Hockey Hockey Hockey

Hockey is a pretty hot topic of discussion during winters in Canada. Seems fitting as Canada’s Juniors have come back on top with their Gold medal win against Russia in last night’s final at the World Junior Tournament in Toronto.
“What are you doing this weekend?”

Response: “Well, Johnny has a hockey game here and Susie has a hockey tournament there”

Sound familiar? Usually the case for many Canadian hockey parents. Dad takes one child 3 hours east and Mom takes another 5 hours west. That’s that case for a lot of people I know anyways.

Why do parents do this? Maybe because they want their children to be part of a team, travel around with their friends, the parents make friends during the years their children play and because it’s a great team sport and it’s just what they do.

Hockey is very important to many people and as soon as the ice is in the rink in the small town I am from people are on it. Many even create a skating rink out on the Dam where their  ice fishing shack is set up.
The hockey played in the winter is part of a sanctioned league and is therefore covered (insurance wise) under Hockey Canada’s policy.

What happens when your child wants to join one of those “Spring/Summer” teams and travel around? CSIB comes in to play and can provide insurance coverage on a team by team basis for those who are travelling around to games & tournaments.

Our Offseason program offers a $5MM general liability limit (including participants liability) and accident coverage. This is the full package your child’s team will need when they are playing the game past the winter season. If the team travels to the USA for a tournament- no problem. We can extend the accident policy to cover the players, coaches and managers while they are away.

For more information please visit our website at www.csib.ca and review our programs.
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-Janelle Catherwood