Senior Amateur Hockey Player Beats The Wheels Off Of Idiot Fan Who Decides To Follow Him Into The Locker Rooms
The phrase "fuck around, find out" gets thrown around way too often these days. With that being said...I don't know any other way to describe what we just saw here.
I know this is senior amateur hockey we're talking about here. It's not like some dipshit fan jumping into the penalty box to try to fight an NHL player who is still in peak physical condition...
But if anything, that makes this fan an even bigger dumbass. Guys playing for the Clarenville Caribous have way less to lose than a guy like Tie Domi playing for the Leafs. You follow them down the hallway after they already get kicked out of a game, you're going to get your face rearranged. It's not like Justin Pender got tossed from the game and just went on a rampage looking for any fan to fight. These morons followed him down the hallway, kept asking for a fight, and then got the shit kicked out of them when he finally delivered.
And what an all-time bad look for that town, eh? Now you're going to ban the guy from playing in your rink again all because a couple of bozo fans got exactly what they asked for? If you want people to feel safe when they go into your rink, maybe they shouldn't chase an already enraged player off the ice and into the locker rooms. Seems like a pretty simple solution to me, but I guess the mayor of Harbour Grace forgot to turn his brain on after this one.
This all seems like a case of two fellas just handling their differences on their own. No harm, no foul, coast is clear to move on. Maybe a slap in the wrist from the league, but banning the guy from the rink just seems like the CeeBee Stars are diagnosed with the Pender Flu.
Sidenote: I really hope this doesn't impact Justin Pender's eligibility with the Big Deal Selects.