Whether or not Hockey Canada and HNL say it’s “amateur hockey”, when you have guys getting paid and being issued T4’s that within it’s self adds somewhat of a professional element to the teams which would make them semi-professional teams.The Bottom Line wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:10 pmAgain, more foolishness. It's a amature hockey, like it or not, it's amateur hockey, and that's as per HNL and Hockey Canada......Fact
You can argue with me all you want but it doesn’t change the definition of what semi-professional actually means in the dictionary. As for the argument some of you have been using here that HC only recognizes amateur and professional hockey, that is obviously a problem and something that needs to be fixed going forward. But this problem has existed for a very long time and with the decline in participation in the Allan Cup, it seems senior hockey isn’t a priority for Hockey Canada and it’s branches.