Irate Washington hockey dad allegedly assaults teen refs in unprovoked attack during youth game

A disgruntled Washington dad is accused of assaulting two teenage referees during an “unprovoked” attack during a youth hockey game.Uriel Isaac Cortes Gonzalez, 42, was seen walking onto the ice at the Kraken Community Iceplex in Seattle on Sunday and shoving the two officials at a 12U rec hockey game, according to KOMO.Shocking footage shows posted by the Pacific Northwest Amateur Hockey Association (PNAHA) president Jody Carpenter on Instagram shows Gonzalez approaching the referees — ages 13 and 14 years old — as they stood to the side during a break in the game and allegedly assaulted them.Outraged onlookers are heard screaming in disgust.“Hockey is a game of passion, but there is absolutely no place in our sport for the kind of egregious and outrageous behavior that occurred during a 12U Rec game here in Washington,” Carpenter wrote in the caption.“In my over 40 years in hockey, I have never witnessed anything so completely unacceptable.”Police arrived at the ice rink soon after the assault, but Gonzalez had already fled from the complex, KOMO reported.Law enforcement arrested Gonzalez after he was stopped at a traffic light near the Kraken Community Iceplex.He allegedly told law enforcement that his son was “assaulted” by an opposing player during the game, and the refs did nothing to stop it.Gonzalez’s wife corroborated her husband’s story and shared video evidence of the incident with police.However, police said they found no evidence of his son being assaulted, and Gonzalez’s attack on the young refs was “clearly unprovoked.” “There is no evidence that supports XXXX claim that he acted in defense of his son at the time of the assault,” according to the police report obtained by KOMO.“Multiple direct witnesses and video surveillance corroborated the account of the victims.XXXX assault on the two juveniles was clearly unprovoked and the conduct was especially egregious due to the size and age difference between the victim...