Ontario Hockey Federation

Well, hang on.

The, the, th- before we go into it, this was, if we go back in the archives of this podcast, we had this same type of conversation before Ontario and the OHF went open borders.

I, we had this same conversation, and I kept saying when the BCHL left Hockey Canada and went, like, outlaw, that if I, not if I was, but if the GTHL ever decided to just separate from Hockey Canada and run their own league and call it quadruple A, that they would have the best league in the world for minor hockey, no questions asked.

Oh, 100%.

And then we've had various conversations since then.

And I knew your background was in finance and you're still working in finance, but you are now with the OHF, the Ontario Hockey Federation, which is the largest member of Hockey Canada, serving as governing body for the amateur hockey in Ontario.

It's operated alongside with Eastern Ontario Hockey, Northwestern Ontario Hockey, recognized by Provincial Sport Organization by the province of Ontario.

And you're the guy that's in charge of All of this in Ontario.

He's a good friend.

And he said, I need you to do me a favor.

I'd like you to go on the board of the Ontario Hockey Federation.

I thought about it for about eight seconds and not really knowing what I was getting into, but I'm a hockey lifer.

So a team will get two points for the win, either in overtime or shootout, and the other team will get one point if they lose in overtime or shootout.

Now, these rules were made, what, mandatory by Hockey Canada and by, what, the OHF?

Yeah, so Hockey Canada and OHF wanted to make junior hockey as much standard as possible in all juniors.

So the OHL rules are coming in effect in our league with a couple exceptions.

Okay, another big change is timeouts.