Dear Members,
Hockey Manitoba along with Portage Minor Hockey Association have been made aware of the formation of an Elite Atom League. Portage Minor Hockey as well as Hockey Manitoba and Hockey Canada do not support such a league. Below is an insert to the following letter sent to this league by Hockey Manitoba. The below is high light of this letter as it pertains to anyone wanting to join this league.
http://www.portageminorhockey.com/files/outlaw_hockey_-_manitoba_elite_hockey_league__.pdf
As you are also aware Hockey Canada/Hockey Manitoba is responsible for the training and education of all coaches and game officials and it is incumbent for us to advise you that any coach, player or official that chooses to participate in outlaw hockey will be subject to the appropriate sanctions.
The current Hockey Canada policy pertaining to the operation of outlaw hockey is as follows, “Any individual who participates (knowingly or otherwise) in “outlaw” programs after
September 30th of the season in question (“the Cut-Off Date”) will lose all membership privileges with Hockey Canada/Hockey Manitoba for the remainder of the season and may only reapply for membership with Hockey Canada/Hockey Manitoba after the end of the season.”
In addition Hockey Manitoba may decertify any participating coach, manager or game official who voluntarily chooses to participate in an outlaw program and will consider them members “not in good standing.”
Furthermore, Hockey Canada/Hockey Manitoba and its member associations will make every effort to ensure that all local minor hockey and associations will not support you in any manner whatsoever. For clarity “supporting” includes but is not limited to, assisting an “outlaw’ league directly or indirectly through advertisement, promotion, ticket sales, volunteer activities, assigning Officials, sharing resources or enabling a league to participate in Hockey Canada/Hockey Manitoba sanctioned activities. Hockey Manitoba will withhold tournament sanctions and will preclude such associations from benefitting from any Hockey Canada/Hockey Manitoba sanctioned event by whatever means necessary, including the withdrawal of any such event from any community within the geographic boundaries of that association that could include, but not limited to, Provincials, Director’s Cup, Future Stars, Program of Excellence, Royal Bank Cup, Western Shield, Keystone Cup etc.
If you have any questions, please contact Rod Sveistrup, President of Portage Minor Hockey.
thank you,
Portage Minor Hockey Board