Here's a link to the Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/sports/gthl/article/861734 story about a lawsuit between two families and the GTHL, in which the parents alleged their sons were cut from the Avalanche Minor Sports Club midget junior A team by coaches that were ineligible to coach due to tampering issues.
The parties "reached an agreement to avoid the courts and settled with ‘no fault’". “The two fathers agreed to dismiss the action in its entirety in exchange for the GTHL conducting a hearing as to whether the individuals were in violation of any league sanctions.” Read the whole article at the Star.
Then there's the amazing story of Stuart Hyman, a Toronto Real Estate developer, who invested in Minor Hockey Teams, and most recently International Scouting Services (ISS). ISS scouts players and publishes and NHL scouting report. According to the article: "Hockey has not been faced with the likes of Stuart Hyman before,” said John Gardner, president of the Greater Toronto Hockey League, from which Hyman withdrew as an owner of more than 90 teams following a high-profile league investigation in 2004." This is an amazing story and one of the outcomes is 18 year old Zach Hyman being selected in the 5th round of the NHL draft. http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/861974--how-a-dad-with-nhl-dreams-bankrolled-a-hockey-empire I'm not sure if Stuart Hyman qualifies as a Crazy Hockey Parent or not, but this is just too amazing to be true. Someone should make a movie out of this one. Sorry kids I can't afford a hockey team or a scouting company, so let's just stick to eating right, having fun, getting enough sleep, getting to hockey practice on time and maybe doing your homework.
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