HOCKEY COACH GOES TO JAIL FOR TRIPPING OPPOSING PLAYER

A youth hockey coach has been arrested in Vancouver, BC, after tripping a 13-year-old player in a postgame handshake line between UBC Hornets and Richmond Steel. Martin Tremblay, the Hornets coach, claimed the tripping was an accident, but parents called police.

He was arrested and charged with assault. Investigators are now reviewing witness statements and video of the incident. Shocking footage of a hockey coach tripping a 13-year-old player after a game Saturday afternoon, leaving the boy with a broken wrist, has sparked outrage in the minor hockey community.

"I don't ever want to see that coach on a bench behind kids ever again," said Richmond Steel team manager Tammy Hohlweg of the man coaching the Hornets, who won Saturday's game 5-4. "It's just horrible that a coach would go after a child like that, and what's even more horrible is that team won. "We were the losing team and that guy still went after our kid."

The footage, shot by a parent of a Steel player, shows the two teams preparing to shake hands following the game at UBC's Thunderbird Arena. The coach, wearing a black jacket and beige pants, can be seen moving down the line before sticking out his right foot. A player in a blue Steel jersey is then seen falling, causing a second player to go down as well.

Later footage also shows the man trading words with a referee while a Steel coach standing in shock is ushered off the ice. A Hornets player is also caught on camera throwing a water bottle at the bleachers while others on his team applaud and gesture with their arms open. The Hornets coach also gives a middle finger to those yelling from the bleachers.