Team Canada's World Jr. Captain Patrice Cormier Faces Suspension

Team Canada's World Jr. Captain and Devil's prospect Patrice Cormier enhanced his reputation as a dirty player with a elbow to the head hit on Quebec's Mikael Tam in a game from the weekend.



Here is a translated article about the incident from the Quebec Soleil.

There are moments where hockey is secondary! This is not the victory 3-2 in a shootout Quebec Remparts at the expense of Rouyn-Noranda held the attention yesterday afternoon, but the health of Mikael Tam, victim of elbow vicious Patrice Cormier in overtime.

Slyly hit in the face by the master of the latest Canadian junior team, which came out of his bench, Tam collapsed on the ice and came into convulsions. Under the supervision of athletic therapist, Philip Done, it was quickly put on a stretcher to take him to the hospital.

Tam, who had regained consciousness before climbing aboard the ambulance with Martin Laperriere, also lost two teeth in the incident. Cormier, he was expelled on the spot for attempted injury, his gesture throwing a heavy silence inside the arena, Dave Keon, where few people have also lost consciousness following the incident.

"I do not know how many years it is that I am in hockey, but I've never seen a scene as well. Seriously, I had the dog. I am furious but also worried. I hope the league will put its pants and it will suspend for life, "said head coach Patrick Roy about Cormier, and this, after taking several minutes to learn the state of his player before talking with reporters.

In a warm up for the World Juniors against Sweden Cormier took out a Swede with an elbow to the face in a similar play.



Here is the TSN page on Cormier from their World Junior Coverage.

In our opinion, in spite of the skill that Cormier possesses, the hockey world needs to stop this player now before he continues on his one man path of destruction and injures someone more seriously in the future.

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