Video Shows NH Youth Hockey Coach Punching Referee At Game In Kingston

KINGSTON, MA — A youth hockey referee said he was assaulted on the ice by a coach over the weekend but that won’t stop him from returning to the rink.

“My back is sore and I am a little bit shaken,” Aldo Binda told WBZ-TV Sunday, a day after the incident at The Bog Ice Arena in Kingston.

In video of the incident, Binda approached the bench to eject the Manchester NH Junior Monarchs head coach who he said was using abusive language and continually slamming the skating rink door during a 12-and-under game with the Springfield MA Junior Pics. The coach allegedly then spit at him, words were exchanged, then the punches started.

“He came back, came toward me, pulled my face mask and just threw about 10 or 12 punches at my face and my head and my body,” he said.

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