Seven hockey players suspended!!

bgbill · Post by **bgbill** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:50 pm

world series on channel 36 tonight

crappy news to come home to tonight

I wonder when this came to Scott's attention. We didn't see him after the game Saturday.

bgbill · Post by **bgbill** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:55 pm

October 26, 2004
BGSU Hockey Suspends 7
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The Bowling Green State University Hockey Team was flying high after a weekend sweep at Union College. The Falcons are 2 and 0 for the first time in nearly a decade. But the BG program is going through a bit of a mood swing today.

BGSU Head Coach Scott Paluch has announced the indefinite suspension of seven of his players due to a violation of team policy. The list includes Ryan Barnett, Steve Brudzewski, Bryan Dobek, Mike Falk, Don Morrison, Brett Pilkington, and Alex Rogosheske.

Tich

10/26/04

http://www.nbc24.com/global/Frameset.asp?P=/default.asp

FlagCityFalcon · Post by **FlagCityFalcon** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:05 pm

Anybody got the sentinal article to share?

Tommy Glantz Is A Sniper · Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:44 pm

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercuryn ... 331.htm?1c

Those responsible should be kicked off the team permanently.

This is just not acceptable. At all.

bgbill · Post by **bgbill** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:48 pm

wish you would have copied and pasted the mercury news article - have to register to read it

Tommy Glantz Is A Sniper · Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:49 pm

Sorry.

This isn't the Mercury-News article, but it is the AP article:

Seven BG hockey players suspended after compromising photo
surfaces

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) - Seven Bowling Green hockey players
have been suspended indefinitely today, a day after a newspaper
showed their coach a photo of a nude player whose skin was
decorated with profanity.
Coach Scott Paluch says players Ryan Barnett, Steve Brudzewski,
Bryan Dobek, Mike Falk, Don Morrison, Brett Pilkington and Alex
Rogosheske were suspended for violating team policy.
Paluch and athletic director Paul Krebs declined to discuss the
photo at a news conference announcing the suspensions.
The Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune newspaper reported that
yesterday it received a photo showing a Bowling Green hockey player
face down, with profanity and racial slurs scrawled in colored
marker across his body. He appeared to be unconscious.

(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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FlagCityFalcon · Post by **FlagCityFalcon** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:55 pm

Not much different, but here's the Mercury Article...

Seven BG hockey players suspended after compromising photo surfaces

Associated Press

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Seven Bowling Green hockey players were suspended indefinitely Tuesday, a day after a newspaper showed their coach a photo of a nude player whose skin was decorated with profanity.

Coach Scott Paluch said players Ryan Barnett, Steve Brudzewski, Bryan Dobek, Mike Falk, Don Morrison, Brett Pilkington and Alex Rogosheske were suspended for violating team policy.

Paluch and athletic director Paul Krebs declined to discuss the photo at a news conference announcing the suspensions.

The Sentinel-Tribune newspaper reported that it received a photo Monday showing a Bowling Green hockey player face down, with profanity and racial slurs scrawled in colored marker across his body. He appeared to be unconscious.

The envelope containing the photo had a Canadian postmark but no return address.

The newspaper said it showed Paluch the photo. It wasn't immediately clear where or when the photo was taken.

The photo showed eight men, at least five of whom are current players, the newspaper said.

"It's unacceptable. We'll get to the bottom of it," Paluch told the Sentinel-Tribune for a story Tuesday.

The Falcons have won their only two games this season. Their next game is Friday night at home against Lake Superior State.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:55 pm

I'd be horribly disappointed if any of these guys played another game for BG, unless there is undeniable evidence that they didn't take part. But I'd think to be mentioned this far into the story, they have to be in pretty deep.

Inexcusable.

FlagCityFalcon · Post by **FlagCityFalcon** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:00 pm

It'll be tough, but I'm sure Scott will get to the bottom of this and do the right thing. Absolutely ridiculous

bgbill · Post by **bgbill** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:15 pm

really disappointed in these guys if they were active participants....several of them just don't strike me as the type to be involved....hope this sorts out better than the way it sounds now

wait'll our "friends" on uscho get a hold of this

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:40 am

I saw this on the wire while laying out the sports page tonight...figured no one else would know about it so I was hoping to post first! But yeah, everything on here is all that has been mentioned in any news form. The first AP article was a shortened one in case someone wanted to run it as a brief.

The kid on the floor appeared unconcious or whatever so I am wondering it they were all just having a "normal night in BG." People get wasted and do stupid stuff, no one can help it. How someone in Canada got ahold of the photo and emailed it we will never know. This sucks IMO though...7 players are 7 players and the teams needs all we have!!!

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:16 am

McMetz811 wrote: The kid on the floor appeared unconcious or whatever so I am wondering it they were all just having a "normal night in BG." People get wasted and do stupid stuff, no one can help it. How someone in Canada got ahold of the photo and emailed it we will never know. This sucks IMO though...7 players are 7 players and the teams needs all we have!!!

God knows I've done plenty of stupid stuff, said stupid things, made jokes I probably shouldn't have made, and even though this apparently a University sponsored event (poor choice of words, I meant its not like they vandalized a building during a weekend roadtrip to play games), there is still the responsibility to represent the University. The photo doesn't cause a problem with me, nor do most of the words apparently on him, its the racial slurs part. THAT is what will cause the University a very hefty black eye, and is what needs to be dealt with most severely. Maybe something will come out where it was one or two guys doing the writing and the others just posed for a picture, who knows. Until that time, I hope (and expect) everyone involved to be suspended indefinitely, and those who are found to have taken part in more than just smiling for the camera to have scholarships revoked and kicked off the team.

What's even more sad is that two of the players named were captains, and another is the son of a Falcon icer. For them to not realize the proud tradition of Falcon hockey that they put on the line with some drunken stupidity is inexcusable.

As for how the pictures got to Canada, I don't know what to assume. First thought was that someone's parents saw it and were shocked enough to act. Then I wondered if someone who didn't make the team, or left the team (not knowing the hockey team well enough, I don't know if this has been the case), and had a grudge against some of the guys sent it in. The curious part is that it was sent to the Sentinel-Tribune, not to the hockey office. Another thought I had is that knowing alot of guys on different teams likely know one another "back home", I wonder if the picture got passed around as a joke and ended up in the hands of a rival, who saw the opportunity to embarrass the program. All I think are distinct possibilities, though HOW the picture got there isn't as important right now as WHY the picture happened.

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:31 am

For them to not realize the proud tradition of Falcon hockey that they put on the line with some drunken stupidity is inexcusable.

I was just saying it was possible they were drunk. This is not a proven fact and I don't want to bring up any false information here. People in my line of work get fired for writing false facts like that so I just wanted to make that point clear

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:45 am

McMetz811 wrote: I was just saying it was possible they were drunk. This is not a proven fact and I don't want to bring up any false information here. People in my line of work get fired for writing false facts like that so I just wanted to make that point clear

no problem, the drunk thing was my own thought. Actually, if they WEREN'T drunk, it almost makes it that much more disgusting.

Don't worry though, if you get caught bringing up false information, you could always work for '60 Minutes'. </politics>

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:18 am

TG1996 wrote:What's even more sad is that two of the players named were captains, and another is the son of a Falcon icer. For them to not realize the proud tradition of Falcon hockey that they put on the line with some drunken stupidity is inexcusable.

Only one was a captain (Sigalet and Minnebarriet were not suspended) and never in a million years would I have expected Dobek, Bru, or Rogo to be included in this. I really had no idea who the players would be until I read it on here this morning. This just makes me sick.

Seven hockey players suspended!!

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