HALIFAX - A minor hockey coach in Halifax is accusing a game official of taunting his team and later attacking a player during a recent game in P.E.I. that went horribly awry, prompting an RCMP investigation.
Mark Whidden, head coach of the Midget C Chebucto Chill, says he and three of his teenaged players have since been suspended indefinitely, pending completion of the Mounties’ probe and a subsequent review by Hockey Nova Scotia.
Whidden says that process could take months if not years.
He says that’s why he’s speaking out.
“These kids might never play hockey,” he said in an interview Tuesday.