And here we go again...
And this sounds like a largely one-way fight.
Tensions ran high between Central Bucks West and Ridley in a Class 2A hockey quarterfinal last night near Philadelphia. (This was NOT a state-sanctioned event -- the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association does NOT support ice hockey.)
Central Bucks West was kicking Ridley's ass on the scoreboard -- the game ended 7-1.
However, Ridley, at that point, took words and made them actions, resulting in the following fracas (I assume Ridley is the dark-sweatered team, as you'll see here...):
The stupid woman in the crowd notwithstanding, at least she didn't go on the ice. At least two fans did and others tried.Ridley vs cv west pic.twitter.com/9yVGgfHmn5— Jason Peters (@jasonp014) March 10, 2017
Words had been exchanged most of the evening in a chippy affair. Before the game was called off by Ridley (Inexplicably, the officials, by the rules enforced in this tournament, had NO POWER TO FORFEIT THE MATCH. It was demanded by somebody of Ridley to do so after the fracas, and they did.) Police were called, and, though there were no arrests (How does that happen? Not only would I have had arrested the Ridley coaching staff, but several of their players and a number of spectators in the crowd. The video does not show it well, but it appears at least one fight was brewing in the crowd after the situation on the ice had settled.), at least one Ridley coach had to be detained.
Fifty penalties were called in the shortened game (they got about half the third period in before all Hell broke loose), and 36 of them, according to The Intelligencer, were on Ridley.
Someone needs to close down that Ridley program a year, I fear...
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