Leafs' Prospect Frattin Dismissed from UND

Matt Frattin has been kicked off of the Fighting Sioux's hockey team following his second arrest for "violating team rules".

Frattin was Toronto's 4th round choice in the 2007 draft.

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boo

that sucks.

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by Karina on Aug 19, 2009 9:43 PM EDT reply actions

What a fud

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by article1 on Aug 19, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions

if i were in North Dakota, i’d find a way out to.

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by blurr1974 on Aug 19, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions

He wasn’t much of a prospect anymore, but obviously, jumping to the NCAA wasn’t a great move for him. Though i wonder how much more trouble he would have got into in Juniors.

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by bkblades on Aug 19, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions

Whoa, Beckett vs Sabathia on Sunday.

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by Chemmy on Aug 19, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions

I’m surprised the cavalry hasn’t jumped in yet declaring him a graduate of the School of Truculence.

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by Ryan Classic on Aug 19, 2009 10:03 PM EDT reply actions

Personally, I think Burke will sign him tomorrow. “Fuck school, Matt, come play with the Marlies. Plus, there is no comparison between NoDak women and T.O. girls……..”

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by kidkawartha on Aug 19, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m from Ottawa, but personally, T.O. girls > Ottawa. I’m still on the fence regarding the BC folk.

Wait, hockey? The guy sounds like a lunkhead, but at least drinking would be legal for him in Ontario. That’d help with playing for the Marlies in front of all 1,500 people.

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by Ryan Classic on Aug 19, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions

A Graduate?

This guy’s getting his Master’s.

I would guess that that is the end of the line for him unless he is willing to go to the ECHL or CHL (Central Hockey League) or something along those lines.

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by PPP on Aug 19, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions

You don’t think he could fill the void left by Mark Bell?

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by Ryan Classic on Aug 19, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

As in, someone else needs to step up and make $2M playing for the Marlies?

by JP Nikota on Aug 20, 2009 4:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Well

That’s disappointing.

But I applaud what the program did… let’s hope Frattin gets the message that drinking and driving will not be tolerated.

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by stucky on Aug 19, 2009 10:48 PM EDT reply actions

I drive with my beerhelmet. Go Flyers!

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by furcifer on Aug 20, 2009 12:52 AM EDT reply actions

While the DUI is pretty bad

This is more a case of horrible judgement than horrible person.

The thing he got arrested for and a year’s probation last month was basically a couple of young guys being idiots while drunk at their own house. The fact that they were throwing stuff in the street is asinine, but I know a lot of guys that have done similar crap at that age.

I think a year’s probation was kinda hefty for it but whatever.

As for the DUI – he wouldn’t be the first hockey player to be caught driving drunk. Craig MacTavish spent a year in jail for killing a woman while driving drunk – that didn’t ruin him in the eyes of hockey people.

Mark Bell was booted from the Leafs for playing like crap – not because he served a year in prison.

Really I don’t think this should completely derail the kid’s career – but if he misses a year of development he could definitely be SOL down the line.

He may end up playing in Europe or as a walk on with an AHL club later this year… who knows.

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by Steve Burtch on Aug 20, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions

yeah, im willing to chalk up the first incident as “boys will be fucking stupid boys” but that combined with the DUI impacts on the school, and thats probably why he got the boot. He had his chance and he blew it.
He’ll probably come back to hockey in some way shape or form, but its gonna be a detour for sure

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by JaredFromLondon on Aug 20, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Zero Tolerance

but that combined with the DUI impacts on the school

It can also impact other people’s cars.

People who drink and drive are scum. Its not a joke, its not to be treated in the “aw schucks” manner that so many in the hockey fraternity seem to deal with it. If Frattin or Joel Quenneville or Mark Bell had plowed into a minivan with a mother and three kids, then maybe some of the lunkheads in hockey would finally get it that this is the one part of hockey culture that needs to be retired fast.

You aren’t living on your farm in Saskatchewan anymore, where d&d doesn’t matter because the most you’ll hit is a mailbox. You are in an environment where other people can be hurt, with a 2-ton object that can inflict a lot of damage.

Tim Horton.
Pelle Lindbergh.
Jeff O’Neill’s brother.

The classy thing for Burke to do is to uphold his own standard of being a positive influence on the community and a worthy ambassador of your team. Cut this guy and never look back.

by Death_By_Leafs on Aug 20, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

People who drink and drive are scum. Its not a joke, its not to be treated in the "aw schucks" manner that so many in the hockey fraternity seem to deal with it…Cut this guy and never look back.

If I could rec this a million times I would.

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by furcifer on Aug 21, 2009 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions

The thing he got arrested for and a year’s probation last month was basically a couple of young guys being idiots while drunk at their own house. The fact that they were throwing stuff in the street is asinine, but I know a lot of guys that have done similar crap at that age.

Guilty and you don’t know fun until you’ve thrown dishes 30 feet in the air and watched them smash.

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by PPP on Aug 20, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions