Hockey Canada is encouraging players to wear base layers under their equipment to the arena. Some members of the minor hockey community say the change is for the better.Members of the minor hockey community are voicing their opinions on Hockey Canada's new dressing room policy change, which encourages players to show up to the arena wearing an under layer and to shower with a swimsuit on.
"I think it's good. Some people may not be confident taking off their clothes and some other people might not be comfortable, so I think it's a good rule," Taylor said. "We went through this with COVID, where we had to go through lots of change, lots of adaptations that we had to make and we just rolled with it," MacDonald said.Bill Short, the technical director of the Dartmouth Whalers Minor Hockey Association, said he supports the policy change because it's more inclusive.