Hockey Sherbrooke took another set of precautionary steps on Wednesday, choosing to postpone four upcoming events in the New Year: the Novice-O-Rama, a provincial school tournament, a midget-junior provincial tournament and a féminin provincial tournament.
However, Stéphane Dion, the hockey association’s general manager, believes there is a chance to play these tournaments later in the year, if cases start going down again. He is optimistic, but he is also aware of the current pandemic situation.
“We would like that, we would like that a lot, to present these four events, but we’re very conscious about the Covid cases right now,” he said. “We’ll have a better idea of the situation after the holidays, if there are more cases, then it’ll be a lot harder to organize these events.”
The association cancelled three tournaments earlier in the year. They cut out two provincial tournaments and their signature international bantam tournament. Even if they are able to host events next spring, Dion envisions a toned down, more local model.
Hockey Sherbrooke postpones 2021 tournaments slated for January and February
By Michael Boriero - Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
