Joseph Onésime Maxime "Alcide" Laurin (November 21, 1880 – February 24, 1905) was a Canadian
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
player who played for an Ontario-based team in
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...
, and is the first recorded player to die as a result of an
on-ice incident in ice hockey.
Biography
On February 24, 1905, Laurin was beaten to death by 19-year-old
Allan Loney
Allan Nelson Loney (May 3, 1885 – March 2, 1965) was a Canadian ice hockey player from the Ontario town of Maxville. He was the only son of Ephram Allen Loney and Jerusha Ann Adams of Maxville.
Loney was the first hockey player to be charged ...
, a player on a rival team from
Maxville, Ontario. Laurin took a shot in the chin, followed by a blow to the left temple from Loney's stick. Soon after the incident, Laurin, 24 at the time, was pronounced dead on the ice. Loney, a player who was infamous for his brutal on-ice violence, was charged with murder, which was later changed to manslaughter.
On March 29, after five hours of deliberation, the jury acquitted Loney after defense witnesses testified and claimed the blow to Laurin was either instinctive or was in self-defense. All charges were dropped and the case was dismissed.
"Allan Loney Acquitted of Manslaughter for Causing Laurin's Death"
''Montreal Daily Star''. March 30, 1905. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
The Maxville-Alexandria rivalry was based around opposing religious beliefs held by both sides. The Alexandria side of the rivalry was made up of Catholic French Canadians, contrary to the anglophone and Protestant beliefs of the Maxville population.
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External links
Violence in the NHL
dallasnews.com
Two Cases of Hockey Homicide: The Crisis of a Moral Ideal
John Barnes, Law Reform Commission of Canada at la84foundation.org
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1880 births
1905 deaths
Canadian ice hockey players
Deaths by beating
Ice hockey people from Quebec
Ice hockey players who died while playing
Sport deaths in Canada