Do adults helping on the ice need a helmet?

Yes. Hockey Québec requires every head coach, assistant coach, animator, escort or other helper working at an on-ice practice, on-ice training or on-ice activity with players under its jurisdiction to wear a CSA-certified helmet with the chin strap properly fastened. A person who does not comply cannot take part in the on-ice activity, and the body they answer to may impose a suspension.

Source: Hockey Québec administrative regulations 2025-26, article 3.7.