Cobourg Cougars Governor Marc Mercier has been given a great honour: the Chairman’s Award for the league has been named after Mercier.
He has been known to go above and beyond in his 15 years of service to the OJHL, with his leadership, guidance and dedication during his term as Chairman.
The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) Annual General Meeting (AGM) wrapped up this weekend with the Board of Governors looking ahead to the 2020-21 season while paying tribute to one of its leaders.
The league has developed a Social Media and Branding Plan utilizing an extensive social media ecosystem in conjunction with a specific workflow plan. The plan will see OJHL content shared in real time during and after games to bring the OJHL’s players, teams and excitement to a much larger audience.
The newly elected OJHL Chairman is Stuart Hyman.
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The Board of Governors also approved the 2021-22 OJHL Season Opening date and special events:
· Start date for the full 54-game 2021-22 season is set for October 1, 2021.
· The Governors’ Showcase will take place during the third or fourth week of October.
· The OJHL All-Star Celebration weekend will be played during the third or fourth week of January in Collingwood, Ontario.
· The full schedule will be released in the coming weeks.
>The 2021-2022 season will see a change with the league’s Chairman of the Board. Long-time Markham Royals Governor Stuart Hyman moves from his role as the OJHL’s 1stVice Chair into the Chairman’s position, taking over the position from outgoing Chairman Marc Mercier. Hyman’s first order of business was presenting a motion to re-name the current OJHL Chairman’s Award to the Marc Mercier Chairman’s Award in honour of the outgoing Chairman, the long-time governor of the Cobourg Cougars. The motion was passed unanimously.
