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tenderfoot

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Wed Nov 3, 2021, 01:33 PM Nov 2021

Crowd hurls vile chants at female goalie as high school hockey game turns ugly [View all]

The corrosive nature of hockey culture has been exposed throughout the past year, and it’s no different at the high school level, unfortunately.

During a Thursday game between Pittsburgh-area Armstrong High School and Mars Hockey Club, a number of Armstrong students participated in sexually explicit chants directed at a female goaltender on the Mars team, leaving the unnamed goaltender in tears.

As a subsequent result of the chants, all Armstrong students have been banned from attending hockey games, while the students who allegedly participated in the chants may face further disciplinary action.

“In my mind, this should’ve been stopped immediately by anyone that was there who has any moral value at all. I’m disgusted by it. … There were a lot of people there who could’ve handled this differently,” Armstrong principal Kirk Lorigan said via Mike White of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Mars head coach Steve Meyers said the player that was targeted is the only goaltender on the roster, while noting that she has been the starter for all of the team’s five games this season.

“We have no one else. She plays varsity and JV for us. We’ve had plenty of girls in this league before and never heard anything like this. With all the training we’re required to do as coaches about safe sports and sportsmanship, this should not happen. For it to fail this badly, it’s really disappointing.”

Below is a video of the vulgar chant directed from the Armstrong students, and we don’t necessarily advise watching it.







BTW, there's even more vids with worse shit being said.

https://sports.yahoo.com/crowd-hurls-vulgar-sexually-explicit-chants-at-female-goalie-as-armstrong-mars-high-school-hockey-game-turns-ugly-224643179.html

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/paul-zeise/2021/11/03/Armstrong-Mars-hockey-game-goalie-chants/stories/202111020168
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The other team Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 #1
Yes, they should have lost the game Sherman A1 Nov 2021 #3
The school's entire athletic program should have been de-sanctioned by the state conference for a yr sir pball Nov 2021 #8
So what should the varsity football and hockey teams sarisataka Nov 2021 #9
They should do whatever they want. sir pball Nov 2021 #11
I had thought you might suggest sarisataka Nov 2021 #13
I don't much believe in changing hearts and minds with nice words anymore. sir pball Nov 2021 #16
While I do doubt a single conversation sarisataka Nov 2021 #20
Works for me Sherman A1 Nov 2021 #10
+1 Bluethroughu Nov 2021 #4
AMERICA!! SoCalDavidS Nov 2021 #2
It's not just hockey. LisaM Nov 2021 #5
It's not "hockey culture." It's our shitty, rancid society, in general. GoCubsGo Nov 2021 #6
+100000000000000000000000000!! 2naSalit Nov 2021 #7
The underlying irony of the Trump administration is Melania's anti-bullying crusade. Initech Nov 2021 #12
Yep. Unfortunately, FB and Twitter are still pretty damn horrible. GoCubsGo Nov 2021 #14
And the sad thing is this crap is going to get worse. Initech Nov 2021 #18
But, but, but... didn't Josh Hawley just decry us poor guys being told their "manhood" is a problem? Caliman73 Nov 2021 #17
I'm for all the over-the-top solutions/sacntions proposed and more DFW Nov 2021 #15
Here In Illinois... ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #19
Yikes. GoCubsGo Nov 2021 #21
I Don't Care About HS Football Either ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #22
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