France bans Olympic hockey player for fighting

The French hockey participant who fought Canadian star Tom Wilson throughout their qualifying spherical on the Winter Olympics was suspended for the rest of the Video games on Monday.

Pierre Crinon is not going to play towards Germany on Tuesday, as a result of the French hockey federation dominated that the defender’s actions had been opposite to its values. Furthermore, Crinon won’t be able to play if France progresses past the qualifying spherical.

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Frenchman Pierre Crinon (7) takes on Canada’s Tom Wilson (43) within the third interval throughout a preliminary spherical males’s ice hockey match between Canada and France on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Sunday, February 15, 2026. (AP Picture/Hassan Ammar)

“Pierre Crinon’s provocative habits when he left the ice, regardless that he had simply been excluded from the match on account of a struggle, constitutes a transparent violation of the Olympic spirit and in addition undermines the values ​​of our sport,” the French Ice Hockey Federation (FFHG) mentioned through Reuters.

“The choice was due to this fact taken, in full settlement with the French Nationwide Olympic and Sports activities Committee, to not permit his participation within the subsequent competitors(s) of the Olympic event.”

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Canada’s Tom Wilson (43) and France’s Pierre Crinon (middle) struggle within the third interval throughout a males’s ice hockey match between Canada and France on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press through AP)

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The 2 males fought with about seven minutes to play within the match that Canada received 10-2. Each gamers had been ejected from the match as a result of Olympic guidelines don’t embrace main five-minute penalties for preventing. Wilson gave the impression to be searching for revenge for teammate Nathan MacKinnon who was hit exhausting earlier within the recreation.

Crinon punched MacKinnon within the jaw and obtained a two-minute penalty.

France is at the moment with out factors on account of their first matches on the Olympic Video games.

France’s Pierre Crinon (7) and Canada’s Tom Wilson (43) struggle within the third interval throughout a males’s ice hockey match between Canada and France on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Sunday, February 15, 2026. (AP Picture/Hassan Ammar)

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Canada will play the Czech Republic or Denmark within the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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