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No butts about it, cheeky goalie ejected
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NORTH LOGAN, Utah - A University of Southern
California hockey goalie put on a show, but it had
nothing to do with stopping shots. Mickey Meyer rode
his stick like a horse, dropped his bulky pants,
mooned the crowd and slapped his buttocks during a
game against Brigham Young University, police said.
He was ejected and ticketed for lewdness, a
misdemeanor, after an officer who was working security
at the rink said he witnessed the scene Saturday.
"I had my fill of these refs," Meyer said on an
Internet broadcast of the game, according to The
Herald-Journal of Logan.
It will be up to prosecutors whether to pursue a case
against him.
"This is a small town," North Park police Sgt. John
Italasano said. "This was a college team playing and
hockey's a wild game. Sometimes things get out of
hand."
Meyer's antics occurred while play was stopped and
referees were trying to sort out penalties in the
third period of a consolation game in the ACHA West
Regional tournament at Eccles Ice Center.
The junior from Clinton, N.Y., was "riding his hockey
stick like a horse and slapping his butt," North Park
Officer Mike Stauffer said in a report.
After pulling down his pants, Meyer slapped his bare
bottom several times, Stauffer said.
Rink manager Floyd Naegle was unhappy.
"We don't treat this as a funny incident," he said
Tuesday. "We're a family oriented business. It's a
one-time incident and we try to do what we can to
protect ourselves."
The Trojans lost the game against BYU, 6-4. The night
before, they'd lost 3-1 to Utah State. USC volunteer
hockey coach Mark Wilbur said the incident highlights
the frustration that can come with playing tournament
consolation rounds early in the morning after a loss
far from home.
"All you're doing is asking for seniors to do stupid
stuff," he said.
If the season's over, he'd just like to pack up the
team gear and go home, he said.
Wilbur said he had no specific policy for dealing with
publicly bared bottoms.
"I sure as hell don't condone it on any level," Wilbur
said.
Prosecutor Scott Wyatt laughed when told about the
incident Tuesday at the state Capitol, where he is a
member of the Utah House. He declined to say whether
he would press charges. The maximum penalty is six
months in jail.
"Well, that's my call, but I haven't seen anything"
from police, Wyatt said.
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