To all Hockey Families,
SCAHA has, this evening, after careful consideration, unanimously decided to call a halt
to the Semi Final and Championship Series play this coming weekend. We have
cancelled the remaining balance of post season play for all A/BB/B levels of Youth
Hockey this coming Mar 14 - Mar 15.
After a risk assessment regarding preventative measures to manage the spread of
COVID-19, we determined that there is only one guaranteed way to help stop the spread
and that is to not host the remaining weekend of play. We considered the options of
splitting the event across several facilities and/or relegating spectators to a mere few
people however, in light of the WHO recommendation for social distancing we
determined that neither of those options met the WHO recommendation.
When we look at it through this lens, our only way to guarantee not contributing to the
spread is to halt play and cancel the remainder of the playoffs here in SCAHA. Nothing
we do is worth the risk of perpetuating the spread of the virus.
Canceling the remainder of post season play is, clearly, the right thing to do and in doing
so we are acting as responsible civic leaders. We have no doubt that everyone in our
hockey community will agree and support this decision.
Finally, we did discuss postponing for two weeks vs. cancelling, but we, as a Board, do
not want to mislead anyone with hopes that restrictions may be lifted in time to salvage
remaining games. The season is complete as of April 1 which leaves a little over 2 weeks
- rescheduling is clearly not feasible.
We will be notifying the impacted facilities and organizations to make sure we wind
things down correctly.
Good luck to all, stay safe, and see you all at the rink for next season.
Sincerely,
The Entire SCAHA Board
