Two minutes for interference and a game misconduct for being a dick

This piece in the Toronto Star lifts up a rock and shines a light on the worst aspects of kids' sports. Briefly, asshole hockey dad decides that the his son's competitive peewee hockey team is having any fun because they aren't winning often enough, so he decides that the kid he thinks is the least talented player should either be kicked off the team or at least be given less ice time and -without the coach's approval-goes ahead and calls a meeting of the team's parents to discuss this.
I have no idea whether the player in question was the worst player on the team or not, but since this is a competitive team, the player did have to try out to make the team, so they can't be that much worse than the other kids on the squad. Looking at the case in this light, the dad is just plain being a dick, right?
Well, let me add one more piece of information. The player in question was the only girl on the team.
So in addition to being a major dick, I suspect there may be more than a little sexism at play here.
As for the headline on the Toronto Star article: "Should hockey dad be 'ashamed' after girl's humiliating departure?" I would argue that he should have been ashamed well before she left and that the league should ban this clown from ever entering the arena again just on general "for the good of the sport" and "no assholes allowed" grounds. I think the coach, while not wanting to hold the asshole's son responsible for his asshole father's assholery, should at least ban said asshole from the dressing room and any other team affairs, simply on the grounds that deciding who to put on the ice and when is the decision of the coach and only the coach.

A present from the NFB

THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD site is playing "The Sweater", in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Y'all watch, now.

I bet the Leafs could get him in the second or third round

Sure, his fundamentals need a little work, and he's no pretty boy, but this kid is big, strong, tough, dangerous and wild at heart. He's aggressive in the corners, has the killer instinct needed in today's NHL -- he'll really maul the other team.

crossposted from the Woodshed

Ever seen an angry female hockey fan? Ask the Ottawa Senators about it. (UPDATED!!)

Remember this posting? It highlighted the activities of the Ottawa Senators Foundation and the Ottawa Senators ad-hoc wives group, The Better Halves, in their charity Christmas Tree raffle. One of the organizations the raised charity funds will be going to support is the anti-choice Crisis Pregnancy Centre of Ottawa operating under the name First Place Pregnancy Centre.

Well, between Sens practices and their current string of losses, at least one women's fan organization took note.

And JJ can fill you in on the details.

UPDATE: KABOOM!! Go read this. Seriously. She shoots... she scores!!!!