Kárlis Chukste | Photo: “Brynas”
In a conversation with the media “Expressen”, ice hockey player of the “Brynas” club “Brynas”, the second strongest league in Sweden (Allsvenskan), gave his comments about the disqualification he received.
It has already been announced that the day before yesterday the leading team “Brynas” represented by Mika Indraš and Chukste defeated the team “Ostersund” with the result 10:2. In the third period, Čukste earned a suspension for 2+2 minutes, but now the defender of the Latvian national team has been given a harsher punishment.
“First of all, I want to apologize because I didn’t want to injure my opponent,” said Chukste. “Emotions hit a high wave and we got involved in acrimony. Then I bent down and accidentally hit my opponent. There was no force or aggressiveness on my part and it was not my intention to hit the opponent.”
“It was an accident and I am grateful that I was not forced to leave the game,” explains the Latvian hockey player. “Once again, I want to point out that my goal was not to hurt my opponent. I want to apologize for my actions.”
A video of the situation is available in this article:
Whisper headbutts his opponent and gets disqualified
