((HT: CP))
About 60 kids went to Europe, forking over big bucks to play in what they thought was an international tournament for junior-hockey aged players.
What they got was empty rinks and the only competition was each other.
Now Toronto-area police are looking at the signed contracts to determine whether or not civil or criminal charges can be brought on...or if the parents are just screwed.
"Either way, we were all misled," alleged Jordan Lass, 17, of Kitchener, Ont., who's still angry that he missed his grandfather's funeral to attend what he thought was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"Especially when you're doing it to young people like us, how low can you get? Especially with guys our age paying out of their own money."
George Goltsis, whose 16-year-old son participated, alleged the ordeal was "all lies."
"It's really fishy here, nothing was done properly," he said of the $3,500-per-player trip.
"I'm not concerned about my money, I'm concerned about this not happening to (anyone) else. I want public awareness of this so someone else doesn't have to go through the same crap my son did."
Andrea Piunno has the latest as the kids returned to the airport from Europe
((HT: CityNews/Toronto))
Owners of Ontario Central Scouting, the unsanctioned company that organized the trip, haven't made any statements since the fiasco became public.
An explanation has been offered by its head coach and director of hockey operations -- that the event was cancelled after the International Ice Hockey Association and French Ice Hockey Federation banned their own teams from participating.
Several parents and their children, noting what they believed to be holes in the company's explanation, charged the trip was a scam. For example, there are differing accounts of when OCS learned the event was off.
"I think nothing is going to happen with this... and we'll never see our money," said Carol Golow.
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