I don't know but it seems like there have been a lot of conduct related issues this summer with the College hockey players. Impressive, takes a big man to rough up your girl friend. It will be interesting to see if Sandy pulls the plug on this clown or not.
Duluth News Tribune--- A 2010-11 University of Minnesota Duluth freshman hockey recruit was arrested early Tuesday on domestic assault charges after allegedly attacking his girlfriend in her College of St. Scholastica dorm room.
Christopher Michael Stafne, 20, of Duluth is charged with fifth-degree domestic assault. He was arrested and booked in the St. Louis County Jail about 2 a.m. Tuesday. He was later released pending his next court appearance, scheduled for June 15.
A court order also was filed Tuesday prohibiting Stafne from having contact with his alleged victim. Stafne returned a reporter’s phone call Tuesday but declined to comment on the charge against him.
According to police reports:
Stafne’s girlfriend told police he has an anger problem. She didn’t want to talk to him Monday night and she turned off her cell phone. She said she was trying to sleep when Stafne showed up at her dorm room. The woman said Stafne was upset with her because he thought she was cheating on him, and his suspicions led him to wanting to see her cell phone.
She said he took the cell phone from her and when she tried to take it back, he pushed her down and she fell between the bed and the dresser.
The woman said that Stafne then went into the bathroom with her cell phone and tried to close the door. She tried to open the door but he pushed her and slammed the door, hitting her with the door. A roommate of the woman said Stafne also was verbally abusive to his girlfriend.
The victim sustained a bruise on her forearm, a scrape with redness on her neck and marks on her back, allegedly as a result of the assault.
Personally,
ReplyDeleteI'd do thus:
Suspend him for one year. Tell him he can use the year's suspension as a sort of probationary trial period. He can get help on his anger issue, work out with the team, and hopefully try use it to come back as a sophomore a better person for it.
Or he can walk away.
Anger issues don't just translate to girlfriend issues. Say you had a bad game... locker room fights, maybe?
Who knows with this kid. And who knows the full extent so... It'll be interesting to see what Sandy does.
If he does cut ties, I don't see this hurting the program much. He could probably get a recruited walk on in his stead.