For the past couple days I've been hearing and reading about the fight involving Patrick Roy's son in juniors. Patrick Roy owns and coaches the team, and was said to have encouraged his son before the fight. And if you watch the video, it isn't so much a fight as a one-sided beatdown. Before I wasn't sure if it was actually that bad, or it was just being blown up because it involved Patrick Roy. Well, it turns out it was really that bad.
I don't know what either Roy was thinking. Yes they were losing big in the playoffs, but there's never room for that kind of stuff in hockey. It clearly looks like the elder Roy knew what was about to happen and gave a sort of "fine, go ahead" gesture to his son. A seven game suspension for Jonathan and a five-gamer for Patrick isn't enough. Well, 5 may be alright for the Roy behind the bench. But his son deserves more than 7 games. What he did was inexcusable, and 15-20 games would be more deserving.
