Liverpool Privateers players during a practice. Photo: Liverpool Privateer/ Twitter
With the lifting of restrictions surrounding sporting events announced today at least one local hockey team is pushing for play to resume.
Liverpool Privateers President Bruce Inglis says, “We didn’t agree with the full league shut down the first time so we would definitely encourage the league and the other teams to take a second look at this.”
The Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League decided to cancel their season on the heels of last week’s restriction announcement. With two of the leagues’ teams operating out of the HRM where sports games were prohibited, they couldn’t find a viable solution to play the season out.
With those restrictions being lifted three weeks ahead of schedule the league will now consider revising its plans.
According to Inglis most of the league’s Board work in the day so he expects the earliest discussions to start tonight, with the hopes of reaching a decision before the weekend.
Inglis says that his team is eager to return to the ice and it’s not just because they were leading the league at the time of the shutdown.
“We have a vested interest in playing the season because of how well we were doing, but even if it were our worst season we have an obligation to let our kids play hockey if it’s safe to do so.”
He adds that is particularly important to resume play for players in their last year of eligibility and for many the last year of their hockey careers.
Since the leagues’ cancelation, the Privateers have missed three games which Inglis says is not a significant enough number to warrant calling off the season.
