BOUCHERVILLE, Que. -- The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has hired Mario Cecchini as its commissioner.
Cecchini replaces Gilles Courteau, who stepped down from that post Sunday after 37 years.
However, Cecchini won't officially take office until May 8 as he's currently the interim president of the CFL's Montreal Alouettes and involved in the impending sale of the franchise.
Interim commissioner Martin Lavallee will continue in that role until then.
Courteau announced his departure just a year away from a planned 2024 retirement. He was in the middle of a political firestorm after testifying at provincial legislature hearings in Quebec City on hazing rituals in hockey last month.
Cecchini was first appointed as Alouettes president in January 2020. His contract wasn't renewed in December because of differences of opinion with ownership.
He was appointed interim president of the Alouettes last month after the CFL assumed control of the franchise.
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