So I was wandering around the internet last night when I stumbled on a message board and a thread about a huge scandal involving the Montreal Canadiens. There was wild speculation about hookers and drugs and the police waiting at the airport to take some of the Habs into custody when they touched down upon their return from a loss in Pittsburgh early this morning. From there I followed along on a Canadiens’ message board. I even listened to Vancouver sports talk radio for a couple hours while I played poker and hit refresh on the message boards. Here’s what I learned.
[Most of this is from a translated version of a story on RDS.ca.]
La Presse (pictured), a French language newspaper in Montreal, is set to release a damaging story today regarding Roman Hamrlik and Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn of the Canadiens. The story involves Mangiola Pasquale who was arrested on charges of drug trafficking and has been linked to organized crime. As part of the police investigation, Pasquale’s phone was tapped and some of his conversations were with the Kostitsyn brothers. Hamrlik has been seen out at Montreal bars with Mangiola.
Apparently, this started with a February 12th Canadian sting operation that put 55 gang members in police custody. According to this story, they were members of the Crips and Hell’s Angels. Who knew there were Crips or motorcycle gangs in Canada? Especially the part of Canada that primarily speaks French.
So this isn’t exactly a big deal right now. At least not to the American public. North of the border might be a different story as the Habs are the Yankees of Canada.
Hopefully more sordid details will come out as the day progresses. Drugs, hookers, etc.
So does the pantheon of criminal athletes now change?
Hockey (scum of the earth)…Football…Baseball…NBA (salt of the earth)?
Works for me.
those silly canadiens. always up to some tomfoolery.
Don’t make us break your kneecaps, eh?
fetch is a Canadian Mafia Princess. I read it on Wikipedia.
Aren’t Canadians too polite for organized crime?
No, they’re too polite for crime. Now if it’s organized…
the closest this site has been to talking about the NHL.
so the pantheon goes
Mobsters…firearms in public settings…falsified immigration documents (and drugs that nobody really gives a shit about)…and rape*?
*2004 burn
Bob Probert scoffs at these Canucks attempts at drug smuggling
True, there is one rogue serial rapist in the NBA, but by and large, we’re talking about humans you wouldn’t be afraid to let spend time with your kids.
@Nick: KG isn’t allowed anywhere near my kids.
Yeah, but not because he’s a criminal, just because he’s a flaming homosexual and possible pederast.
When I was playing I had to keep an eye on Stockton at my barbeques.
pssh…french canadian organized crime. what, did they corner the market on gravy for poutein? fuckin’ amateurs.
/wopwopwopwopwopwopwopwopwopwop
Chris Berman knows all about Canadian organized crime, especially the drug trafficking.
canadians suck
if anyone is that fuckin stupid to think that Canada isn’t a violent place without drugs, gangs, and people that you would fuckin bounce out of any place that they enter is probably doin alot of drugs themselves and have a pathetic education that limits the big town they’re from and the super special big life they don’t have. But it’s not your fault your an idiot, it’s ummmmmm well your stupidity is what it is. Wake up America WAKE THE FUCK UP