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French Hockey Player Banned for Olympics Fight Now Facing Legal Trouble over Another Alleged ‘Violent’ on-Ice Incident
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French hockey player banned for Olympics fight now facing legal trouble over another alleged ‘violent’ on-ice incident
Team France hockey player Pierre Crinon has been summoned for a May 27 court date stemming from an incident during a November 2025 game, according to a translation of an article from Le Dauphine libere.
New legal trouble emerges for France’s Pierre Crinon after Olympic fight with Tom Wilson
France’s Pierre Crinon is once again at the center of controversy, and this time, it extends beyond the ice.Earlier in the Olympic tournament, Crinon was banned by the French Hockey Federation for what was described as “provocative behavior upon leaving the ice” following his fight with Team Canada’s Tom Wilson. Both players received five-minute majors and game misconducts for fighting, but neither the IOC nor the IIHF issued additional discipli…
Pierre Crinon's Olympic dream turned into a nightmare in Milan-Cortina. For his first Games, the defender of France's ice hockey team finds himself at the heart of a double polemic, sporting and judicial. On Tuesday 17 February, the player of Les Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble did not even play the last match against Germany, concluded with a fourth defeat in as many matches (5-1). In issue: a suspension decided by the French Ice Hockey Federatio…
Pierre Crinon now facing criminal charges in France for prior incident involving goaltender as fight with Tom Wilson revives prosecutorial complaint
Pierre Crinon is having a whirlwind of a week after getting into an Olympic fight with Tom Wilson this past weekend. After being ejected from the game between Canada and France and taunting the crowd, Crinon was then barred by the French Ice Hockey Federation from participating in his team’s final game at the tournament, a 5-1 loss to Germany on Tuesday. However, it appears that a one-game suspension will be the least of his worries when he retu…
France’s Pierre Crinon charged for previously punching goaltender in the face - Daily Faceoff
It’s often said that the Olympics are a chance for athletes to make a name for themselves, but they usually don’t go about it in the way French men’s hockey player Pierre Crinon has. Crinon, who plays for Grenoble in Ligue Magnus, France’s top hockey league, first got himself on the radar by checking Canada‘s Nathan MacKinnon in the face and subsequently dropping the gloves with Tom Wilson during France‘s 10-2 loss in the preliminary round. The …
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