Andre Deveaux sat in a conference room in a Toronto hotel Friday morning and defended himself a little over a month after he attacked an opponent during warmups before a playoff game in Sweden’s Hockeyallsvenskan.
Here’s a refresher of the pre-game slash on Per Helmersson:
Deveaux’s team, Rogle, quickly moved to terminate the 31-year old’s contract and Swedish prosecutors sought his arrest. The disciplinary committee of the Swedish Hockey Association later banned the forward until Feb. 2016.
"I'm sorry if it sounds horrible, but I do not care [if] their team likes me.