One fan pointed to an image on his cell phone, which the player has said was a baboon
he commissioner of a Quebec-based semi-professional hockey league has apologized after a player for the Jonquiere Marquis and family members in attendance were subjected to racist taunts from the stands in St-Jerome Saturday night. Diaby, a third-round draft choice for the NHL's Nashville Predators in 2013, left the game midway through the second period as a result of the abuse.
Legault said he would have expected the game to be stopped so those responsible for the slurs could be ejected from the arena.Jonathan-Ismael Diaby in the first period of a preseason NHL hockey game on Sept. 20, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. He said he didn't feel his family members, who were at the game and were also taunted, were safe. They all left the arena, and the game continued.
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