The BC Hockey League has announced its intention to withdraw from the Canadian Junior Hockey League.

The CJHL B次元官网网址� the governing body that oversees junior B次元官网网址楢B次元官网网址� hockey leagues across the country, from B.C. to the Maritimes B次元官网网址� indicated in a short statement Friday morning that the B.C. league plans to leave.

B次元官网网址淭he Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced today that the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) has submitted a notice to withdraw their membership from the CJHL, effective March 24th,B次元官网网址� .

B次元官网网址淭he remaining nine Leagues within the CJHL will continue with their commitment to player development, through their partnership with Hockey Canada, and its members, as well as the National Hockey League, which includes the presentation of the Centennial Cup national championship, the World Junior A Challenge, and the CJHL Prospects game.B次元官网网址�

The move to leave the CJHL had been rumoured for a few weeks, after Regina-based online sports-radio host Rod Pedersen reported that it was in the works. On March 25, a BCHL spokesperson told Black Press Media that B次元官网网址渨eB次元官网网址檝e seen these reports and we canB次元官网网址檛 make any comment on it at the moment.B次元官网网址�

Black Press Media has requested further comment from the BCHL in light of the CJHLB次元官网网址檚 statement, but has not yet received a response.

The BCHLB次元官网网址檚 plans moving forward are as yet unclear, though the idea that the B.C. league B次元官网网址� long considered the best junior B次元官网网址楢B次元官网网址� league in Canada B次元官网网址� could run as an independent operation has been floated before. Pedersen reported in March that a handful of teams from the Alberta Junior Hockey League could join the BCHL in some sort of B次元官网网址榮uper leagueB次元官网网址� while the idea that the BCHL could operate in some type of partnership with the United States Hockey League has also been suggested as a possibility.

The CJHL, along with Hockey Canada, operates the Centennial Cup national junior B次元官网网址楢B次元官网网址� championship tournament, as well as the World Junior B次元官网网址楢B次元官网网址� Challenge and a CJHL Top Prospects game. Presumably, BCHL players would be ineligible to compete in those events once the BCHL leaves the CJHL.

The BCHL is currently playing a , with teams based in various hub cities throughout the province.

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