By Jeromy Corrigan

Hockey

Reaction pours in from user groups following news from Council Monday

Jul 28, 2020 | 4:38 PM

Ice is on the way for user groups in the City of Prince George as it was announced Monday night at Council that sheets of ice will be put back in August 17 at Kins 1,2, and 3.

“This is awesome,” stated General Manager for the Cariboo Cougars Trevor Sprague.

“It’s good to get the program going and hopefully at this time we haven’t lost too many players to the vultures on the academy side of things.”

With the rinks opening up in the next two and a half weeks, this will result in a busy couple of weeks for local groups as they prepare for the resumption of activities.

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While the news is great for Cariboo Hockey, PGMHA, and figure skating here in Prince George, it does pose some interesting questions for the two Junior hockey teams in the community.

At Monday’s meeting, it was revealed that both the CN Centre and the Rolling Mix Concrete Arena would be closed until the end of 2020.

“Quite frankly, we are not that surprised,” shared Vice President of Business with the Prince George Cougars Andy Beesley.

“We are very well aware of the challenges the City is facing and until the WHL has some certainty on their dates, it would be very difficult for the City to open up the CN Centre.”

The Western Hockey League set a tentative date of October 2nd to start the 2020-2021 season, but nothing has been finalized in that regard. However, if the date is finalized and set in stone, that is when discussions will reopen regarding the facility.

“All of the discussion over and over again that this is a fluid situation and can be discussed at any time,” added Beesley.

“We are completely confident that should our October 2nd deadline be the date we open up, they will open up the CN Centre for us.”

When it comes to the Prince George Spruce Kings, they had tentatively booked their summer hockey school for the last two weeks of August. The good news is those camps are still going to continue, but they will be moved to Kin 1.

“We kind of knew that was coming as well,” shared Spruce Kings General Manager Mike Hawes.

“The fact we can still offer our hockey school starting August 17th, that’s huge not only for us but for the youth in the community. Our hockey school has been running for about 40 years. It’s a staple here in the community and to be able to offer that to the youth in the community and the region is vitally important.”

Similar to the Cougars, once ice times and more details have been finalized for the Kings, discussions will be revisited with the City to have the RMCA re-open.