The wave in that same game were pretty dirty as well (seems to be a trend eh?)
It does seem like a trend...it is understood that the kids are 13-14 years of age and have raging hormones but the question that I keep hearing over and over is....where is the discipline from the Coach or Coaches? do they absolutely not have any control of the team? As a parent I would be ashamed to be linked to what is going on there or maybe the club president should step up or step in. A shame because they do have a few skilled players.
Wave1 coaches obviously have zero control over their kids, or worst yet, are telling them to play like thugs. Sure they have a few skilled kids, but sadly they're the ones hitting late, boarding or elbowing kids in the head. As far as their parents, I hear them cheering when their kids dish out dirty hits and whining when refs send them to the box.
I understand young men at 13-14 can be unpredictable and we can always blame it on raging hormones. But by now, they've played enough hockey to know what's right and what's wrong. If you play like thugs out there trying to lay big hits and hurt people instead of playing hockey, you deserve what you get. If my kid continuously ends up in the box with late dirty hits, no way will I be cheering for him to behave like a thug.
Honor the game, play it the right way or you ain't playing at all.