Former Prince Rupert resident and current ECHL player may face assault charges

An on ice incident in the ECHL earlier this month, has a former Prince Rupert resident waiting to see if he’ll be facing assault charges.

On March 1st, Robin Gomez who has since been suspended from the Victoria Salmon Kings line up, was involved in an altercation with the Las Vegas Wranglers Chris Ferraro.

According to the Victoria Times Colonist, at the time of the second period incident, Gomez had surprised Ferraro with a punch to the face, reportedly with enough force to send Ferraro to the ice where he hit his head.

Ferraro suffered injuries serious enough to require a number of stitches to stop the bleeding and at the end of the game he filed a formal complaint with the police. …

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