The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District issued guidelines and requirements on Friday, October 9th regarding a covid cluster associated with the 2020 Termination Dust Hockey Tournament, sponsored by the Anchorage Hockey Association; concerned with possible exposure of KPBSD families which attended the tournament in Anchorage from October 2-4, 2020.
More than 300 players, coaches and fans attended the Termination Dust Invitational, with games played at the Ben Boeke and Dempsey Anderson arenas. Teams from KPHA (Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association), Anchorage, Eagle River, Chugiak, Wasilla, Palmer, Fairbanks and Juneau played in the three-day tournament in three division: U14, U16 and U16 Girls.
According to the Termination Dust Hockey Tournament results and brackets, the KPHA U14 team, made-up of athletes from Kenai and Soldotna played four games at the tournament.
From the KPBSD Facebook page statement by KPBSD Superintendent John O’Brien…
Any KPBSD staff or student, who participated in or attended the 2020 Termination Dust Invitational, held Oct. 2-4 at the Ben Boeke and Dempsey Anderson arenas, needs to quarantine for 14 days, through October 18, 2020* and is not permitted to attend school onsite-in-person, or report to work onsite-in-person, at a school campus until Monday, October 19, 2020.
The Anchorage Health Department (AHD) is investigating the youth hockey tournament after a cluster of COVID-19 cases were identified. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is assisting with the contact tracing investigation.
Notice from Anchorage Hockey Association Facebook page…
