s , ▁and ▁to ▁switch ▁from ▁two ▁thirty - min ute ▁periods , ▁to ▁three ▁twenty - min ute ▁periods . ▁He ▁became ▁second ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁O HA ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁and ▁then ▁its ▁first ▁vice ▁president ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 . ▁ ▁W art ime ▁leadership ▁ ▁S uther land ▁was ▁elected ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Ontario ▁Hockey ▁Association ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁and ▁was ▁later ▁elected ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Am ateur ▁Hockey ▁Association ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 1 5 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 6 , ▁he ▁en list ed ▁for ▁the ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁effort ▁with ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Army ▁Service ▁Corps , ▁and ▁later ▁rejo ined ▁King ston ' s ▁ 1 4 th ▁Regiment ▁after ▁a ▁ 1 2 - year ▁absence . ▁ ▁S uther land ▁encourag ed ▁Canadian ▁hockey ▁players ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁war ▁effort , ▁and ▁used ▁his ▁ ▁position ▁with ▁the ▁CA HA ▁to ▁issue ▁a ▁rec ruit ing ▁message ▁across ▁the ▁nation . ▁He ▁promoted ▁the ▁team work ▁of ▁hockey , ▁and ▁compared ▁it ▁to ▁war ▁against ▁a ▁common ▁enemy . ▁ ▁S uther land ▁deployed ▁to ▁Europe ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 , ▁as ▁a ▁captain ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 4 6 th ▁Battalion ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Ex ped ition ary ▁Force . ▁His ▁batt alion ▁was ▁later ▁absor bed ▁into ▁the ▁ 9 5 th ▁batt alion , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁re elect ed