WHL Commissioner Dan Near today issued the following statement regarding a monumental change making @CHLHockey players eligible for NCAA Division 1 hockey programs starting August 1, 2025.
@InGoalMedia@HockeyCanada This is great to see them develop goalie coaches for the country as it is much needed! @TPGoaltending Brad Kirkwood leading the way is great for this country’s goalies!
1) Glad there is a plan in place & I hope it’s carried out and followed through.
2) Without the awareness of this I have no faith anything would have been done.
3) More respect is needed & everyone needs to remember why we play. The kids.
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@HUSE59 You deserve all the credit Chad! You bringing this forward made a significant change in what actually would’ve happened and that teams session with Bob will help those players in their futures as well and that’s because of your actions! You’re leading change! That’s amazing!
@Huseby88 It’s good to see a plan but I think Hockey Alberta and even Hockey Canada should have stepped in to this one. They talk about culture change in the game but to change the culture you have to lead the change not just hope it happens because you talk about it!
I’m happy to hear that there is a plan in place for this individual. Hopefully the awareness raised from the sharing of this video will give people the confidence to call out this unacceptable behaviour and take a stance against it when it happens again.
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@mjhlWolverines Caught the game tonight and I’m not sure who is tracking shots on goal but stats matter to a goalie! Congrats to the team for back to back dominant wins!
@OlympiquesGAT@D_Charettephoto This makes no sense. Have a 19 year old goalie that never got a chance last year and never got an opportunity to get things going this year and he gets released? It’s gonna be a tough year for Olympiques fans!!!
@jfplante_Droit @OlympiquesGAT@LHJMQ When you have three goalies healthy you should play the hot hand and right now that goes to Kirkwood. Let’s see what he does after getting the first game out of the way! He may just be that sleeper that surprises everyone! Playoff experience?? Ask J. Binnington about that!