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21.04.2021 / 23:37

Ontario Hockey League players react to cancelled season

Ontario Hockey League cancelled its return to play.The OHL said in a statement that the provincial stay-at-home order and climbing COVID-19 case count made it impossible to go ahead with the season.“Everyone still had their hopes up, hoping that… (we could have) a shortened season (and) still get in some games, show off how we trained,” said Brenden Sirizzotti, Ottawa 67’s forward.It’s a crushing blow for Sirizzotti, who is eligible to be drafted into the NHL this summer.“There’s no ice anywhere right now, but going for runs and rollerblades and stuff like that, but I feel like there’s no need to take an off-season because of how short this turnaround is going to be, if we start up again in early August for training camp,” said Sirizzotti.

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Sport minister: OHL return to play would be ‘irresponsible’ right now

Ontario Hockey League right now.Sports Minister Lisa MacLeod said Thursday that the province was days away from approving the OHL’s plan to return to play in late March when the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic began in earnest in Ontario.

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OHL to get $2.35 million for Ontario post-secondary scholarships as part of initiative

Ontario Hockey League will receive $2.35 million from the Ontario government as part of $15.3 million in funding to support sport and recreation organizations and high-performance athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic.Lisa MacLeod, Ontario’s Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, made the announcement today.MacLeod said the OHL funding will be for the league’s post-secondary education scholarships for athletes with its 17 Ontario-based clubs.MacLeod added each OHL franchise will receive approximately $138,000 for help with player scholarship commitments.

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Details of OHL hub cities, bubbles being worked on: Ontario sport minister

Ontario’s sports minister says that the details of hub cities and bubbles for a shortened major junior hockey season in the province are being ironed out.Lisa MacLeod says she’s more confident than she has been in the past that there will be an Ontario Hockey League season.The OHL hasn’t had any games this season due to health and travel restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rick Zamperin: One year after coronavirus hit, sports industry continues to struggles

COVID-19 pandemic one year ago.Despite bubble cities, shortened seasons and the constant testing of athletes for the novel coronavirus, what we have been left with is an industry that is a shell of its former self.Yes, the National Hockey League was able to pull off a successful bubble in Toronto and Edmonton last summer and award the Stanley Cup, and the National Basketball Association pulled off the same feat in their bubble at Disney World, but it just wasn’t the same without a live crowd to cheer and jeer the highs and lows of each game.Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer figured out how to make their shortened seasons work in the face of numerous positive COVID-19 tests at the onset of their respective campaigns, while the

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Ontario Hockey League players and team executives reflect on March 2020 pause

Ontario Hockey League was ramping up towards another post-season and all of a sudden, like the rest of the world, it hit a wall.The Canadian Hockey League released a statement, pausing junior hockey around the country due to the pandemic.“I only came home with a duffel bag with, like, a tracksuit and a few pairs of socks,” said Ethan Keppen, Flint Firebirds forward.Keppen and his team were returning to Flint, Mich., at the time and they were sent home.“I still have most of my stuff down there and hoping I get to see them again someday and get the rest of my stuff,” said Keppen.The Whitby product was thinking he’d be back with his teammates in a few weeks but it’s turned into a year.It’s been 365 days of no games but he’s ready for when that

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Coronavirus: Ontario’s sport minister confident OHL will play games in 2021

Ontario Hockey League will get approval to stage a 2021 season during the COVID-19 pandemic.Lisa MacLeod says she’s “feeling great” about the OHL’s chances of playing games.The OHL is the only one of Canada’s three major-junior hockey leagues not to begin a 2021 season. It has been 365 days since the last London Knights hockey game The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League started close to its regular October start date, but the season was suspended in late November before resuming in January.

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OHL delays the start of the season, again

Ontario Hockey League has announced further delays to the start of the 2020-21 regular season.Training camps had been scheduled to begin in the middle of January, with most players expected to report to their teams earlier in the month.In a statement, commissioner David Branch says that with the provincewide shutdown announced this week, the OHL season is unable to start as planned on Feb. 4, 2021.“The league will continue to consult and work closely with governments and health authorities to determine potential start dates in the new year,” said Branch.

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Coronavirus: MacLeod says OHL’s return won’t happen with bodychecking, other physical contact

The Ontario Hockey League will have to try to remove physical contact, including bodychecking, if it’s to have a 2020-21 season.Lisa MacLeod, Ontario’s minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, spoke with media on Wednesday, where she addressed a variety of issues facing sports in the province during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of her most pressing concerns is the OHL’s return-to-play plan, which she said is currently targeting an early December start date.However, MacLeod said steps have to be taken by the OHL – or any sporting organization in the province – to slow the spread of COVID-19, including removing close physical contact among players.

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Ontario Hockey League announces more key dates, training camps to start Nov. 15

Ontario Hockey League has announced some key dates as it looks to return to play before the end of 2020.The league is still aiming at a Dec. 1 start date and is now saying training camps will start Nov.

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Rick Zamperin: OHL announces return to play plan, but will it work?

Ontario Hockey League has released a few details of its return to play plan, but the question now is, will it work?After cancelling the remainder of the 2019-20 season and playoffs in the spring as the coronavirus pandemic began to spread across North America, the OHL says it plans to come back on Dec. 1.The league says it will employ a 64-game schedule, down from the traditional 68 games, and the regular season would wrap up on April 29, 2021.

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Ontario Hockey League announces return to play plan, 2020-21 season to start Dec. 1

Ontario Hockey League has announced its return to play plan after it postponed the 2019-20 season in March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.The league says it plans to come back on Dec. 1 with a 64-game schedule and a 16-team playoff format.The regular season is scheduled to end on April 29, 2021, and the 102nd Memorial Cup is scheduled to be played June 17-27, 2021 and will be hosted by either the Oshawa Generals or Sault Ste.

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‘A sad day’: Cancelled 2020 Memorial Cup in Kelowna, B.C., would have started this week

The City of Kelowna should be awash in hockey right now. Instead, Prospera Place sits empty.

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OHL Commissioner David Branch: ‘Right now, our league is planning to open up on time’

During the COVID-19 pandemic, plans change quickly and often.

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OHL holds virtual draft amidst coronavirus pandemic

The Ontario Hockey League‘s 2020 draft began Saturday morning like no other, because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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David Branch on cancelling the Memorial Cup: ‘We had to respond in the right way’

For the first time in the tournament’s 102 year history, the Memorial Cup will not be played.

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Coronavirus: OHL cancels remainder of regular season, no decision yet on playoffs

The Ontario Hockey League has cancelled the remaining 56 games of the 2019-20 season amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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