UND hockey player dismissed
August 19, 2009
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP)—University of North Dakota junior forward Matt Frattinhas been dismissed from the hockey team for violating team rules.
Head coach Dave Hakstol said Frattin was arrested and charged with drivingunder the influence on Wednesday.
Frattin had another run-in with police last month. He was given a 10-daysuspended sentence, fined $225 and put on probation for a year in an incident inwhich he and a former UND player were accused of throwing dinnerware, a kitchentable and a lawnmower onto a street.
Hakstol says Frattin’s status with the team might be revisited before the2010-11 season.
Frattin is from Edmonton, Alberta. He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafsin the fourth round of the 2007 draft.