Not by mistake -- the player was being escorted off the ice at the end of
the game by the ref in question; when the scuffle broke out, he head-butted
and punched the ref a couple of times in an attempt to break free. The
player was just recently convicted, although I don't recall the specifics of
the sentence.
 
Rich Shelley
 
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand."
                                          -- Homer Simpson
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Shepherd <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: teen hockey player charged with battery
 
 
> I haven't read the article yet, but here in Mass. a high school player was
> charged with assault and battery when he punched (by mistake?) a referee
in
> a melee at the end of a playoff game. The referee was a cop. Bad choice!
The
> message is: keep yourself together, hockey is not a license to fight.
>
> Susan S.
>
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