Charges have been presented against a minor hockey coach from Woodstock, 42 -year -old Ontario, after a disturbance over the weekend in a seven -year players game.
The Woodstock Police was called to a municipal sand in that city around 8:40 am on Saturday after an argument about the call of a referee turned into a heated confrontation.
CBC News learned that the incident took place on the green track of Southwood Arena during the second period of a game between two U8/U9 timbits teams.
The coach involved was a member of Tim Hortons Ottawa Black, who played against Tim Hortons Boston Gold.
The police say that the coach began shouting blasphemies to the referee, which stopped the game.
“As a result of the verbal outbreak, the referee made the decision to expel the coach of the game,” police said in a position on social networks.
“The coach continued to cause a scene, shouting and refusing to leave the facilities, which led the city’s sand staff to contact the police in search of help so that the man was retired from the facilities.”
When the police arrived and escorted his dressing room to obtain his things, he continued to be harmful and shouted at the spectators, the officers say, he became violent when he was escorted the building.
“In a violent outbreak, the officers was physically resisted and began to balance the arms, which led to confrontation. Two officers were forced to physically contain the coach after he assaulted them,” police said.
The defendant, whose name was not released by the Police, was accused of two positions of the Assault Police and one that caused a disturbance and resistance to arrest.
CBC News contacted the Woodstock Palace of Justice, Woodstock Police and the Woodstock minor hockey association for comments, but did not receive answers per publication.
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The rebel behavior in minor hockey, and in other youth sports, it is not uncommon and has been a long -standing problem, said Alison Doherty, a professor at the Western University School of Kinesiology, whose research is focused on community sport.
“It has a lot to do with our hockey culture and the importance of sport for us, and the importance of competitive sport in our communities and in our families,” he said. “We have lost sight of what the game really is about, and it’s not just about winning.”
Continuous verbal abuse aimed at minor hockey referees, which are sometimes minors, led to the minor ontarium hockey association to introduce a green bracelet initiative for first -year referees and adolescents.
Alliance Hockey, of which Woodstock’s minor hockey association is a member, launched a green bracelet plan for the 2024-25 season. None of the referees in Saturday’s game wore green bracelets.
“How important was this call that increased in the context of the hockey game of a very young player?” Said Doherty.
“What is comforting in all this is that all procedures were followed in terms that the referee was within his ability to expel the coach and the sand personnel who call the police.”
Doherty is currently looking at the abuse and safe sport at the community level, and believes that what happened with the police should not be seen as a hockey incident.
“That is not sports history. Sports history is what happened in the sand, on ice, and it is important to know that the referee and then the sand staff dealt correctly with this.”
