Hockey Canada Initiation Program Policy 2017-2018
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Hockey Canada wants all of Canada on the same page when it comes to the delivery of its Initiation Program – traditionally a player’s first brush with organized hockey at the ages of five and six. The New Policy mandates cross-ice and half-ice hockey for Initiation Players.