The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) Board of Governors officially and unanimously voted to accept the Warman Wolverines into the SJHL.
The decision was made at the league’s annual general meeting near North Battleford June 5-7.
Warman’s relocation from the College of Notre Dame in Wilcox had already been widely publicized, and received approval from the City of Warman, but was not made truly official until the league’s board voted Saturday morning.
In a subsequent development, the organizations also ratified a motion to adjust the SJHL’s policy on the automatic protection of players who reside in the zones where the teams are located.
The new auto-protect rule, which will go into effect immediately, states that each team will be permitted to add /protect two local players on their SJHL 50-player list yearly before the SJHL Draft. If a team wishes to protect a third auto-protect, this will come at the cost of a team’s first available draft pick.
This contrasts with the previous rule, which allowed all local eligible players to be protected, given that the club had space on its 50-man list.