Minor Hockey Coach Videotaped Tripping Players Pleads Guilty

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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A Vancouver minor hockey coach who tripped two teen players of the opposing team, and was recorded during the act by a camera, has pleaded guilty of assault in court today.

During a passionate gold-medal match in June, the coach of UBC Hornets, Martin Tremblay, intentionally tripped two Richmond Steel players. The video of him doing the deed was shared virally on the internet, showing Tremblay clearly shaking the hand of goalie and then skipped the rest of the players, before sticking his foot out in front of a 13-year-old Steel player who is second-last in line. The first player he skipped is suffering from a broken wrist, though the second is thankfully uninjured.

This Tuesday, Tremblay’s lawyer, Bob Bellows, read Trembley’s guilty plea in court along with a letter of apology to the two Steel players. Bellows read that Trembley “feels horrible about it. It’s affected the two boys, it’s affected his son who plays hockey, it’s affected his livelihood.” “He feels a lot of shame and remorse.” While reading the apology letter, Bellows asserted that Tremblay wrote “It’s a complete apology. He accepts total responsibility for what occurred and he wishes them well on the ice and off the ice.”

Bellows stated that Tremblay claims that “there were a lot of factors that went into what happened.” However Richmond Steel manager, Tammy Hohlweg, stated that “maybe if he did it within a week or couple days of it happening, then it would have been fine but I think it’s too late.”