Petes launch an online contest to choose the best goal of the season
The Peterborough Petes have launched an online contest to choose the best goal of the year for the 2019-20 season.
While the season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic before the Petes could embark on their playoff run, Peterborough managed to score 250 goals in the games they did play, paced by Nick Robertson, who led the Canadian Hockey League in goal scoring despite missing some games to injury and through playing in the world junior hockey championship.
In a bracket-style contest, fans are being asked to cast their vote for what they think is the better goal in a head-tohead matchup that will be posted each day on the Petes’ social media channels.
The contest’s Round of 32 began Tuesday.
After watching a video, fans can vote for the goal of their choice in the following ways for 48 hours after each matchup is posted: á On Twitter at twitter.com/ PetesOHLhockey by selecting the goal scorer in the associated poll. á On Facebook at facebook.com/PetesOHLhockey/ by commenting the last name of the goal scorer on the video post. á On Instagram at instagram.com/petesohlhockey/ by saying the last name of the goal scorer on the video post and by selecting the goal scorer on the story feature poll.
After five rounds and a total of 31 matchups, a winner for goal of the year will be crowned.
Updates on the bracket challenge will be posted at gopetesgo.com/goty-bracket.
Private on-ice training allowed
The Ontario Hockey Federation has released an update to the Return to Hockey Framework as the Ontario government continues to expand the second stage of the reopening of the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
As of last week, the provincial government required that anyone who wanted to return to the ice had to do so under the direction of an individual who was approved by the Ontario Hockey Federation, according to a release from the federation.
That rule has since changed. The Ontario government has expanded that restriction in Ontario’s emergency order, which now will allow individual and small group skills development training without the need for approval.
This means private instructors/businesses may conduct on-ice training. Health and safety protocols will be enforced by each individual facility and will follow advice from regional health authorities. The Ontario Minor Hockey Association has not yet determined a date for the resumption of approved programming for local minor hockey associations.
When activities resume, local minor hockey associations seeking to engage a third-party service provider from outside their association must still ensure that these providers are identified through the OHF as having completed the Hockey Canada Licensed Skill Development Program. These individuals will be issued an OHF certificate of validation and certificate of insurance.