Expletive-spewing Canadian fan arrested at Garden 4 Nations hockey game
The first happened inside, where police say that Canadian spectator Christopher Derek Poon-Tip, 40, of Guelph, Ontario, instigated “several altercations throughout the game.” TD Garden security tol…
Boston Police made at least two arrests inside and outside TD Garden around the end of the final Canada-U.S.A. matchup of the 4 Nations hockey tournament.
The first happened inside, where police say that Canadian spectator Christopher Derek Poon-Tip, 40, of Guelph, Ontario, instigated “several altercations throughout the game.” TD Garden security told police they wanted him removed.
“I’m not going anywhere,” Poon-Tip allegedly told the BPD officer at around 11:40 p.m. from his seat in the bottom rows of the Sections 11 and 12 area of the arena.
The officer again asked Poon-Tip to voluntarily exit the arena and that if he didn’t, he would be placed under arrest. Poon-Tip remained defiant, police say, and stated his opinion that the officer was an “(expletive) p***y.”
With the help of TD Garden security, the officer arrested Poon-Tip and transported him to Nashua Street Jail for booking on charges of disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, gathering causing annoyance and noisy party with arrest.
About 20 minutes later, a BPD sergeant on patrol saw “a commotion” across the street in front of the Santander Bank at Canal and Causeway Streets. The commotion of a “large group of juvenile males” then turned physical, according to the report, with fists flying and the fight spilling out into the street with active traffic.
At one point, one of the juveniles “hip-tossed” another male to the street. A third teen entered the fray, landing several closed-fist punches into the “defenseless” youth in the street, causing blood to spill, police say.
“Chill, chill, the cops are coming!” observers of the fight told the participants as police moved in to break it up.
The cops were most interested in the third fighter, who beat upon the other boy. This teen said he only wanted to stop the fight, but police say that camera footage showed otherwise. He was arrested and transported to the downtown station for booking.
The other two juveniles were released to their separate groups “to go their separate ways and head home.” Police said they did this because the hockey game was about to end and “upwards of 17,000 people” were about to head out and the officers “needed to manage vehicle and pedestrian traffic.”
At A-1 station, the arrested youth apparently ignored his right to remain silent, calling the officers crude names usually used to describe gay men and women’s genitalia, while “simultaneously demanding to call his mom.”
“He continued his outbursts by wishing all of the officers would die and a long tirade of other horrific and vulgar insults,” the police report states.
It was a raucous night in and outside of the Garden as the two nations went into overtime, when the Canadians won 3-2 on a Connor McDavid wrist shot from the slot at 8:18 of overtime.
Canada’s Connor McDavid celebrates his game-winning goal with Devon Toews, Cale Makar and Mitch Marner during the overtime period against Team USA during the Nations Face-Off final at the TD Garden. (Photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)