Toronto as is the fight amongst minor hockey organizations for ice time at the city’s rinks. But as it has with so many other organized events, the COVID-19 pandemic has made the prospect of on-ice competition this year anything but a certainty.
That has been particularly true at the house league level, where teams generally play once a week at a calibre meant to be lighter on competitiveness but heavy on fun.Already two of the city’s leagues have chosen to forego their 2020-21 house league seasons, and many more are said to be considering the same.Earlier this week both the Amesbury/Bert Robinson Minor Hockey League and the East York Hockey Association announced their house league programs would take the season off.