Minor hockey zone program — is it working?
KAMLOOPS —- This is the second year of a B.C. Hockey pilot project that has rep teams categorized as zone teams. It affects teams at two age levels. Now in its second year, it’s been met with borth pros and cons. In Kamloops rep bantam and midget teams fall under the pilot zone program. In theory it’s designed to give players an opportunity to play with and against players of their own skill level.
Jon Pankuch is the president of Kamloops Minor Hockey and says “It’s really the intention of this program to get kids to play at the level they belong to play at — we talk about outlying associations.”
What it means is players from Merritt, Clearwater and other small associations get the opportunity to play at the highest level.