Archive for category GTHL

League allows top teams to join GTHL

Posted by Lois Kalchman in GTHL, Sports, Toronto Star Leafs News, hockey on March 5, 2010

After years of struggling to remain independent, the Scarborough Hockey Association will allow its top teams to join the Greater Toronto Hockey League for the first time in more than three decades.

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Siege mentality hurts kids, parents claim

Posted by Robert Cribb in GTHL, JuniorHockey, Sports, Toronto Star Leafs News, hockey on March 3, 2010

A culture of secrecy in youth hockey is keeping important – and potentially life-altering – problems from being confronted, some parents allege.

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Coach abusive to boy, 12, parents charge

Posted by Robert Cribb in GTHL, Sports, Toronto Star Leafs News, hockey on February 27, 2010

Last month, a 12-year-old Toronto hockey player sat undressed in a locker room as a teammate took naked photos of him then altered the images to mock the boy's body, his parents allege.

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Punishment for locker boxing a mixed bag

Posted by Robert Cribb in GTHL, JuniorHockey, Sports, Toronto Star Leafs News, hockey on February 24, 2010

Teen hockey players in Sault Ste. Marie caught locker room boxing faced a lot tougher penalty than for teens caught in a similar incident in Toronto.

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It’s a split decision for GTHL

Posted by Robert Cribb in GTHL, Sports, Toronto Star Leafs News, Videos, hockey on February 22, 2010

Boxing matches between teens staged in minor hockey locker rooms are widespread, say hockey coaches and parents.

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GTHL fight club shocks parents who urge crackdown

Posted by Robert Cribb in Activities, GTA, GTHL, ParentCentral, Sports, Sports and lessons, Toronto Star Leafs News, Videos, hockey, news on February 20, 2010

Young hockey players in Toronto are engaging in a uniquely dangerous pre-game workout: Locker-room boxing.

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Ajax tykes ’shaken up’ after arena roof collapses

Posted by Adrian Morrow in GTA, GTHL, Sports, Toronto Star Leafs News, World, hockey, news on February 15, 2010

Ajax players believed unhurt in arena collapse

A close game may have saved Canadian minor hockey players who narrowly escaped after a partial roof collapse at a suburban Pittsburgh ice rink.

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NDP urges royal commission into sports violence

Posted by Richard J. Brennan in GTHL, JuniorHockey, Sports, Toronto Star Leafs News, hockey, nhl on February 3, 2010

New Democrats say Canada needs a royal commission into sports violence in the wake of high-profile injuries that in one case left a hockey player convulsing on the ice.

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GTHL’s new get-tough rules lauded

Posted by Robert Cribb, Lois Kalchman in Activities, GTA, GTHL, Ice hockey, ParentCentral, Sports, Sports and lessons, Toronto Star Leafs News, hockey, news on January 31, 2010

An unprecedented crackdown on violent play and racial slurs in the Greater Toronto Hockey League has won praise from minor hockey officials, parents and coaches.

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GTHL cracks down on dangerous play

Posted by Robert Cribb, Lois Kalchman in Activities, GTA, GTHL, Ice hockey, ParentCentral, Sports, Sports and lessons, Toronto Star Leafs News, hockey, news on January 30, 2010

The world's largest minor hockey league has announced sweeping new enforcement rules designed to protect young players from life-altering injuries.

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Star forum will tackle minor hockey’s issues

Posted by in GTHL, Junior Hockey, JuniorHockey, Sports, Toronto Star Leafs News, hockey, nhl on January 20, 2010

Some of the leading minds in youth and professional hockey will gather later this month for a one-day summit in Toronto exploring ways of improving the game at its most grassroots level.

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