Parents Call for Arrest After Son Was 'Deliberately Kicked' in Neck During Hockey Game

This is the kind of thing you never like to hear about in hockey. Parents of a Junior C hockey player in Edmonton, Alberta want police to get involved after their son was kicked in the neck with a skate during a game last week. Officials have ruled the kick given to Richie Compo of the Junior Braves in the Noralta Junior C Hockey League was intentional.

Compo was rushed to hospital by ambulance. He received more than a dozen stiches and spent the night in hospital. He says the skate blade just missed his jugular vein.

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The player accused of kicking Compo, Nate Plaunt of the South West Zone Oil Kings, was given a match penalty and has since been suspended for three games pending a review which could lead to a further suspension. Compo's mother says that's not good enough, and charges should be laid.


Police told CTV News they are investigating, but declined making any other comments.

Source: CTV News