{"id":573640,"date":"2026-03-31T20:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573640\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:46:08","slug":"grabovski-charged-in-coaching-altercation-at-markham-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573640\/","title":{"rendered":"Grabovski charged in coaching altercation at Markham arena"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski has been charged with assault after a youth playoff hockey game in Markham allegedly erupted into a confrontation.<\/p>\n

Grabovski is listed as head coach of the Markham Waxers U15 AAA team on the team\u2019s website<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Grabovski was charged in an altercation after the Waxers lost a playoff game 11-0 to the York-Simcoe Express on March 14.<\/p>\n

York Regional Police (YRP) said officers were called to Markham Village Arena near Markham Road and Highway 7 at approximately 10:50 p.m. for reports of an assault during a youth hockey event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen officers arrived, one male suspect was charged with one count of assault,\u201d police said in a statement. \u201cThe victim was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police also acknowledged the existence of a video showing the incident, but said they cannot release further details because doing so could identify the victim.<\/p>\n

CityNews reached out to Grabovski and the Waxers for comment and they haven\u2019t responded.<\/p>\n

Grabovski, 42, played 10 seasons in the NHL, including five with the Toronto Maple Leafs between 2008 and 2013. His best statistical season came in 2010-11, when he amassed a career-high 29 goals and 58 points. He has been involved in youth hockey development since retiring from professional play.<\/p>\n

In 2010, while a member of the Maple Leafs, Grabovski was arrested<\/a> after allegedly getting into a bar fight in Vancouver. The former Leaf, who was in town to cheer on Belarus\u2019s Olympic hockey team, was later released. It\u2019s unclear if he was charged in the incident.<\/p>\n

Anyone with additional video or information is asked to contact YRP investigators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski has been charged with assault after a youth playoff hockey game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-573640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}