Do you plan on making the NHL? It is good to see that you have aspirations in hockey, don’t let anybody deture you from your dreams. However, making the NHL is no easy task. In fact, it is proably one of the most gruelling and painful endevors an athelet can make. If you were to [...]
The Hockey community has been struck with tragedy again. Luc Bourdon a defenseman with the Manitoba Moose, and top draft pick of the Vancouver Canucks was sadly killed in a motorcycle accident. A truely unfortunate event. Luc represented Canada in the world juniors, winning 2 goad medals for Canada. Our thoughts and prayers go out [...]
The Hockey Development Center of Ontario, a agency of the Ontario government announced the 84 players who will be participating in the final selection camp.The camp will take place in Thunder Bay.
See who the players are(.pdf)
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To enter the Bring Home the Stanley Cup contest, fans must [...]
Many of you probably already know. But other may just be entering into the hockey realm and realizing that to be successful in the sport you need a heck of a lot of money. There are rumours that some minor midget coaches could be making upward of $150,000. This probably represents one of the higher [...]
The Ontario Hockey Federation approved changes to their regulations. The areas affected were players transfers, development fees, tampering, and AAA waivers. The two most drastic changes were in the development fees structuring. It seems the OHF is attempting to encourage the growth of its Midget AAA and making the transition more smooth. The OHF also [...]
This probably won’t mean much for anybody but this game will mark the end of the neckguardless OHL. The OHL recently announced that their players were going to be forced to wear neckguards as a result of a meeting where the issue was voted on. The neckguard debate was sparked by the Richard Zednik incident [...]
This could all be stopped by a wearing a neckguard. This is not the first time it has happened. Goalies are particularly at risk of injury as the are often on the ice and in close proximity to skates. Additionally and play found not wearing the neckguard can be given a minor penalty, and if [...]
Hockey Canada, the managing body of hockey in Canada is now beginning the quest to search for host for the IIHF World Junior Championship for 2010 and 2012. While Switzerland was originally given the opportunity to host the 2010 championships, they decline as they feared they were being relegated at the home team. This means [...]
Hockey Canada has approved rule changes for the 2008/2009 season. The rules were passed at the recent Semi-Annual meeting that saw the end of body checking at the Rep-Minor Atom and Atom level.
Download Rule Changes
Download URL:http://www.box.net/shared/906sqn74sw
Read the Ontario Hockey Federation Memo Regarding Body Checking
Link URL:http://www.ohf.on.ca/web_pages/headlines_news.php?ID=161
