Hockey Montreal Retracts Unusual Ruling

Minor hockey players in Montreal were suspended when they chose not to try out for elite teams. Now Hockey Montreal is reversing the decision. The suspension affected about two hundred children aged nine to sixteen.

They chose to play less time-committing single-letter hockey instead of for the more competitive double-letter teams. The players were not told that they would be suspended if they declined the invitation to try-out. Hockey Quebec said that Montreal had no business suspending the players.