Guelph Storm's Alexey Toropchenko checks Prince Albert Raiders' Aliaksei Protas in second period 2019 Memorial Cup action in Halifax on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.The Ontario Hockey League will not have bodychecking this coming season, according to Lisa MacLeod.
Ontario’s minister of sport said Friday afternoon in a speech delivered to the Empire Club of Canada that removing purposeful physical contact is a necessity for all sports in the province to slow the spread of COVID-19. “Not just in the OHL, not just in hockey in general, but in all sports,” MacLeod said. “We’re in a very serious game right now and the reality is we have to take those public health precautions.”The OHL announced on Thursday that it plans to start a shortened season on Feb. 4, the last of Canada’s three major junior leagues to release a schedule.
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season started earlier this month, but the schedule has been affected by several COVID-19 outbreaks as well as provincial government restrictions. After play was restricted to Maritimes Division teams the past two weeks, some Quebec teams are scheduled to resume play this weekend.MacLeod said the decision to ban bodychecking was influenced by the outbreaks in the QMJHL.
So this is just like being allowed to shit in public toilets but not being able to sit on them. Great work.
Then cancel the season until you can play by the rules.
I agree with the doctors.
Go ahead ruin hockey too.
Cancel the season!
You have got to be kidding.
And no tackling in football or touching someone with a baseball when they're 'out'...WTF!!!
Oh so maybe Bobby Orr and his good teammate Trump can play then.
And drawing the line between body contact and checking. This will be a nightmare ....SJW hockey....
You mean they are just supposed to play hockey
The stick work will be brutal.
Players will be grinding along the boards. If anyone is afraid that they will contract COVID-19, cancel the season. There’ll be more injuries from pulling up to avoid hits than if you let them play. Puts OHL at disadvantage for MEM Cup if other leagues don’t take same action.
Cancel the season you Hosers!
Shut it down until you can play the game that way it’s supposed to be played
The Game is done - not because of the virus but because of Socialist ideals-sad
Cancel the season
The reality is ALL sports are having to make accommodations to adapt to our new reality. Playing with a restriction is better than not playing at all!
Lmao. The rules have actually surpassed angering to me and have moved into surreal and hilarious. The fact that people thought this was a good enough idea to pass it as a rule is concerning for our future as “intelligent beings”. Funny shit tho.
What? Will there be ice and skates? Those can be dangerous too.
Who's making these decisions? Absolutely nonsense.
Then why watch hockey lol
Bye bye dream of this OHL players to be drafted by NHL. Maybe they get lucky and be drafted in the next life.
How will any of these kids get drafted? I’m all for precaution. Put them In a bubble and let them play the way they have been preparing for, for years.
If they wear masks and support lockdowns can they still trash talk?
So dumb, good luck in the NHL no knowing how to finish checks 🤦♂️
Couldn’t be stupider. This actually should prove to people that the politicians and community leaders are just making this shit up. That’s it. Full stop. Time to take it back before it’s too late
How can a politician make this kind of decree?
What?
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