
The governing group for novice hockey in Newfoundland and Labrador has turn out to be the hottest provincial physique to declare it will withhold player fees from Hockey Canada.

Hockey N.L. mentioned in a assertion posted Friday to its internet site it will not be distributing its $3-for every-player participant fee to Hockey Canada though the national governing system is less than impartial review.

Hockey Canada has been below extreme scrutiny considering that May, when it was uncovered that an undisclosed settlement experienced been compensated to a lady who alleged in a $3.55-million lawsuit she was sexually assaulted by 8 players in London, Ont., in 2018.

It has also come to gentle that Hockey Canada held a fund partly maintained by slight hockey registration costs to spend for uninsured liabilities, which includes sexual assault and abuse claims.

Hockey New Brunswick reported Friday it would withhold the service fees, following identical moves by provincial bodies like the Ontario Hockey Federation, Hockey Quebec and Hockey Nova Scotia.

Hockey N.L. also introduced Thursday that it not long ago founded a sexual violence avoidance plan for its members, as properly as an LGBTQ2+ coverage, but it stopped quick of cutting ties with Hockey Canada.

This report by The Canadian Press was 1st published Oct. 8, 2022.
