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| Below you will find an announcement by BC Hockey regarding the mandatory use of helmets by coaches involved with minor hockey. Effective December 1, 2008 BC hockey now requires all coaches taking part in on-ice activities to wear a CSA Approved helmet. Failure to wear a helmet by a coach at practice will result in the pulling of BC Hockey’s sanction of the practice; this means that there is no insurance coverage for any player on the ice during the practice. If a child was seriously injured during the practice there would be no insurance coverage for the child’s injuries or resulting care. |
| Aldergrove Minor Hockey Association takes this new BC Hockey requirement very seriously, as a result any team official that is participating in an on ice activity without a helmet will be immediately suspended from all team activities pending a disciplinary hearing by the AMHA Disciplinary Committee. |
| AMHA Executive Committee |
| Helmet Requirement for Coaches Set for December 1 |
| Monday, October 27, 2008 |
| BC Hockey announced today that steps will be taken
to increase the level of safety for coaches taking part in
on-ice activities. |
| At meetings held this past weekend in Richmond,
the BC Hockey Executive Committee passed a motion which will
effectively require all coaches to wear a helmet during team
practices. A directive was issued today to all member
minor hockey associations in BC and the Yukon notifying them
of the requirement, which will take effect on December 1,
2008. |
| “The decision is viewed as a necessary step in the
evolution of safety requirements for hockey participants,
and has been in development over the past couple of years”
noted BC Hockey Risk Manager Randy Henderson.
“We had put our plans on hold in anticipation of a national
directive on the subject, but when we received word last
week from the Hockey Canada Safety and Risk Management
Committee that the release of a national policy was not
imminent our Board decided it was time to take action here
in BC.” |
| The decision sets out that failure to wear a
helmet by a coach at practice will result in the pulling of
BC Hockey’s sanction of the practice. Unsanctioned
activities are not covered by the association’s insurance
policy. The new policy will mean that all
coaches who participate on-ice with their players will be
required to wear a CSA approved helmet. “This policy
is being introduced with the coach’s safety in mind” added
Henderson. |
| For more information about BC Hockey, please visit
the BC Hockey website at
www.bchockey.net or email
info@bchockey.net . |
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