Can You Believe This?

Just when I thought that Crazy Hockey Parents were the craziest on my youngest's team, I read this story about a Massachusetts father pointing a laser pointer into the eyes of players from an opposing high school girl's hockey team.  The crazy hockey dad was ejected from the game.  The full story is at: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/state/x297844150/Man-booted-from-Medway-Ashland-girls-hockey-game Parents, please calm down.

GTHL Stories in the Toronto Star

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.

Least favourite sayings from the crowd:

It's the start of a new season, and I'm not sure whether I look forward to least or most is the yelling from the crazy hockey crowd during the game.

"The puck, the puck, the puck......" - Junior is so busy hitting that he forgets to chase the puck.

"Where's the defense?" - from the Goalie's parent (in tears)
"Where's the offense" - defense parents
"The defense keeps turning over the puck" - offense parents

Thanks coach:  "It's not like any of them are going to the NHL"

From the sitting goalie to the playing goalie "I hope you get a shutout today."

"In my line of work, I can't be doing fundraising."