At his son's Atom hockey game, he was troubled to find out that his son had been benched for the start of the game: the boy had missed practice, and was dogging it during the warm-up. The standard coach's attention-getter.
How did the boy's dad react? He decided to leap into the players' box and choke the coach until he was rendered unconscious. He didn't ask the coach after the game. He didn't consult the coach before the game if there were going to be repercussions for missing practice. He decided to try a little attempted murder.
His sentence was handed down today. All he gets is a fine. No jail. No remorse to his victim. No voluntarily declaring that he stay away from the rink. No counselling was sought. Instead, he took the gutless way out, he declared himself to be the victim. His Dad died recently, he was sleep deprived from travel, he had some stress going on, I'm sure he had more on his list.
Hockey Canada President Bob Nicholson was really hoping for a message to be sent, but this gutless coward was sent no such message. Now, Nicholson echoes the thoughts of many hockey people: "is it now open season on hockey volunteers?"
But this guy is a spineless coward, and forever will be a pariah in the rink. Believe me, hockey parents talk. Word gets around in a hurry. The coward has been banned for 3 more years from the rink, doesn't matter. No one will talk to him. Some may even want to give him a little Frontier Justice, although that would clearly be sinking to the level of this slimy worm.
But at least this is big news in the country. Its not so commonplace that it barely gets a mention. I'm going to bring the topic up at my boy's next practice. I wonder what the consensus will be towards the coward?
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