01-18-2005, 02:12 PM
Found this online today:
Man Charged with Choking Son's Hockey Coach
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Jan 18, 10:19 AM (ET)
TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian man, upset that his 9-year-old son was benched during a hockey game, allegedly choked the team's coach in a fit of rage, Toronto police said on Monday.
The father, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, allegedly reached over a partition to grab the coach after the boy was kept on the bench during Sunday's game.
"Several attempts were made by witnesses to stop the attack but they were unable to before the victim collapsed to the floor," Toronto police said in a release on Monday.
The incident comes on the heels of several other reports of parents' misbehavior at their children's hockey games. The mother of an 11-year-old was banned from Toronto-area arenas in 2004 after exposing her bra and shaking her breasts in an apparent attempt to intimidate the opposing team.
The father appeared in court on Monday on a charge of choking. Newspaper reports said the coach finished the game after the incident and did not appear to have sustained serious injuries.
Time to fess up!
Man Charged with Choking Son's Hockey Coach
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Jan 18, 10:19 AM (ET)
TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian man, upset that his 9-year-old son was benched during a hockey game, allegedly choked the team's coach in a fit of rage, Toronto police said on Monday.
The father, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, allegedly reached over a partition to grab the coach after the boy was kept on the bench during Sunday's game.
"Several attempts were made by witnesses to stop the attack but they were unable to before the victim collapsed to the floor," Toronto police said in a release on Monday.
The incident comes on the heels of several other reports of parents' misbehavior at their children's hockey games. The mother of an 11-year-old was banned from Toronto-area arenas in 2004 after exposing her bra and shaking her breasts in an apparent attempt to intimidate the opposing team.
The father appeared in court on Monday on a charge of choking. Newspaper reports said the coach finished the game after the incident and did not appear to have sustained serious injuries.
Time to fess up!
