Checking in Minor Hockey

 

MEMBERS OF SOUTH SIDE MHA

 

Hockey PEI Minor Council held its Winter Presidents Workshop recently. One of the topics discussed related to checking at the “A” level of minor hockey. It appeared to me that the Minor Council board members may be moving towards removing checking from all levels of A level hockey in PEI, similar to several other provinces in Canada.

 

You may have recently read notices in local newspapers and elsewhere, where a number of minor hockey associations are hosting general meetings to discuss this issue. The South Side MHA board discussed this topic at a recent meeting and board members were united in how they felt about the issue, and will not be planning to host a meeting. Hockey PEI has, however, asked the MHA’s from across PEI to poll their membership in order to determine the thoughts of the various parents/players within the local communities.

 

Instead of a general meeting, we decided to host a survey on our website to assist us in obtaining a general overview of how our members feel about the issue.

 

If interested, you can complete the survey on line and we will review the comments and prepare a summary that will help us prepare a response for Hockey PEI. You can leave a name if you wish…..all responses will be held in confidence. I would like to acknowledge Robin Laird, Montague MHA for preparing the survey. Click here to complete our document. Please email it back to survey@southsidelynx.com. We also ask that you click on this link to for the online vote.

 

I would ask that anyone participating to please complete the survey by February 5, 2010.

 

Steve Watts

President

South Side MHA