COVID-19 restrictions in the province prohibit team sports.Organizer Brent Saik said he has been in discussions with the province about how the event could be held safely.Alberta Health spokesperson Tom McMillan said in a statement to Global News the department has received the proposal.“It has not yet been approved.
It is being reviewed. Our priority is always public health,” McMillan said.Saik said, if the event were allowed to go ahead, the majority of players would be from the Edmonton-area and would have to complete a quarantine process before the start of the hockey game.
He said there would also be consistent COVID-19 testing.Volunteers, such as cooks and Zamboni drivers, would also have to be quarantined, while scorekeepers would.