B.C. Hockey has unveiled its plan for Junior A and filling in for the B.C. Hockey League going unbiased.
The 45 Junior B groups from the Kootenay Worldwide Junior Hockey League (KIJHL), Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) and Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) are being reclassified as Junior A Tier 2, and a few will finally transfer as much as Junior A Tier 1, B.C. Hockey introduced Tuesday morning.
Based on the press launch, this transfer will contain “co-operation and engagement with an unbiased advisory board to guage Junior A Tier 2 groups to find out which, and when, groups could also be elevated to the Junior A Tier 1 degree,” in addition to a “rigorous course of and evaluation, carried out over the subsequent three seasons, permitting particular person groups and communities to seek out the extent of junior hockey most suited to them.”
The eventual plan is to have the brand new Junior A groups transfer into the Canadian Junior Hockey League, the umbrella group for all Junior A within the nation that oversees issues just like the nationwide championship event Centennial Cup on behalf of Hockey Canada. Upset with Hockey Canada rules, the 17-team BCHL left the CJHL in 2021, after which pulled out of Hockey Canada altogether earlier this summer season.
No exact timeline was given as to when Tier 1 Junior A would begin right here.