Girls-only minor hockey movement put on ice, for now
NANAIMO — The president of the Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association (NMHA) is blowing the whistle on what he calls a “rushed plan” to drastically alter how girls on Vancouver Island play the game.
The Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association (VIAHA) has decided to hold off on mandating the primary team for girls to play on must be female-only for the 2018/19 season.
NMHA president Brad Knight said he only first heard of the idea a few days prior to the VIAHA’s annual general meeting last weekend.
“Who are we to say that she’s not allowed to play the sport the way she wants to play in the fashion she wants to do it in,” Knight said.