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Roy's son apologizes for giving the finger

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Latest comment posted at 2:05 PM EDT 25/03/08

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  1. bob miller from Canada writes: LIke father, like son. Gutless act.
  2. Ned Chiwalski from Canada writes: Classless! Just like his father.
  3. G. Sky from Canada writes: Who cares if he apologizes? What he did was wrong. He knew it when he was doing it and his coach should have stopped him. Their respective actions should be punished and punished severely.
  4. Joe Sedona from Hockeytown, Canada writes: Classless? Like his father???
    What are you talking about? Roy (the real goalie - the father) was the best there was in hockey...

    The fact that Roy Jr. wants to act like a thug is an act that is not related to his father's historic on-ice performance.

    Should Jr. be punished? Absolutely. But let's not confuse the issue.
  5. doug barnes from Utterson, Canada writes: It appears that Patrick encouraged his son to go after the other goalie.
    I too dislike Patrick while admiring his goaltending skill. I really enjoyed seeing the replay of his hotdogging in the [playoffs when he threw the puck in his own goal. Priceless.
  6. Scott Anderson from Windsor, Canada writes: Roy Jr. needs to have Bobby Nadeau not only file assault charges but also file a person law suit and even stretch it to a major libel suit challenge in what to many viewers can be considered defamitory when it comes to standing up in the game. Why would any team in the NHL want Bobby Nadeau as he now appears to be a wimp who can't stand up in the game of hockey. Thus his chances of the future are that much less. So on that maybe a suit against Roy could be tied for up to five years total take in any form that comes from the NHL or anyone connected therein. This might create a shock wave in the shady world of the NHL system.
  7. Scott Anderson from Windsor, Canada writes: aybe even file against Roy's big mouth Father for enticement and indirect damages.
  8. Andrew Perry from halifax, Canada writes: Bobby Nadeau did as goalies are coached to do, he turtled: Roy's continued assault was an act of bullying, a clear attempt to intimidate him. If the QMJHL does not suspend father and son for some significant period, the message will be clear, " Open Season."
    If on the other hand, the Remparts were D Q from the playoffs completely Chicoutimi could suffer crippling financial losses.
    A lengthy suspension and some serious fines for the Remparts would seem the most equable solution.
    Nadeau's draft status depends more on winning games than fights, but I suspect that throwback teams like Philly and Anaheim are salivating over Roy.
  9. Blue Line from Canada writes: Seems to me Roy Jr. and Sr. have a lot more than the finger to apologize for. I watched the video and it seemed obvious to me that Patrick Roy signalled to his son to get down the ice and fight. Pathetic behaviour, but what's a kid to do? Sad truth of the matter is, most NHL types that commented afterward didn't see a whole lot wrong with any of it, and know that this is what it takes in Junior to get to the big leagues. Truly disgusting. Can't we just play hockey and leave the golden gloves in the boxing ring where they belong?
  10. Rene L from somewhere, Canada writes: Hope father and son get considerable suspensions. Patrick, although a great goalie, has an ego which leads him and his team to behave quite badly at times - its time for the league to put its foot down.
  11. Ned Chiwalski from Canada writes: Joe from Hockeytown:
    Being a good golie (yes Roy was awesome in net) and being classless are mutually exclusive. Roy’s (sr.) action&8217;s out of the net when he was a goalie and now as a coach prove that. His desire and willingness to fight, is a pathetic example to the youngsters playing this great game. That is classless.
  12. Scott T from Canada writes: Completely classless ! Who do you think taught Jr. how to play the game?

    I hope the league comes down hard.
  13. joseph Cheng from Toronto, Canada writes: The comment on TV by Oilers' McTavish's shows McTavish's ignorance and disrespect for our national game. McTavish and Roy are merely birds of the same feather ie., completely without class whatsoever!
  14. Georges Plourde from Kirkland, Canada writes: I feel shameful to be a Canadian because the video has been shown around the world and we are presumed to be civilized. We have a criminal code , however it is offside when on the ice . The game of hockey is fabulous only when it is played by young peewee boys , without body contact . I coached the game for 10 years and my biggest challenge was to teach the boys not to retaliate . Father Roy and son should be banned for 5 years and ordered to register for anger management . As for us , it would require a collective effort to show the world that we are civilized and do not condone such aggression : boycott all their games for one year.
  15. It Is Me from Canada writes: A thug and a goon.... he belongs in rollerderby or in ultimate fighting. It is people like him that give the game a bad reputation.
  16. Mac - GLG from Canada writes: You reap what you sow. Too bad for the kid that his father probably thinks this stupid act was justified.
  17. j w from Victoria, Canada writes: Jeff Kugel set the precedence with his lifetime ban from the OHL. The team should also be penalized severely...Disqualification from the playoffs and start next season with negative points. That might just get through to hotheads in the future.
  18. Jeff D. from Vancouver, Canada writes: Why is it in Canada that when someone from Quebec as disgusting as both Jonathon and Patrick Roy's behaviour gets little negative coverage from the French media but if someone else from the rest of the country did the exact same thing, they would have their lower extremities cut off by all media and left-wing politicians like Jack Layton?

    Once and for all, either Quebecers should follow the rules and not be as rude and ill-tempered or else leave Canada (and I would slam the door shut on their faces).

    Both father and son are not Canadians - what a low-class act of two individuals. Then again, to the separtist media in Quebec, they are probably on the same heroic status as they give Osama bin Laden, Palestinian suicide bombers, and other low lifes.
  19. andrei de souza from Canada writes: JAIL THE THUG. Why is it that beating someone is repugnant disgusting behaviour that will land you in jail, except if it happens within an arena and you wear some skates?

    You never lay a hand on another human being. EVER!!!! It's appalling that this has to be explained to grown adults. Hockey people just don't get it. We're supposed to have respect for hockey players? You're a bunch of animals. Lock them up for a couple years.
  20. Seb D from Ottawa, Canada writes: Jeff D: Did you read the Quebec media? I did, and believe me, they don't condone what Roy did.
  21. Rob C from T.O., Canada writes: Now that goalie knows what it's like to be married to a Roy.
  22. Repeatedly Censored from Mini Bushland, Canada writes: That violent incident is a matter for psychiatrists and for the criminal courts. Those who are in no mental position to stand trial should be interned in a psychiatric hospital. Those who can stand trial should, and found guilty of a criminal offence (assault), the should be locked up in a penitentiary for the next five years without parole. They should also be sued in a civil court and, found guilty, be condemned to pay millions to the victims. That league should be disbanded and banned from operating in any shape or form for the next twenty years. There is no place for such disgraceful entertainment in any civilized society. Sports is something different altogether.
  23. David Michaelson from Canada writes: Both father and son should be banned from hockey for life for this disgusting act. The son should be charged with assult. And the Roys, the team and the league should be slapped with a class action suit for traumatizing any little kids who witnessed this brutal assult on TV.
  24. Irish 222 from Ottawa, Canada writes: This is exactly the type of behavior I would expect from the son of Patrick Roy, and I am sure it is also exactly what Patrick Roy would expect from his son. I am sure the kid learned it very well at home.
    If this brutal savage attack was played out in our streets, this individual would be charged with assault and probably jailed. This was criminal behavior, and the fact that it took place in one of our hockey rinks should in no way excuse it.
  25. Wilf Kruggel from Canada writes: That young Roy should be sitting out the rest of the season along with Dad, as that young gollie made it very obvious that he did not want to fight, but Roy went beserk. I have no idea what caused Roy to skate down the iceto carry off this act if it wasn't just simple "RAGE". This guy needs to sit out the rest of the season. Wilf
  26. Jasper the Black Lab from Vancouver and Elsewhere, Canada writes:
    Sore losers, pere et fils. Two of a kind.
  27. John Percy from Halifax, Canada writes: "You will never see me behave like that again."

    If Jonathan is saying that he will remove himself from the game permanently, then I applaud his decision. He should be banned for life and charged with assault. His father should be charged as an accessory, and the team should be levied a considerable fine and pulled from the playoffs. Anything less is condoning the actions of this violent, bullying coward. I'd hate to be his wife or child, cowering in fear when he came home from losing a game.
  28. Martyn Whitt from Canada writes: I'm not a hockey fan myself, but isn't there some kind of code when having a fight that if you get the other guy on his back you stop punching him in the face? Usually when two able bodied men CHOSE to have a fight they seem to stop once one of them is on the ice, however in this situation he kept pounding on somebody who not only didn't want to fight, but couldn't defend himself. After the Bertuzzi incident it should be clear to players that they could actually kill somebody if the other person is not "squared up" expecting punches. I don't want to see hockey players/fans have fighting taken away from them, but this was beyond, just a complete lack of respect. Oh as a side in his press conference did anybody notice hisbig gold chain and slicked gelled hair? hahaha what was that? Why are people from Quebec (save for Montreal) always trying to look at outdated and tacky as possible? He would have looked right at home in Gold's Gym circa 1984!
  29. dale spinx from Canada writes: patrick has become a side show....he needs to talk some time away from the game.
  30. Rob Fennimore from Ottawa, Canada writes: A disgrace. A hockey fight with two willing combatants can be quite exciting, and it typically ends when one is down or prone. That assumes a degree of mutual respect. This on the other hand was a gutless display of brutality - it made me sick to watch it. Roy the younger should be tossed from the league, if not charged. The coach and father should be dealt with just as harshly for his obvious encouragement - and his history as a top tier goalie shouldn't cloud anyone's judgment.
  31. ex- Easterner from Calgary, Canada writes: He's a future bushleager. He's only appeared in 22 games, has a 3 win 10 loss record and a 3.96 goals against average.

    He's not drafted yet and never will be. The only reason he's on the team is because his Dad is part owner.

    When he is no longer elligible for Junior, Patrick will have to buy another team so the punk can continue playing or else he's destined to be working at a Quebec City carwash. He doesn't have enough guts to work as a bouncer.
  32. mike hughes from Canada writes: "Mr. Rockem Sockem" must be jumping for joy. He probably has a contract made up to sign the "goon" up for television rights and home video rights for the next volume. It will be interesting to hear him justify this action on his next show and give thumbs up to the "goon". Where is the line drawn between assault on the ice when one is standing leaning on a net away from a fight and assault in the public domain when one is standing leaning on a fence and someone runs up to you and starts hitting?
  33. A C from Canada writes: Disgrace for hockey.
  34. Arec Bardwin from MLSE LA LA LAND, Canada writes: I'm not condoning what loco Jono Roy did, but if a crazed little goalie was coming at me. I, for one, would have stood up for myself. Playing turtle against someone who is on adrenaline soaked crazy pills can get you hurt.
    Roy let in 10 goals in that game. Obviously he is worse at goal than he is at life.

    I think a 15 game suspension would be fair.
  35. Arec Bardwin from MLSE LA LA LAND, Canada writes: As well as an assult charge.
  36. The one and only Billy Shears from Canada writes: Just like his father - the kid's a baby. Kick them both out of the game TODAY.
  37. The one and only Billy Shears from Canada writes: I bet Don Cherry loved it, though. Maybe he could make another Rock'em Sock'em video...
  38. Fiery Will from Canada writes: If anyone has seen this disgrace it's clear that assault charges should be filed here.

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