N.S. hockey team facing league penalties after postponing game due to weather

A Nova Scotia Junior B team has been handed a punishment for not being able to play a game during a recent snowstorm.

The Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League’s South Shore Lumberjacks were scheduled to play in East Hants, N.S., on Friday night.

By late afternoon, the winter storm had already started.

“I know when we left around 5:30, it was already pretty bad,” said South Shore player John Shubaly.

“I was worried about after the game.”

Team owner Jim Bottomley said some of his players live roughly 130 km away, in Bridgewater, N.S.

Late afternoon, he contacted the league.

“My main concern is the kids on the highway,” said Bottomley.