11/03/09

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Police in Idaho's capital won't pursue
charges against a junior hockey team whose members held a strip
shootout at a city-owned rink two weeks ago.

Boise Police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower told the Idaho Statesman
that officers concluded a 17-year-old member of the Idaho Junior
Steelheads who mooned a teammate didn't intentionally violate the
city's decency laws.

The Idaho Junior Steelheads had already been forbidden from
using Idaho Ice World for four days, and the player who dropped his
drawers briefly also served a three-game suspension.

Idaho Junior Steelheads owner John Olver says his team has been
sufficiently punished and is ready to move on.

The strip shootout included players shedding an article of
clothing or equipment when they missed a shot. It emulated a
similar drill held by a pro hockey team, the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com

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