Good afternoon everyone,

Earlier today, the province announced that effective immediately, there are new restrictions on out-of-province travel for children age 11 and younger for the purpose of participating in sports, arts, culture events.

Children age 11 and younger are also restricted from entering Nova Scotia for these activities.

Individuals, businesses and organizations in Nova Scotia cannot host sports games, competitions and tournaments that include children 11 and younger from outside the province as participants. They also cannot participate in these types of events outside Nova Scotia.

These restrictions will remain in place until at least early January and will be re-evaluated then.

Children can continue to travel to attend these types of events as spectators. They can continue to travel for regular practices, lessons and rehearsals, which is lower risk because they are interacting with the same group all the time.

All other travel restrictions remain in place. They are detailed here.

To read the complete release from the province, please click here.

These measures are in place to ensure that we can continue to keep playing. Thank you all for your hard work and continued support.

Sincerely,

Amy Walsh
Executive Director
Hockey Nova Scotia

Arnie Farrell 
President 
Hockey Nova Scotia

Congratulations to MWF's Sarah White, assistant coach with the U13 AAA Hurricanes, on winning the Lisa Haley award for October!

Know someone that should be recognized for their leadership in female hockey? 

You can find more information and nominate them at https://hockeynovascotia.ca/about-us/awards/lisa-haley-female-coach-of-the-mont-award.

An overview of dates for our regular season (NOT ALL SCHEDULED GAMES) will be available next week, but with the extension of our season (to the end of March) - GAMES MAY BE SCHEDULED OVER MARCH BREAK if needed. More to follow.

Season Breakdown: Our Seasons will be broken down into 3 stages: Regular Season, a Playoff round, and Provincials.

1. Regular Season is expected to be around 20-25 games based on the number of teams in each league.  
2. Playoffs will be a single round robin.
3. For AAA/AA (U11AA/A) Top 4 teams from playoffs go on to Provincial tournament. 
4. For C Top 2 teams will play 1 game for Championship. 

Good afternoon everyone,

Following our consultations with Nova Scotia Public Health and Nova Scotia Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, we have been advised that fully-vaccinated teams can now travel to New Brunswick for sporting events provided that the event (game, tournament, etc.) they are attending has a requirement for both spectators and participants to show proof of vaccination (POV).

Teams with unvaccinated players under 12 are not permitted to travel to tournaments in New Brunswick where a circuit breaker is in place. Please visit the Government of New Brunswick website to find up-to-date information about what areas of the province are currently under circuit breaker restrictions. 

While travelling to New Brunswick for competition, all local COVID-19 protocols and Public Health orders must be followed. Our Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tina Atkinson would also like to strongly encourage all of our teams and hockey families to follow these guidelines to further decrease the risk of a COVID-19 exposure:

• Wear masks at all times while indoors (only removing them for eating, drinking and playing hockey).
• Always wear masks while in crowded outdoor spaces where physical distancing cannot be maintained.
• Avoid crowded restaurants (and only visit restaurants where servers are masked).
• Wash and sanitize hands frequently.
• Avoid close contact with people you don’t know.
• Consider shopping for essential items only.

We would also like to remind you all to follow the Rebound Plan 2.0 and keep a close eye on exposure notices from the province.

Sincerely,

Amy Walsh
Executive Director
Hockey Nova Scotia

Arnie Farrell
President
Hockey Nova Scotia