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McSorley should be held responsible for on-ice actions

Published Monday, October 9, 2000

To the Editor:

Mike Obernauer ("McSorley Trial Unnecessary," 10/5) wrote that despite the "brutality" of the illegal check against Donald Brashear, Marty McSorley of the Boston Bruins should not be held legally accountable by Vancouver prosecutors for his violent outburst on the ice.

Obernauer fails to provide a sufficient reason why hockey players should be exempt from the law. Why should the sporting arena provide immunity to violent aggression that would in any other venue be considered assault?

Obernauer may be correct in asserting that McSorley is being...

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