“It was unanimous in the hockey development council meetings (on Friday in Montreal),” Corey McNabb, Hockey Canada’s manager of player development, said in a telephone interview. “The next step is to set criteria and guidelines.”
McNabb says all 13 branches of Hockey Canada, including the Ontario Hockey Federation, will have the chance to opt in:
“I expect some (branches) will be ready this fall, and by spring 2011 we should have full Hockey Canada skills development-approved programs.”He adds that the plan is about more than regulating week-long hockey camps in the spring and summer. For example, goaltending and power skating programs and clinics that run year-round would also be affected.
“Those operators that want to be certified would go to their branch for approval and it would be forwarded to Hockey Canada and we would give approval nationally,” McNabb said. “I do feel it is long overdue.”More at: Hockey Canada Sanctioning Development Camps
