Patrice Cormier charged with assault

[Booche]

Wow, I dont know how I missed this news. Just seen'er.

This kind of shit needs to stay out of the courts and off the ice. It sets a bad precedent as far as I am concerned.

[Hal Johnson]

I caught a blurb on Court TV about violence in sports while flipping through the channels one night. Basically, they said that it's hard to prosecute because the victim has already accepted certain actions to be a result of playing the game, and charges can only be laid if the perpetrator goes above and beyond what the normal "violence" levels of the game are - ie, Todd Bertuzzi on Moore.

I guess the courts have decided that Cormier's hit was outside of the realm of body contact usually found in hockey. If this is the case, I am going to say that they don't have much of a case. And if they do, then your right, a dangerous precedent will have been set.

Edited May 12, 2010 by Guest

[localcrew]

It would not be the first time an NHL player spent the night in jail from his on ice actions....of course I know he wasn't in the NHL at the time but I only really know NHL players have done time (at least overnight)....don't know about players at other levels...