Hockey P.E.I. stated that has fielded several complaints about spectators not wearing masks, which violates its pandemic protocols.
The organization issued a memo to its members last week stating, “some members are not following Hockey P.E.I.’s Return to Play Guidelines and Protocols,” and reminding them that “face masks are mandatory at all times within the spectator cohort.”
Hockey P.E.I. also requires coaches to wear masks, and players to wear them everywhere but out on the ice.
At every event sanctioned by the organization, volunteers are set up at arena entrances to record the names of everyone entering, and to ensure they are wearing face masks. But Executive Director Connor Cameron stated that has not stopped some from taking them off once they’re inside.
Cameron stated that while the provincial government has not made mask-wearing mandatory indoors, Hockey P.E.I. thought it was important to ensure players do not have their season cut short by the pandemic.
Cameron shared that there may have been some initial confusion over the rules, particularly in areas that do not have their own mask policies.
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