Marty McSorley
Marty McSorley was convicted of assult on Oct 6 1988. The assult happened on the ice one night with 3 seconds left in the game. When Brashear, the Canucks tough guy, was skating into his own end with back to McSorley. McSorley who has logged the equivalent to 21 ½ days in the penalty box in his 17 seasons, skated up behind Brashear and slashed at his upper body, the blade caught him in the side of the head. The NHL and the Canadian courts got together to make a ruling on the assult charges. Hilary Findley, a lawyer, said that if McSorley is found guilty but receives a light sentence or absolute discharge, the message could be that "very little weight is given to this kind of thing within the sporting arena.
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