Knights docked four wins for using ineligible player

The North Okanagan Knights have been forced to forfeit four wins this season, after the KIJHL team was found to be entangled in a carding error.

The KIJHL and B.C. Hockey require all players to be properly carded and approved before they hit the ice.

“The league completed a two-week investigation on an ineligible player. It was a carding error done by the North Okanagan Knights,” Emanuel Sequeira, communications manager for the KIJHL, said.

The league spokesperson was not able to say how the error occurred, but Vernon Matters has learned the player at the centre of the carding error played games in September and October of this season and the league became aware of the error “in the last few weeks.”