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17-year-old hockey player charged in alleged on-ice assault in Woodstock, Ont.
WOODSTOCK, Ont. – A 17-year-old hockey player has been charged with assault causing bodily harm in connection with an on-ice incident during a hockey game earlier this year in Woodstock, Ont.
Woodstock police say they received a criminal complaint on Jan. 14 alleging that a player was assaulted by another player during a hockey game in the city on the previous day.
Video of the game was reviewed and witnesses interviewed, and police say the Crown attorney’s office was also consulted about whether charges could be laid “in the forum of a hockey game.”
Police say they know the incident has sparked widespread public debate about the physical aspects of hockey and that the decision to lay a criminal charge was not taken lightly.
The 17-year-old charged cannot be identified under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
He’s to appear in court in Woodstock on July 11.
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