Hockey moms are a notoriously crazy breed of child-athlete parents. This latest story of a puck mom from the Vancouver area really paints that picture in vivid detail.
A chief judge has reportedly ordered a mother, whose sons are junior hockey stars in British Columbia, to stop contacting their coaches as well as NHL officials, according to Neal Hall of Metro News Canada.
"B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Chris Hinkson granted the restraining court order at the request of the boy's father, who told the court that his two hockey-playing sons were embarrassed by their mother sending emails to their coaches, school principals and others," according to Hall.
The mother allegedly sent "hundreds of emails" to a variety of people involved in her sons' hockey teams in the past. She's also apparently caused commotion at games and assaulted one son's coach.
The court was also told that she did not approve of the involvement of Detroit Red Wings' coach Mike Babcock in one son's hockey life/career/stuff and sent an email to 13 people in the Red Wings' organization earlier this year to voice her concern.
"The father's evidence was that he was told by Vancouver Giants hockey team coach Don Hay and Giants majority owner Ron Toigo that because of the mother's behavior, they picked other players for their team and not the oldest of the two sons, who now is 17."
"Professional hockey coach Shane Kuss, who received almost daily emails from the mother in 2010, decided that the same son was not welcome to join the spring team in 2010 because of the 'emails and the anxiety that they cause both in our home and at the rink are just too much to manage,"' the court was told.
Judge Hinkson ordered her to have no direct or indirect communication with any parties involved in the care of her children - this includes teachers, principals and anyone involved in their education or sports programs - along with administrators of the Kootenany Ice Hockey League, the Western Hockey League, the NHL, and their agents, employees and representatives.
The order apparently arose from a divorce case that granted the father sole custody of his three kids.
