Dispute over hockey suspension lands in court after parents file complaint

A dispute over the suspension of a hockey player in British Columbia has now reached the court level. According to court documents filed by the parents of Jacob Donner, they believe his suspension was unjust and should be overturned.

The documents state Pommer was suspended for five games following an incident on December 20th. Pommer was on the ice when his team had scored it's fifth goal during an under-18hockey tournament. As he skated by the opposing bench, Pommer claims one of the players from the other team made some derogatory remarks to him. At that point, he gave the player the middle finger, keeping his glove on. Donner was given a game misconduct. He was later suspended by the B.C. Amateur Hockey Association for five games; one for getting penalized in the final 10 minutes of the game, and four more for "gross misconduct." Pommer's parents appealed the suspension saying the punishment far outweighed their son's actions. However, B.C Hockey released a ruling stating the punishment could not be appealed because the suspension was issued under the minimum suspension guidelines.

Pommer's father argued his son should have been given the 10-minute misconduct and it should have been left at that. B.C. Hockey has yet to file a response to the court petition, and CEO Cameron Hope said there other avenues to use outside the court system.

"I don't begrudge people using whatever pathway they'd like to try to resolve something," Hope said. "We don't agree that this is the right path but we'll deal with that as well."

Source: Prince George Citizen

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