Hello Association
Presidents and Head Coaches,
Please forward the
below policy amendment to all teams and post
accordingly:
Please
note: the MHL Board of Directors have passed an amendment to the MHL Helmet
Policy as of September 11, 2008.
Amendment: That all persons on MHL ice
must wear a helmet, whether they are players, coaches, volunteers and/or paid
instructors.
REVISED MHL HELMET POLICY
All on-ice coaches, trainers,
assistant coaches, assistant trainers, volunteers or paid instructors will be
required to wear CSA approved helmets during all on-ice activities. Sanctions
for non compliance: first incident results in written notification/warning by
one or all of the following; MHL Board of Directors, MHL Area Association
Executive Member, or the MHL Office. On a second incident by the same party,
that individual shall be suspended from participation in MHL activity for a
minimum of 2 weeks. For a third infraction of the policy, the participant shall
be suspended for a period of 1 year.
It is recommended that all players wear
CSA approved mouth guards.
For complete
rules and regulations please review the 2008-09 MHL Yearbook (which can also be
found on-line under Rules & Regulations on the MHL web-site – www.hockey.on.ca)
Thank
you.
Brad
Norris
Executive Director
Tel: (905) 607-1118
Fax: (905)
607-1124
Web-site: www.hockey.on.ca