Clubs cast GTHL lawsuit as ‘vindictive’ battle for control of minor hockey

A week after the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) launched a lawsuit accusing four member organizations of decades of fraud over the fees they charge for game ice, those clubs have responded with a public letter that reframes the case as a power struggle over who controls minor hockey in Canada’s largest city. The Vaughan Rangers, Vaughan Panthers, Markham Majors and Markham Islanders, represented by Toronto lawyer Michael Mazzuca, have called the GTHL’s claim “entirely meritless” and “vindictive” and say it is designed to intimidate clubs that have begun challenging the league’s authority. In the letter circulated on Monday to TSN, players’ families and other GTHL member organizations,...