Patrice Cormier interview!

[bernieflagman]

For the lucky one who i have knowledge of french. Patrice Cormier will be on RDS TV for an interview done today by Stephane Leroux since the incident on Sunday.


Don't miss it at 1900 tonight.

[fireball]

Give us an update on the interview.

[hockey1981]

[hfxfan09]

Can someone translate the Cormier interview to English please I want to see it and see his reaction ; but I only understand English!!! Thanks

[t-dude]

For those of you who may have or have not seen the RDS interview with Cormier, I have translated it. It's not perfect but you'll get the gist of it.

Cormier: I think what happened is regrettable, my intentions were never to injure Mikael or any other player, you know, it's a hockey game and the intention was never to hurt anyone. I tried to get in contact with Mikael via the Huskies during the last few days and I think the Remparts didn't give us an answer, I wanted to talk to him to see how he was doing. The first thing for me is Mikael Tam's health. When it happened I saw him fall and like I said there was never any intention there to hurt anyone.

RDS: What would you of liked to said to him, to Mikael, if you could of spoken to him.

Cormier: Just to ask how he was doing, it's certain you see everywhere that he's ok, I was relieved to see that. It's like I said, I never intended to hurt him. When I was out (of the game) and I heard he was out and hurt, I just wanted to ask him how he was and that's it. We tried, maybe I'll talk to him and maybe I won't. I just want him to know that I thought of him alot and that's pretty much it.

RDS: There's a lot of people who don't know you Patrice, you know there's alot of people saying things about you, that you're a dirty player. Do you find that hard to hear?

Cormier: I think that as a person, you see who your true close friends are. I've gotten alot of messages from home, my parents have helped me alot. Alot of guys from Team Canada, I've spoken with my coach, alot of people have helped me. Even with everyone saying anything, I've seen some, I haven't seen alot too and I think it's better that way. I've had alot of help, even from the Huskies who have given me alot of support. It's helped me alot that the guys here have supported me through all this and we'll live with what's going to happen.

RDS: You're going to see Raymond Bolduc this afternoon, what are you going to say to him?

Cormier: The biggest thing is that there was no intent to injure, you can say there were others but for me it happened, it's done, the intent was never to injure and that's it, we'll live with the consequences. I won't say I didn't do it, you see it clearly on the video it was an elbow. It was a reflex, I did everything a hockey player should do, I cut the ice in the middle, when he came out my reflex was to take the player, to check him. I had no idea I hit him in the head as evidently was the case, but the intent was never to hit him in the head and injure him.

[fireball]

He is so full of crap !! Can the guy be that dumb ?

[Fred The Moose]

Fireball the guy is telling his view of what happened did you ever play a game of hockey in your life..Things do happen that you don't plan...People like you call them stupid....

[Smiley]

Jan 23, 2010 23:03:47 GMT -4 Fred The Moose said:

Fireball the guy is telling his view of what happened did you ever play a game of hockey in your life..Things do happen that you don't plan...People like you call them stupid....

Tam got injured badly on the play. Fred, when you throw your elbow at an opponents head I would say things happened as you planned.

If Cormier was surprised that an elbow to the head would hurt a player than he isn't a very smart person...which is why fireball doesn't believe him. I don't believe him either, a person can't be that dumb.

[hfxfan09]

10-15 after the display of officating tonight our Comissioner is too blind for more than that!!!

[fireball]

Freddy buddy you cannot be that gullible to believe that bull-shit from Cormier ! When Cormier stuck his elbow out it was not a spurr of the moment thing, he intentionally met to make contact with something, that being Tams head ! I think maybe you are getting your love for Cormiers older brother in the way of your rationale !

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Jan 23, 2010 18:09:09 GMT -4 t-dude said:

For those of you who may have or have not seen the RDS interview with Cormier, I have translated it. It's not perfect but you'll get the gist of it.

Cormier: I think what happened is regrettable, my intentions were never to injure Mikael or any other player, you know, it's a hockey game and the intention was never to hurt anyone. I tried to get in contact with Mikael via the Huskies during the last few days and I think the Remparts didn't give us an answer, I wanted to talk to him to see how he was doing. The first thing for me is Mikael Tam's health. When it happened I saw him fall and like I said there was never any intention there to hurt anyone.

RDS: What would you of liked to said to him, to Mikael, if you could of spoken to him.

Cormier: Just to ask how he was doing, it's certain you see everywhere that he's ok, I was relieved to see that. It's like I said, I never intended to hurt him. When I was out (of the game) and I heard he was out and hurt, I just wanted to ask him how he was and that's it. We tried, maybe I'll talk to him and maybe I won't. I just want him to know that I thought of him alot and that's pretty much it.

RDS: There's a lot of people who don't know you Patrice, you know there's alot of people saying things about you, that you're a dirty player. Do you find that hard to hear?

Cormier: I think that as a person, you see who your true close friends are. I've gotten alot of messages from home, my parents have helped me alot. Alot of guys from Team Canada, I've spoken with my coach, alot of people have helped me. Even with everyone saying anything, I've seen some, I haven't seen alot too and I think it's better that way. I've had alot of help, even from the Huskies who have given me alot of support. It's helped me alot that the guys here have supported me through all this and we'll live with what's going to happen.

RDS: You're going to see Raymond Bolduc this afternoon, what are you going to say to him?

Cormier: The biggest thing is that there was no intent to injure, you can say there were others but for me it happened, it's done, the intent was never to injure and that's it, we'll live with the consequences. I won't say I didn't do it, you see it clearly on the video it was an elbow. It was a reflex, I did everything a hockey player should do, I cut the ice in the middle, when he came out my reflex was to take the player, to check him. I had no idea I hit him in the head as evidently was the case, but the intent was never to hit him in the head and injure him.

Thanks for the translation. There is no remorse or no taking responsibility in there. Assuming the translation is accurate, and I am assuming that, he says it is regrettable and that he is glad Tam is okay and that he tried, through the Huskies, to contact him. He never says he is sorry for his actions, actually he says - I did what any hockey player would have done...

This is what scares me the most, and what should get him the harshest punishment - no taking responsibilities for his actions. (saying I'm glad he is okay and I tried to contact him doesn't cut it). This isn't a court of law, but in court a judge, or a parole hearing, will want to hear someone admitting what they did was wrong and that they understand the consequences of their actions and have leaned not to act that way. Sure doesn't sound like it here.

If anything all he does is say - at least my friends and family support me. I would hope they would - it doesn't mean what he did was right. I don't want to hag the guy out to try, but somebody needs to explain to him, and hockey players in general that they are responsible for their actions - and that driving their elbow into an opponents head is not acceptable behavior.

[chsb]

Jan 24, 2010 19:53:51 GMT -4 @titanmod said:

Jan 23, 2010 18:09:09 GMT -4 t-dude said:

For those of you who may have or have not seen the RDS interview with Cormier, I have translated it. It's not perfect but you'll get the gist of it.

Thanks for the translation. There is no remorse or no taking responsibility in there. Assuming the translation is accurate, and I am assuming that, he says it is regrettable and that he is glad Tam is okay and that he tried, through the Huskies, to contact him. He never says he is sorry for his actions, actually he says - I did what any hockey player would have done...

This is what scares me the most, and what should get him the harshest punishment - no taking responsibilities for his actions. (saying I'm glad he is okay and I tried to contact him doesn't cut it). This isn't a court of law, but in court a judge, or a parole hearing, will want to hear someone admitting what they did was wrong and that they understand the consequences of their actions and have leaned not to act that way. Sure doesn't sound like it here.

If anything all he does is say - at least my friends and family support me. I would hope they would - it doesn't mean what he did was right. I don't want to hag the guy out to try, but somebody needs to explain to him, and hockey players in general that they are responsible for their actions - and that driving their elbow into an opponents head is not acceptable behavior.

According to Lalala prise in another topic, saying that you are sorry for your action, in the Quebec Civil Code, is more or less admitting that you are guilty...
In the perpective of the Tam family threatening to trigger an action suit against Cormier, it would have been totally unwise on Cormier's part to compromise himself with such a sentence that could be held against him in a Court of law.