GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — A former professional hockey player and forward for the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic team has been charged with felony assault for allegedly beating his neighbor with a metal pole, breaking several bones.
Mark Pavelich, 61, faces multiple counts. According to a criminal complaint, the assault happened last week in Pavelich’s home in northern Minnesota after he and his neighbor returned from fishing.
The complaint says Pavelich told authorities he believed the man “spiked” his beer, prompting the alleged assault. KMSP-TV reports the victim had a bruised kidney and several broken bones including two cracked ribs and a fractured vertebra. First responders found him in “shock” with “obvious disfigurement of his leg.”
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Man, the Islanders got Pat LaFontaine, we got Pavelich.
I HATED the Islanders back then.
The Garden still does. :)
Yeah, with a metal pipe.
I think he's one if, if not the only ones from the Miracle on Ice team to sell his gold medal.
I hope he had a good reason for this and isn't experiencing dementia or some other illness.
Don't blame him at all, he got over a quarter of a million dollars for it I believe.
My point was most of that team whether in hockey or other disciplines, all seemed to do well in life.
Beating another man with a metal pole makes you “tough”?
REPORT TO THE STRUGGLE SESSION AT ONCE!
I'm not sure what would qualify as a good reason for a beating like what's described, but the list is surely pretty short.
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I hope he had a good reason for this and isn't experiencing dementia or some other illness.
I'm not sure what would qualify as a good reason for a beating like what's described, but the list is surely pretty short.
Not sure either. I guess maybe if the neighbor spiked his beer with a roofie or something, beating him with a pipe is appropriate.