Hockey Canada appoints Skinner as interim chair

Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that Andrea Skinner has been appointed as interim chair.

The federation said the move was done with the support of its provincial, regional and territorial members. Skinner was first elected to Hockey Canada's board of directors in November 2020.

The Hockey Canada Board of Directors, with the support of its provincial, regional and territorial Members, has appointed Andrea Skinner as interim chair.

Outside of hockey, Skinner is a Toronto-based lawyer at the firm Aird & Berlis LLP, practicing in the areas of municipal, land use planning and expropriation law, regularly appearing before administrative tribunals and courts. 

This comes after Michael Brind'Amour stepped down as chairman of the board of directors last week. His term was originally scheduled to end in November of this year.

“As a Board we are listening to Canadians. We are working to make meaningful positive changes to the culture of the sport of hockey. I am proud of my lifelong commitment to hockey and am honoured to serve Hockey Canada as Chair of the Board; a Board that includes men and women with a diversity of age and life experiences, and one that represents different ethnic and cultural communities, including Indigenous Canadians, and the LGBT2Q+ community," Skinner said in a news release.

"I sincerely believe the organization is taking positive steps to effect meaningful change from the grassroots to high-performance national team level.”