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 Hockey Canada Adopts Zero Tolerance Policy for Head Contact 

 

  by Jean Rickerson  Founder/editor

 

May 28, 2011--  In a bold but necessary move for the protection of hockey players all across Canada, officials at Hockey Canada's Annual General Meeting (AGM) voted unanimously to adopt a zero tolerance policy for head contact and head checks.

 

Items approved by Hockey Canada’s board of directors during this year’s AGM include:

• zero tolerance measures for all head contact or checks in minor, female, junior and senior hockey:


-in minor and female hockey, a minor penalty shall be assessed for all accidental hits to the head, while a double minor penalty, or a major and game misconduct at the discretion of the referee based on the degree of violence of impact, shall be assessed for any intentional contact to the head;


-in junior (Junior A, B, C, D) and senior hockey, a minor and a misconduct or a major and a game misconduct shall be assessed for all checks to the head, at the discretion of the referee


-a major penalty and a game misconduct, or match penalty, shall be assessed to any player who injures an opponent under this rule

 

According to the National Post, "'Murray Costello, a vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, said Saturday that head contact also needs to be eliminated from the international game.

'President (Rene) Fasel of the IIHF has always said from the beginning that there’s no such thing as a clean hit to the head,' Costello said. 'One of the worrisome things in all of our consultations was to get head injuries out of our game. There’s no room for it. But we have to come down hard and fast in a zero tolerance way.

This will be welcomed that Canada is taking a stronger initiative. That will cause the (IIHF) to consider to getting more serious and making tougher rules there too.'"  Rule change: Full Story

Experts in Canada estimate 20,000 Canadian junior hockey league players will suffer a concussion this season, and only a fraction of these athletes will be removed from play.  Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that banning bodychecking until age 13 reduced the incidence of concussion, although leagues in Quebec are the only ones who have adopted this rule. Most leagues in Canada allow bodychecking at age 11.  Bodychecking: Full story

 

Hockey Canada is the governing body for minor hockey and Canada's international men's and women's hockey teams.  Over 560,000 athletes participate in Hockey Canada's programs annually.

 

Questions/comments?  Contact Jean Rickerson at jean@sportsconcussions.org


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