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2 Ex-High School Players Convicted In Alleged On-Ice Attack

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Two former Philadelphia-area high school hockey players have been placed on probation for a year and ordered to do 100 hours of community service after being convicted of assaulting members of a rival team during a playoff game last year.
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SYOSSET, NY - OCTOBER 31: Middle school players compete as Bethpage skates against Jericho at Iceworks on October 31, 2010 in Syosset, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The (Pottstown) Mercury reports that Montgomery County jurors deliberated for nearly 11 hours over two days before convicting 19-year-old Brock Anderson and 20-year-old Jake Cross of misdemeanor simple assault and conspiracy charges.
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The Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn is seen in New York where Juan Ángel Napout of Paraguay, José Maria Marin of Brazil, and Manuel Burga of Peru are on trial in the Fifa corruption scandal on November 15, 2017. A former Argentine football official has reportedly committed suicide after he was accused of bribe-taking in testimony to a trial of top former FIFA figures in New York. Jorge Delhon threw himself under a train in a Buenos Aires suburb on November 14, 2017, Argentine newspapers Clarin and La Nacion reported on their websites. / AFP PHOTO / DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images) DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images
Judge Richard Haaz said they "disrespected the game of hockey" in what prosecutors called an attack on CB West players at a Hatfield ice rink in March 2017 during the Eastern Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey Association Class 2A quarterfinal game.
Youth Hockey - Bethpage v Jericho
SYOSSET, NY - OCTOBER 31: Middle school players compete as Bethpage skates against Jericho at Iceworks on October 31, 2010 in Syosset, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Defense attorneys accused prosecutors of trying to "criminalize" a hockey fight and said opposing team members were also aggressive.
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