North Toronto Hockey

It was with great sadness that the North Toronto Hockey Association and its members learned of the passing of Kelly Thomson, the Head Coach of our 2005 Bantam AA team. Kelly passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of April 21st, 2019 while visiting his family in London, Ontario for the Easter Holiday.

Kelly, who recently celebrated his 34th birthday, was a non-parent volunteer coach who had a great deal of passion for hockey as well as incredible dedication to his team and our hockey club. Kelly will be greatly missed by his family, friends, players, parent group and by all of us at the North Toronto Hockey Association.

A celebration of Kelly's life will be held on Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 2 p.m. at the Metropolitan United Church, 468 Wellington Street, London, ON.

As an expression of sympathy, the family has asked that donations be made to www.Prusty4Kids.com, a charity started by his former London Knights teammate Brandon Prust.

Please keep Kelly’s family in your thoughts as they go through this difficult time.

Please CLICK HERE to read a beautiful tribute to Kelly, written by his cousin Angela Carmichael, who Kelly lived with here in Toronto.

Green shirts hang at North Toronto Arena to honour the 16 victims of the Humboldt Broncos tragedy and in honour of the Logan Boulet Effect and Green Shirt Day. CLICK HERE to read the GTHL's story on the impact of Logan Boulet's wish to be an organ donor, along with North Toronto's Green Shirt Day initiative.

For further information on Green Shirt Day, please click the photo below.