The B.C. Hockey League is publicly pushing for Hockey Canada to make changes to how junior hockey is administered in this country.
The league has posted on its website the 35-page document entitled “Modernizing Junior Hockey in Canada — Supporting Two Junior Development Paths for Canadian Athletes” that it has sent to Hockey Canada, the governance review committee examining Hockey Canada’s structure, as well as the provincial body B.C. Hockey.
Being out the CJHL keeps BCHL teams from competing for the Centennial Cup national championship and its players from taking part in the World Junior A Challenge and the CJHL top prospects’ game. They’re also looking for restrictions against 16- and 17-year-olds playing Junior A outside their home provinces being lifted. That was one of the main reasons they left the CJHL, which featured 10 leagues at the time.