A financial blow for Windsor Minor Hockey Association.
Vice President of Travel Dave Pickford says the association received an email on Thursday from Unifor Local 444 , stating the union was pulling its sponsorship funding.
He says the union decided to stop assisting Windsor Minor Hockey after comments were made by President Dean Lapierre on his Facebook page.
Pickford says it's disheartening.
"I can understand why they're doing it in light of the union and who they represent, they represent a lot of women and there's a lot of people who are angry over what occurred, we are upset as well, we know that there was a mistake made," says Pickford.
Pickford says Local 444's sponsorship amount was for $500.
Lapierre has been suspended for the rest of the season.
He will also have to take training programs dealing with social media, take a Respect In Sport course, take part in WMHA Onside workshop offered by the Sexual Assault Crisis Centre and make a written apology.