Air horns officially silenced at all QMJHL arenas under new policy [Video]

Even though P.E.I.’s biggest ice arena already had a policy in place, the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League has now made it official — the use of air horns is banned at games. 

QMJHL officials confirmed that they’ve told individual teams without bans already in place that the use of air horns is now prohibited. 

The move comes after public health officials across Canada, including in P.E.I., warned that the noisemakers had potential to cause hearing damage. 

“The information that’s been coming out on the dangers and the effect of just how loud those things are… people are really starting to become conscious of that and want to make sure that they can go and enjoy something and not be irritated or bothered,” said Jason MacLean, president of operations for the Charlottetown Islanders hockey team.