News Article: No bodychecking will be allowed in upcoming OHL season

[bobbyorr04]

I rather zero hockey than hockey with no body contact.

I agree

It'll be like watching all-star games all season

No thanks!

 

[Scruffy]

Laughable and pathetic

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

This has nothing to do with the league, it's Ontario's sports minister Lisa MacLeod (who isn't a hockey fan) saying that the OHL has to remove hitting if they are going to allow their return to play plan.

Who knows where the situation will be in February. She has no jurisdiction over the three US based teams and can NOT enforce that when it comes to Erie, Saginaw and Flint.

The OHL is in talks with the Ontario Government and they will absolutely insist they can not remove hitting from the game.

This is NOT a league thing, but a government thing by a Sports Minister that doesn't understand the game.

A sports prime minister? Do they just create jobs for themselves? Haha I could be ignorant and we have something similar here in the US lol

She sounds like a nitwit. Why do people have to get their sticky fingers in stuff they clearly have no business involving themselves in?

 

[cat400]

From Ontario’s Premier.
https://twitter.com/fordnation/status/1322693592528363523?s=21


“We are engaging with the @Ohlhockey to create a safe return to play plan, which will need to be approved by health experts. To date no decisions have been made. I would like to see the OHL return as normal as possible with body checking.”

 

[SPLBRUIN]

This has nothing to do with the league, it's Ontario's sports minister Lisa MacLeod (who isn't a hockey fan) saying that the OHL has to remove hitting if they are going to allow their return to play plan.

Who knows where the situation will be in February. She has no jurisdiction over the three US based teams and can NOT enforce that when it comes to Erie, Saginaw and Flint.

The OHL is in talks with the Ontario Government and they will absolutely insist they can not remove hitting from the game.

This is NOT a league thing, but a government thing by a Sports Minister that doesn't understand the game.

Lisa Macleod created a huge mess in her first job with this government in trying to revamp the Autism file, loud protests followed before the government promised to go back on the new changes and she was promptly moved out of that ministerial position to her current position. Now we have this, not to turn this into a political forum, but decisions like this seem to follow her, hopefully Premier Ford who is a big sports guys steps in here and brings back some common sense.

 

[northeastern]

I'm not a Dr but man this confuses me... Body checking is not the top germ spreader in sports.

A faceoff seems like a much riskier thing is you ask me but maybe they know something I don't...

 

[KrejciMVP]

What a joke

 

[KrejciMVP]

I rather zero hockey than hockey with no body contact.

I don't see how any serious player can consider this league now. Bad for development

 

[Kegs]

Covid is wrecking Canadian hockey

 

[easton117]

This has nothing to do with the league, it's Ontario's sports minister Lisa MacLeod (who isn't a hockey fan) saying that the OHL has to remove hitting if they are going to allow their return to play plan.

Who knows where the situation will be in February. She has no jurisdiction over the three US based teams and can NOT enforce that when it comes to Erie, Saginaw and Flint.

The OHL is in talks with the Ontario Government and they will absolutely insist they can not remove hitting from the game.

This is NOT a league thing, but a government thing by a Sports Minister that doesn't understand the game.

Kind of smells like a ‘hey we did something’ routine from our government.

Wish they could find a link between covid and potholes. The ones on my street are laying a beating on my suspension.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

I would not draft or sign any of the 20-21 OHL figure skaters.

 

[BruinDust]

I would not draft or sign any of the 20-21 OHL figure skaters.

They don't draft OHL guys now when there was body-checking.

There will be plenty of options to draft from on the Green Bay Gamblers and Youngstown Phantoms.

 

[DangleCity]

Wow. I’m all for keeping it safe but this is lunacy levels. You can’t hit each other but you can stand next to each other on a face off, sit next to each other on the bench, celebrate when you score and just have all around contact on the ice but hitting is where we draw the line?

Is this just a league taking an opportunity to remove hitting from the game in the name of “COVID”?

An utter joke.

Yes absolutely

 

[DangleCity]

I would not draft or sign any of the 20-21 OHL figure skaters.

Lol, Sweeney doesn't need an excuse to not draft OHL guys. Already wasnt

 

[DangleCity]

Keep government and politics out of the discussion...........

Feels like goverment and politics is inserting itself into the sport.

 

[BigHitter67]

It's about using COVID as a pretext to advance an agenda to remove hitting and fighting from hockey.

lol.. cue up the conspiracy theories. So who exactly has an ‘agenda’ to remove hitting from hockey?

 

[Gee Wally]

Feels like goverment and politics is inserting itself into the sport.

Could be...but it isnt to be discussed here.
If Sniper is summoned again to intervene wouldnt surprise me to see a few less posters.
But heck...everyone got fair warning from him. He rules the roost.

 

[ODAAT]

Wow. I’m all for keeping it safe but this is lunacy levels. You can’t hit each other but you can stand next to each other on a face off, sit next to each other on the bench, celebrate when you score and just have all around contact on the ice but hitting is where we draw the line?

Is this just a league taking an opportunity to remove hitting from the game in the name of “COVID”?

An utter joke.

sure is a joke, all for safety as well but a bridge too far

 

[ODAAT]

I rather zero hockey than hockey with no body contact.

watching hockey on the tube with no fans was bad enough, now this

I could have understood with no fighting at all, players head to head tossing punches at each other but this is too much

 

[dafoomie]

lol.. cue up the conspiracy theories. So who exactly has an ‘agenda’ to remove hitting from hockey?

Lisa MacLeod.

 

[NDiesel]

For junior players who are draft eligible, I wonder if many of them consider going to Europe instead to play.

 

[BigHitter67]

Lisa MacLeod.

lol

 

[shelbysdad]

I gotta wonder if this will be extremely difficult for the players...Since they have been taught at a young age to take the body, it seems to go against their hockey instincts

I also wonder what is defined as a body check....can a D angle someone coming down the wall into the boards or is that a no go....

might as well ban puck battles in the corner, since there is a more prolonged contact time than a body check

 

[Saxon Eric]

I would not draft or sign any of the 20-21 OHL figure skaters.

Sweeney is way ahead of the curve

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

lol

Why is it funny? She’s the idiot pushing this lol