((HT: Prep Rally/Rohrbach))
Nick Major is a 16-year-old hockey player who was playing on the winning side of a 7-2 game five months ago. On a transitional break, Major snowed the goalie at the close of the play when the goalie made a save.
One of Major's opponents decided to cave his face in after the whistle as Major did not fight back. But he was given a two-game suspension for fighting and his opponent got four games...
Nick Major's parents are wondering where the justice system is in all of this since no criminal charges have been filed.
Here's Peter Mansbridge...
The HQ always wanted to say that...
((HT: CBC News))
The HQ is aware that hockey has its own set of rules and guidelines on the ice- they call it "the code." But the code doesn't quite answer for a snowing- except for the usual amount of pushing and shoving after the whistle.
What happened here is out of control and out of line.
The HQ can't blame Nick Major's parents for wanting out of the sport if the lines of the code are being blurred- even by police and authority figures...
Showing posts with label Ontario Provincial Police. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
OSG High: Brawl Breaks Out In Stands At Pee-Wee Hockey Game (NSFW)
((HT: Jane Hockeyfan))
And, because of it, Ontario Provincial Police are investigating...
In the Bantam C league, which had 14 and 15-year-olds skating Saturday, Six Nations and Tweed played on the ice and their supporters went at it off the ice...
Plug your speakers for this one...
Blaine LaForme, president of Six Nations Minor Hockey Association, told Brice McVicar of the Belleville Intelligencer newspaper that the video doesn't really show what happened...
From McVicar:
“What's shown on YouTube is very one-sided,” he said. “The lady doing the filming fails to show the first five or 10 minutes of what escalated to our people going over.”
LaForme said Tweed fans were unruly and had been drinking in the parking lot prior to the afternoon game and harassing gestures and comments were made toward Six Nations players and fans throughout the game.
The provincial police are looking to talk to witnesses and know the tape exists...
More when we know more...
And, because of it, Ontario Provincial Police are investigating...
In the Bantam C league, which had 14 and 15-year-olds skating Saturday, Six Nations and Tweed played on the ice and their supporters went at it off the ice...
Plug your speakers for this one...
Blaine LaForme, president of Six Nations Minor Hockey Association, told Brice McVicar of the Belleville Intelligencer newspaper that the video doesn't really show what happened...
From McVicar:
“What's shown on YouTube is very one-sided,” he said. “The lady doing the filming fails to show the first five or 10 minutes of what escalated to our people going over.”
LaForme said Tweed fans were unruly and had been drinking in the parking lot prior to the afternoon game and harassing gestures and comments were made toward Six Nations players and fans throughout the game.
The provincial police are looking to talk to witnesses and know the tape exists...
More when we know more...
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