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Quebec Hockey Teen Suspended For Rest Of The Season After Stick Attack On Referee

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 07 Dec, 2017 12:38 PM
    RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, Que. — A teenage hockey player from Quebec has been suspended for the rest of the season after using his stick to attack a referee in the neck area.
     
    The incident occurred Nov. 23 in Riviere-du-Loup, northeast of Quebec City.
     
    A disciplinary committee met with the teenager this week and handed down the suspension immediately.
     
    "For us it's obviously a severe sanction but there have been precedents," Eric Turcotte, director of operations at Hockey Quebec-Chaudiere-Appalaches, said in an interview.
     
    "The important thing is we don't have an incident in the future that is more serious and that leads to serious injury.
     
    ''Hockey is a game and, although it's an isolated incident, we want the sentence to be exemplary enough to serve as a deterrent to other young players."
     
    The boy attacked the referee after the official had given him a 10-minute penalty.
     
    He later visited the referee in hospital to apologize.
     
    The teen had not played since because he was serving a suspension of several games.

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