Abusing The Ref

from Paul Friesen of the Winnipeg Sun, It was at a hockey game between eight-year-olds in Seattle, Wash., but it could just as easily have been at a rink in Winnipeg, or anywhere else.

Because this is a scene that’s played out across the country, unfortunately.

An overbearing hockey dad, his son’s team losing badly, hurls F-bombs at the 12-year-old referee.

Intimidated, the ref is hesitant with a call or two, and the boor in the stands lets him have it some more.

“Jes—- f-ing Chr—, blow your f-ing whistle!” he yells at the kid, his own son’s team falling further and further behind and his frustration boiling over.

Sitting in the stands nearby was NHL official Vaughan Rody of Winnipeg, who was supposed to be enjoying a proud moment as a father.

Problem is, it was Rody’s son taking the abuse.

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