Enraged parent assaults two young officials during rec-league game.
A terrible scene unfolded during a rec-league hockey game in Washington where multiple officials were assaulted.
You really hate to see scenes like this unfold in any sport but it feels especially bad to see it occur in the sport we all have so much love and respect for.
A video from a U12 rec league game in Kirkland, Washington featuring the Seattle Sno-Kings has gone viral over the weekend for all the wrong reasons. In the video, an enraged parent can be seen slowly walking on the ice towards a pair of young officials before physically assaulting both young men by shoving them down hard to the ice.
The two young officials look completely stunned at what had just transpired, understandably so, with one of the young men looking back and forth between his officiating partner and the enraged parent as if in total disbelief.
Just below you can see a short clip of the incident that was caught on camera:
The Sno-Kings have released a statement denouncing the actions of the enraged parent.
"We at Sno-King, along with our state association and all of its members, stand with our on-ice officials and off-ice volunteers. There is no room for behavior like this and it will not be tolerated," said the team in a statement.
The two young men who were assaulted in this incident are reportedly only 13 and 14 years of age respectively, making the actions of this parent against the young officials all the more reprehensible. It is unclear at this time what consequences he will be facing for his actions.
I can only hope that the two young officials won't have their interest in officiating the sport negatively impacted by this unfortunate incident.
