from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

Tom Renney is more than worried.

About hockey-playing kids not playing hockey. About soccer players and tennis players and basketball players and just about any other kind of players not involved in their own pursuits.

Hockey Canada did a national survey recently and found out, rather alarmingly, that 45% of hockey parents were worried about the mental health of their children, the affect of being without organized sport as this global pandemic continues to play havoc with our lives.

“I think it’s a very real problem,” the head of Hockey Canada said in a lengthy conversation. “When you get to a certain age, and you’re pursuing a dream, and that dream is put on hold, that’s a problem.

“This has been kind of a lost year for so many people in so many different ways. And we don’t know right now what the affect is going to be long term. And it’s not just about the elite players, it’s about everybody at every level.”

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