Alex Galchenyuk has 5 of 6 charges dropped

Former National Hockey League forward Alex Galchenyuk was involved in a shocking incident last month, one in which he was accused of hurling racial slurs, threatening a police officer, and threatening a police officer’s family. He was arrested on multiple charges, including private property hit-and-run, disorderly conduct, failure to obey, resisting arrest, and threatening or intimidating and was subsequently cut by the Arizona Coyotes following the incident.

While Galchenyuk was sentenced to 30 days of jail time, he has had five of the six charges against him dropped. Per the Athletic’s Katie Strang, the veteran forward is quick lucky in the sentence he received on Monday.

“Galchenyuk was sentenced to 30 days of jail time, one of which counts as time served and 27 of which will be suspended upon successful completion of an alcohol recovery program and 12 months without consuming/possessing alcohol,” Strang added.

Following his arrest, Galchenyuk publicly apologized and announced that he was entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program.

“My behavior last week was deeply offensive, uncalled for, horrendous, embarrassing, disrespectful and just plain awful,” Galchenyuk wrote. “I let you all down and I am truly sorry.”

The No. 3 overall in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft is reportedly heading back overseas and signing with Spartak Moscow of the KHL.

Last season, he split time between the NHL and the American Hockey League with the Colorado Avalanche and its farm team Colorado Eagles. In 42 AHL games, he put up 16 goals and 42 points, while failing to register a point at the NHL level in 11 contests with the Avalanche.

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