Story Created:
Oct 29, 2009 at 3:10 PM MDT
Story Updated:
Oct 29, 2009 at 4:05 PM MDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The head of an Idaho youth hockey program with nearly the same name as a team that made headlines for its game of strip hockey wants to set the record straight: His players kept their uniforms on.
Ryan Toney is president of the Junior Steelheads, a Boise-based collection of nine teams with hockey players ranging from 8- to-17 years old.
Since the Idaho Junior Steelheads, a similarly named but separate team formed about a year ago, engaged in a bit of on-ice burlesque during a strip shootout last Wednesday, Toney has fielded about two-dozen e-mails from people thinking it was his kids embroiled in this skivvy skating scandal.
Toney said Thursday, "We're ready to put it all behind us - no pun intended."
The Idaho Junior Steelheads are, too - their suspension from city-owned Idaho Ice World ended Wednesday.