Six Slovenian ice hockey players who beat up their coach after winning a league title were released by their team.
Mike Posma, in his second year as coach for Acroni Jesenice, was beaten up by his players Saturday following the celebration for winning the title. He was, apparently, cut and bruised but not seriously injured.
The team denounced the incident and terminated the players' contracts. Club president Slavko Kanalec said the team was "shocked" and "strongly condemns" the incident. The team said it also suspended any more contract talks with Posma, who reportedly left Slovenia for his home in the United States.
Slovenian media say that both the six players and Posma were drunk while celebrating the team's third consecutive title. The six players were allegedly angry at Posma because he told a 19-year-old backup goaltender to drive a car -- even though he knew the man was drunk. The goaltender subsequently crashed that car.
The six then turned on the coach, reportedly beating him with wooden traffic signs that they found by the side of the road. Earlier this week, five of the six players denied that they attacked their coach saying they were trying to convince Posma to go to the police and take the blame for the wreck.
Here's some of the post-ice celebration, presumably before the alleged pounding of Mike Posma...
((HT: Spidberg85))
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