Report: Hockey Canada interim chair Andrea Skinner resigns
Hockey Canada interim board chair Andrea Skinner has submitted her resignation, TSN’s Rick Westhead reports.— Rick Westhead “…Upon reflection, it is clear to me from recent events that it no longer makes sense for me to continue to volunteer my time as Interim Chair or as a Director of the organization…” Skinner said in a statement, as reported by Westhead Saturday night.
The news comes almost two months to the day after Skinner was appointed interim chair. Skinner was the first woman ever to head up Hockey Canada, replacing Michael Brind’Amour, who had stepped down earlier in August.
In the days following Skinner’s testimony, the fallout was significant. Multiple provincial hockey bodies, from the Ontario Hockey Federation to Hockey New Brunswick, pledged to withhold registration fees from Hockey Canada. Multiple prominent sponsors, from Canadian Tire to Tim Hortons to Nike, dropped Hockey Canada.that Hockey Canada may need to disappear and be reborn as ‘Canada Hockey,’ an entirely new organization.
Skinner’s term was set to expire in November, as she was inheriting the end of Brind’Amour’s term. She was first named to the board in November 2020.
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