COVID-19

Good Evening Blast Members, I hope you are all doing well, I am the unfortunate bearer of some bad news. We are putting the season on pause effective immediately. All ice times for Saturday March 6th and Sunday March 7th are cancelled. A decision will be made tomorrow regarding the future of the season when…

Attention parents/coaches, Please see the following message from the City of Greater Sudbury regarding the recent school closures. —————————————————————————————————————————— Hi everyone, With the increase in positive COVID cases in the School Community as well as many of you reaching out with questions, we thought it important to clarify a few things. The most important thing…

The City of Greater Sudbury has released updated arena guidelines (version 2.6). Please take a moment to read through and ensure they are followed. Updates include the new Active Screening Requirement mentioned in previous communication as well as updated isolation requirements for household members. As such, the updated the Arena User Guidelines, under the section Safety…

Dear NCMHA Association Members, Given recent guidance and direction from Public Health Sudbury & Districts we wish to provide clarification on restrictions to participation in NCMHA ice times. If anyone in your household has been asked to self-isolate no member of your household is permitted to participate in ice-times during the isolation period.  Anyone feeling that…

February 22, 2021 Good Evening Blast Members If you haven’t already heard our community is once again affected directly by Covid 19. The Health Unit has yet to contact us directly regarding any effect on hockey programming, however I would ask that all households that have had a member that has been asked to self-isolate…

Please see the link below for the waiver that is required for our return to hockey. Please ensure that it is printed, signed, and submitted to your child(ren)’s coach prior to their next ice time. The city of Greater Sudbury has also released a newer version of their arena user guidelines. Please take a moment…

Attention players/parents, The city has approved our go-ahead with the hockey program starting tomorrow, February 19th. Please check TeamSnap for scheduling details. As was the case prior to lockdown, we are reminding all parents that the Healthcheck questionnaire must be completed prior to all ice times. We look forward to seeing everyone on the ice…

Good Morning Blast Family I hope this letter finds you all well and enjoying Family Day.  As promised here is an update on what is happening regarding a return to hockey. The city has delayed the opening of all arenas as a decision has been made to use 4 arenas as vaccination hubs.  Our arena…

February 11, 2021 Good Morning Blast Family The Ontario Government has begun to plan the reopening of the province in the days and weeks to come.  February 16th is the next date we expect to see an update for our region as it pertains to their reopening plans.  As most of you have undoubtedly heard…

January 8, 2021 Good Day Blast Family The Province has extended the lockdown, hence halting hockey programming until January 23, 2021. Your NCMHA Board is working on all possible scenarios and will communicate further as we work through this very challenging time. Hockey programming had normally been cancelled through the March break, but in light of…