At the age of Junior hockey I had a number of friends who went on after Jr. One on one they were great friends. Throw them into a celebratory party their Assholeness was over the top.
The end of year party had all the GF’s and puckbunnies in attendance. The pool and sauna was like something out of Caligula. Their aggressive behaviour towards these 17 & 18 yr old girls was crazy. All it would take is one phone call to the cops and they all would have been in deep shit.
At least I had the common sense to get out of there pretty damn quick.
So yah, I’m not surprised at all about the rumours about the Tofino event at all. It’s in their DNA to act like assholes.
I know the families of a few Cougars, Blazers, and Rockets.
Their own families are embarrassed at how they act.
Around 5 years ago a couple assholes picked a fight with some others in a restaurant in PG. They got the shit kicked out of them, by far overestimating their fighting prowess. When the cops arrived, it was not a surprise to anyone that they were cougars. A few more idiots went online from the cougars saying they were all going to get together, and beat up those few guys. They again underestimated the fine regular folks of my fair city, and before their next game was about to begin, a group of men and women met the cougars bus as it pulled up to rink. Those little cowards wouldn't even open the bus doors, much less get off the bus.
Hockey players are bullies and assholes, until stood up to, and taught a lesson.
They also confuse a little on ice scrap, while wearing A Lot of protective gear, and refs pulling them apart, with a real no rules street fight, with say a group of loggers, who can tear them apart with their bare hands.
But boy oh boy are they arrogant, and think highly of themselves.
I know a very nice girl who was beat up, and raped by a hockey player.
He thought he was tough shit beating up a 16 year old girl...but found out that he was not as tough when a few people who love her got hold of him. He also discovered that locking the door doesn't stop anyone, it just delays them getting in by about 3 seconds, and they are then even more angry.
I couldn't have less respect for a group of people.