is for Everyone'. The contest was designed to engage players in an educational manner while encouraging them to express their thoughts on what life skills they learn from playing hockey.
Matthew Wong of the Markham Minor Hockey Association is this year’s winner who wrote about his teammates support each other and work together to succeed. For being named winner, Matthew will receive a $1000 worth of CCM Hockey Gear.
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