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Edmonton hockey handshake brawl a "travesty to the game": Officials

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An exciting minor hockey playoff game Sunday ended on a sour note at the Terwillegar Recreation Centre in southwest Edmonton, resulting in several suspensions and condemnations.

It happened after a U18 Tier 1 playoff game between the South East Edmonton Recreation Association — team SE701 — and Stony Plain Minor Hockey Predators — team SN701. The game went to an overtime shootout, ending in a 4-3 victory for Stony Plain. Following the big win, the teams began the traditional giving of handshakes — until a player raised his fist and hit another teenager.

After the first punch was thrown, more players from both teams of 15, 16 and 17-year-old boys got involved and a brawl broke out. Referees and a coach could be seen trying to break up the fight in recorded video that was then posted online.

“To have that incident happen in a handshake was extremely disappointing. And the fact that it ended up on social media was even more disappointing" said Edmonton Federation Hockey League (EFHL) president John Putters. “It gives the league and hockey a really bad reputation and people use that to justify their belief that hockey is a violent sport and it really isn’t,” he said.

Global's Sarah Komadina reports.

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