Welcome to Risk & Safety!

The Canterbury Hockey Association has adopted a series of Risk Management policies and practices that help to make our members’ hockey experience both safe and fun. We require all players, officials and parents to respect these rules and policies.

Again this season, we have placed a major emphasis on educating all participants about harassment and physical/sexual abuse issues in all aspects of our game. Included in this process is the educational program on the prevention of abuse and harassment in hockey for Coaches and Initiation Program Instructors called "Speak Out." We will continue to be pro-active in implementing educational programs to supplement the information some of you have already received at coaching, officiating and trainers clinics.

Please read through the documents attached to this page. You, too, can be the voice for fairness, responsibility, and safety in hockey within your community.

H1N1 Instructions, bulletins from Hockey Canada, fact sheets, tracking sheets etc. can be found below under Making Hockey Safe.

Hockey Canada's New Head Contact Rule

Approved at the Hockey Canada Annual General Meeting in Calgary, Alta., in May, Hockey Canada's new head contact rules are zero tolerance, implemented to cut down on the number of head injuries suffered in the game. The new rule will be in effect immediately, beginning with the start of the 2011-12 season.
Follow this link to see the new Rule 6.5 and videos showing what should be called when Head Contact is made.