Serves him right I guess. This guy admitted he wasn't innocent in the situation, and by the sounds of it, initiated the physical confrontation when he first knocked Ferland in the side of the face, to which Ferland simply reacted, while being bigger and stronger than the guy.
Yet he decides to pursue charges after learning Ferland would be raking in big bucks as a pro hockey player. Definitely tried to milk the situation to land some cash, meanwhile putting all this bad press on Ferland when it boiled down to more or less a drunken bar fight that both parties took part in.
If I were Ferland, I'd just take the higher road and let it be.. as it's time to focus on your career. But he has every right to counter sue, and is probably more in the right to do so than the guy was in his attempted lawsuit.
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