[25] The AAHA sought to increase registration in minor hockey and began paying the travel costs for teams during provincial playoffs, and reached its greatest number of players registered by the 1952–53 season.

[41][43] He wanted to spread out junior hockey talent and see fewer players controlled by professional interests concentrated on a small group of teams.

The AAHA then divided its intermediate hockey level into tiers to allow for the inclusion of teams from smaller towns and leagues composed entirely of industrial employees.

[47] In August 1957, Potter appealed to the CAHA that Allan Cup competition be opened up to intermediate level teams strengthened by additional players.

As of the 1958 Allan Cup, the CAHA allowed intermediate level teams outside of Ontario in British Columbia to add six players to their rosters to enter the national playoffs.

[54] Potter attended the 1962 Ice Hockey World Championships in Colorado where Canada placed a disappointing second, which led to calls for a new method of selecting the national team.

[64] The CAHA ended publication of Hockey Canada after nine issues, due to fewer than expected subscriptions and multiple branches complaining about the added costs.

Potter and the CAHA resolutions committee were against increasing NHL influence into amateur hockey in Canada and declined to present the proposal at the semi-annual meeting.

[69] Boucher and team owners in Saskatchewan and Manitoba accused Potter and the CAHA of disregarding their concerns and favouring the Edmonton Oil Kings.

[72][73] Potter stated that the suspensions resulted from "continuously and severely criticizing officials, thereby giving an erroneous picture of the game as played";[72] and that "this type of broadcast is a definite detriment to sport and cannot be tolerated".

[72] The Canadian Press argued the need for a full-time position within the CAHA to oversee on-ice officiating, charged Potter of censorship and going beyond his power, and expressed concerns that sportscasters can decrease interest in a sport due to their criticism.

[75] Niagara Falls' coach Hap Emms made numerous petty complaints about the series and the CAHA, including the ice rink's dimensions and access to the other team's practices.

Potter dismissed the charges and stated that the treatment of the Flyers matched their lack of courtesy and refusal to attend the Edmonton Sports Writers' Association dinner.

[79] The CAHA general meeting in 1962 debated alternate methods of selecting the Canada men's national ice hockey team instead of sending the reigning Allan Cup champion to international events.

The Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey Association suggested each CAHA branch send its best players to an all-star playoffs series to select a team.

The CAHA chose to participate in ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics, and Potter deferred making the decision on which team would be sent until the next executive meeting.

[81] The CAHA approved Bauer's plan to establish a team of student athletes who would train and study at the University of British Columbia, and be supplemented by seniors players for the Olympics.

[82] Potter later met with Bauer and University of British Columbia officials and reached a financial agreement for the national team program to begin in August 1963.

The Canadian Press speculated that Potter's remarks reflected that Canada wanted to remain on good terms with the IOC since it had bid to host the 1968 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

[86] Journalist Mordecai Richler reported that the Canada national team was given second class hotel accommodations and cold pork chops for breakfast at the 1963 Ice Hockey World Championships in Sweden, and that Swedish newspaper headlines stated that "The Canadians want to see blood".

[74] Potter oversaw scheduling for the 1964 Memorial Cup played in Toronto, and disagreed with the management of Maple Leaf Gardens on the radio broadcast rights for games.

[98] Potter accused referees at the Olympics of calling petty penalties and ruining the games for all countries, and credited Bauer for keeping his cool despite the inept officiating.

[100] During a game versus the Sweden national team, Bauer was struck in the face with a broken hockey stick thrown aside by Carl-Göran Öberg.

[100] He recognized that the time commitment to the national team had a negative academic impact on its players, and commended them for paying the price to represent the country without complaining.

[110] He felt that the talent level on the national team had to be on par with the American Hockey League to regain the World Championship, and that sending the reigning Allan Cup champion was no longer the answer.

[111] The CAHA chose the 1964 Allan Cup champions Winnipeg Maroons to form the nucleus of a national team, then add the best available players from across Canada.

[115] The CAHA continued to seek an end to the NHL sponsoring of a small number of junior teams and to spread out the financial support more evenly across Canada.

Potter cautioned teams to avoid a financial bidding war for players, which had caused the previous decline of senior hockey in Alberta.

[122] A new agreement was announced at the meeting, and Potter believed it meant that more players would stay in junior hockey as a result of changes to the NHL Amateur Draft and a new system of distributing funds.

[144] The AAHA honoured Potter and all of its living past presidents with bronze lapel pins at the general meeting in October 1962,[145] and was made a life member in November 1964.