With the 2020 GTHL Awards Ceremony canceled due to COVID-19, the GTHL will be profiling each award and scholarship recipient from 2020 on GTHLCanada.com. James DeSanto’s most memorable moment as a coach didn’t happen at a game or at practice, and it didn’t involve any one specific player. The U13 Mississauga Terriers coach was instead beaming with pride when … Read more
Today the Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) released its Stage 3 Return to Hockey Plan. This coincides with the City of Toronto and Region of Peel entering into the Provincial Governments Stage 3 reopening strategy. The GTHL continues to develop a return to hockey plan that is expected to be communicated within the next three weeks. The plan … Read more
The GTHL will be posting regular video updates to address questions surrounding the return to hockey. This update was recorded by Peter Kourtis (General Manager) and Scott Oakman (Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer) on July 23, 2020. Frequently asked questions regarding return to play can be found here. [video_embed id=”28585″][/video_embed]
It was a Tuesday night, gloves and sticks were littered across the ice as smiles radiated off the faces of the Toronto Jr. Canadiens – the 2020 GTHL Minor Midget champions. A team of brothers overcoming a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five series and capping it off with a 4-0 shutout in the clinching game. … Read more
Friday July 17, 2020 – Today, the Greater Toronto Hockey League announced the moderator for the virtual Town Hall it will be hosting for players, parents, coaches and other stakeholders, and the Independent Committee it will establish, to examine issues of racism and discrimination. The Town Hall will be moderated by Michael Smith, and the … Read more
With players around the province itching to get back to some form of hockey, the rules surrounding who is permitted on the ice and under what circumstances been evolving quickly. As of last week, the provincial government required that anyone who wanted to skate had to do so under the direction of an individual who … Read more
While the annual GTHL Awards Ceremony will be on hold for this year, the League is pleased to announce the 11 award and scholarship winners for 2020. Profiles of each individual award winner will be posted on the GTHL website in the coming weeks. Congratulations to all the deserving recipients. George F. Dufton Midget “AAA” Scholarship … Read more
The return of hockey is getting closer, but how that will happen and what it means is still being determined. As we see the province of Ontario, and areas around the GTHL slowly begin to re-open in a phased approach, the Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF) – the provincial hockey branch which the GTHL falls under … Read more
Friday June 12, 2020 – Today, the GTHL announced it will host a virtual Town Hall for players, parents, coaches and other stakeholders to address issues of racism and discrimination in minor hockey. The Town Hall will be chaired by a highly qualified moderator who will be independent of the GTHL. Specific details about the … Read more
The Ontario Hockey Federation Board of Directors has approved the OHF Return to Hockey Framework and specifically the implementation of Phase 2 – Stage 1, following Hockey Canada’s Return to Hockey’s Board of Directors decision last week and based on the current Ontario Government Emergency Order Amendment. Over the past three months, the OHF and … Read more
