[4][5] After the war, Pickard worked as a farmer,[6] then taught school for a year in rural Saskatchewan before moving to Regina to continue as a teacher.

[19][20][21] Pickard was re-elected in April 1943, and named a trustee for the T. B. Patton Cup, the championship trophy for senior hockey in Western Canada.

[23] In February 1945, the physical fitness branch of the Canadian Ministry of Health announced plans to become a liaison between sports organizations and the Government of Canada.

Pickard felt that the CAHA and the government could mutually work together to improve the general fitness of teenaged boys, and that junior hockey would benefit from increased interest in sport.

[26] The CAHA declared that any player from a defunct military hockey team would now be a free agent and could register to play where he resided post-war without requiring the usual transfer.

[30] During game three of the 1947 Memorial Cup played at the Queen City Gardens in Regina, Moose Jaw Canucks defender Jim Bedard was assessed a penalty which spectators protested by throwing bottles onto the ice surface.

Pickard used the public address system to ask for calm, but spectators continued to litter the ice, and he subsequently forfeited the game in favour of the Toronto St. Michael's Majors.

Pickard stated that the CAHA and AHAUS would be assured of autonomy under the agreement which governed relationships between national ice hockey organizations.

[42] The RCAF Flyers won the gold medal at the Olympics, and were given special consideration to enter the 1948 Allan Cup playoffs upon their return from Europe.

[48] In the 1948 Memorial Cup final, Barrie Flyers' coach Hap Emms threatened that his team would not play the fourth game without a change of referees.

[49] Pickard suspended Flyers' player Alf Guarda two years for striking referee Vic Lindquist during game four, and condemned the behaviour of Emms and the team's failure to respect on-ice officials.

[50] In the weeks leading up to the 1948 general meeting, the CAHA considered two proposals to semi-professionalize player contracts in junior and senior hockey in Canada.

[53][54] The Canadian Press noted that clubs which operated under CAHA jurisdiction were exempt from the 20 per cent federal amusement tax, and that accepting the proposal might remove that benefit.

A third proposal from CAHA past-president Cecil Duncan, was to establish a major series in senior hockey for the teams which dominated Allan Cup play.

[55][56] Pickard favoured renewing the existing professional-amateur agreement signed in 1947,[57] and stated that the proposals "would have a profound effect on the future of the CAHA if accepted".

[54] Campbell was invited by Pickard to present and discuss the NHL's contract proposals before a seven-man committee in advance of the general meeting.

Pickard stated they would be tabled for further consideration, and Campbell understood that it would not affect the existing agreement between the NHL and the CAHA which included the annual grant.

The committee also rejected Northey's calls to drop the word amateur, and explained that the CAHA was built upon teams which operated as a community efforts and that profits were invested into development of minor hockey.

No replacement had been named for Dawe, and Western Canada delegates reportedly sought to have OHA president George Panter elected.

[59][60] Pickard attended the IIHF congress in Zürich in July 1948,[61] and sought for the adoption of the CAHA definition of amateur in an effort to ice an international team truly representative of Canada.

[63] The new OHA president, J. J. McFadyen, criticized the modern ice hockey rules and felt they were made to suit the American spectator and had been dictated by the NHL.

[64] Toronto Maple Leafs team owner Conn Smythe threatened to have Danny Lewicki suspended from junior hockey, if he refused to report according to having signed a C-form at age 16.

[67] Pickard supported the Maples Leafs in the dispute, but would not suspend Lewicki from junior hockey since the player was only aged 17 at the time and had not yet signed or been offered the professional contract.

The joint meetings were arranged by AHAUS president Tommy Lockhart, who felt that it demonstrated international ice hockey co-operation.

A committee composed of Pickard, Hardy and Campbell, was made to "plan and develop a positive statement of hockey objectives for a vigorous presentation to the public".

[72] In advance of the 1950 CAHA semiannual meeting, Pickard spoke out against the dump and chase style of hockey which led to skirmishes in the corners of the ice rink.

[77] The London Free Press sports editor Jack Park, wrote that Smythe did not appreciate the prestige of winning the Allan Cup, and that the CAHA was essentially sponsoring teams by covering travel expenses.

Park speculated that amateur hockey might be fading away, and that teams in larger cities would rather operate openly as professional to have more control over player salaries due to the competition for talent.

[78] The WCSHL became part of the Major Series for senior hockey which was a new Canadian playoffs structure at a higher calibre of competition than the Allan Cup.

[91][92] The Quebec Amateur Hockey Association was suspended by the CAHA in February 1953 for not following proper transfer and registration procedures for Ron Attwell.