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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

19 year old kid has a little too much one night, is wired a certain way after years of coaching and a unique environment, throws a punch he shouldn't and you want what? Him to serve time? If he'd done this on the ice, he would have maybe been given an extra two, or a ten minute misconduct. If it was really egregious, he'd get ejected, but likely not suspended.

Threw a punch he shouldn't have? Maybe, or maybe he did more. Also, what penalty he would have received in a hockey game is so irrelevant, it's ridiculous.

Give him his community service and be done with it. Let's not act like hes the only party at fault here. Bar fights never happen because one side was doing nothing whatsoever and the other side just wanted to hit somebody. And I highly doubt someone was breaking his balls because they knew he was 'Michael Ferland'. We're not talking Iggy or Kipper here, we're talking about a 5th rounder who didn't make the world junior team and plays in Brandon. How recognizable could he be in Cochrane?

Again, way too many assumptions here. We're not "acting" like anything, we're just saying if he's found guilty then he should have to face the punishment, while you're acting like nothing happened and they should just drop the case.

Live and learn. If Batman saw this, he'd give all involved a shot to the kidneys and tell them to grow up before continuing his pursuit of actual fiends. Nothing to see here.

There is something to see here, and the police laid a charge, so we'll see what happens in court.

You have way too many assumptions in there. There's a reason this is going to court, and when the dust settles, we'll see what happened and what the justifiable punishment is. That's how the real word works.