Games, practices cancelled until further notice
Mississauga, ON –….The Ontario Junior Hockey League has been closely monitoring all developments pertaining to the COVID-19 situation vis-a-vis our league. At all times, the health and safety of our players, staff, fans and volunteers has been at the forefront of our focus.
The league implemented a Response Management Team on March 10, 2020 on behalf of our 22 member clubs, players and staff. A stringent reporting process for our clubs was instigated and required teams to notify the league if any individual associated with a club was known to have contracted or otherwise been exposed to COVID-19. This included various travel-related and other inquiries.
To date, the league has not been informed of any confirmed cases from any players, staff or others within the league. Additionally, the 8 clubs remaining in the OJHL Playoffs were instructed to contact each of their facility operators to receive an outline as to the preventative measures being implemented for the safety of the public in the various facilities.
The OJHL was informed this morning of Hockey Canada’s deliberations and there were many communications within the CJHL. Our Board of Directors decided to await the issuance of final direction from Hockey Canada before making a decision on its playoffs.
Tonight, the league was informed of the decision by Hockey Canada to suspend all play within the organization across Canada. The OJHL supports the decision of Hockey Canada and has suspended play in the 2020 OJHL Playoffs, including all team practices, workouts and events until further notice.
The league will continue to be in close contact with our governing bodies, medical professionals and our member clubs and will continue to monitor the situation moving forward and as things progress.
About the OJHL –“League of Choice”
The Ontario Junior Hockey League is the largest Junior ‘A’ league operating under the auspices of the
Canadian Junior Hockey League with 22 member clubs. A proud member of the CJHL and Ontario
Hockey Association, the OJHL was originally named the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League and it was formed out of the Central Junior ‘B’ Hockey League in 1993-94. With a long and storied history of developing players for the next level, including U Sports, the NCAA, CHL, minor pro ranks and the NHL, the OJHL had more than 125 commitments in 2018-19 – including more than 65 NCAA Division I scholarships.
