Most hockey players have a mean streak that they leave on the ice. The others are largely unstable. Included in this group of goons are former University of North Dakota defenseman Joe Finley and current forward Matt Frattin. Finley was a first round pick in the 2005 NHL draft and recently attended the Washington Capitals’ development camp. Hilariously, he was interviewed and commented about the maturity attending North Dakota gave him. That was until this Tuesday when the dudes decided to get wasted and throw items including a kitchen table and lawnmower into the street. They told the cops that they “routinely destroy each other’s property” when questioned. Unfortunately for Frattin, he was also suspended by UND and had his scholarship reduced. Bummer. The rest of details are below:
Joe Finley (L) is a destructive individual
Via Star Tribune:
A former hockey star for the University of North Dakota and Edina High School has been arrested, along with a current UND hockey player, on suspicion of throwing so many objects from a residential garage that traffic had to be halted on the Grand Forks street.
Defenseman Joe Finley, 22, and forward Matt Frattin, 21, were arrested by campus police at about 3 a.m. Tuesday at Finley’s home and accused of disorderly conduct. Finley also is accused of giving police false information. Frattin, of Edmonton, also is accused of fleeing police. All allegations are misdemeanors.
“Alcohol was involved,” UND Police Capt. Wayne Onger said this morning.
As for why the two littered the street with a lawnmower, kitchen table, glassware and other items of their own, Onger said, “They provided an answer that they routinely destroy each other’s property.”
Onger said the objects blocked Columbia Road, a main thoroughfare, requiring a street crew to clean up the debris before traffic could flow again.
Both were booked at the Grand Forks County jail and then released on cash bond (Finley, $300; Frattin, $600) shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday.
