Team Canada’s world junior captain Patrice Cormier was ejected from a QMJHL game in overtime when he delivered a head shot to Quebec Remparts defenceman Mikael Tam.

Cormier, a forward for the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, came off the bench for a line change and cut through the faceoff circle at centre ice, laying what appeared to be an elbow on Tam in open ice.

Following the hit, Tam was convulsing on the ice before being taken off on a stretcher. Tam suffered trauma to the skull and brain and lost many teeth. He is now in stable condition in hospital and will remain under observation for at least two days.

Cormier, a native of Cap-Pele, New Brunswick, was traded to the Huskies on January 7th. The 19-year-old was playing in just his third game with the team.

Following the game, Remparts head coach Patrick Roy filed a complaint with the Quebec Provincial Police. They collected several testimonies, and it appears that Cormier will face discipline from the QMJHL.

On Monday, TSN’s Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie said “This Cormier elbow is sickening on so many levels. I have never been so discouraged about the game of hockey as now.”

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25 Comments posted on "Patrice Cormier Brutal Cheap Shot on Mikael Tam (Jan 17th 2010)"
brandnew2140 on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

He’d get …
He’d get if he tried something like that in the NHL.


wierasa on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

no prob. sub back …
no prob. sub back plz. i agree with u


smeltshack1 on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

@evanevan333 , come …
@evanevan333 , come on over and try!


evanevan333 on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

@smeltshack1 , …
@smeltshack1 , maybe i should hump ur throat with my cock


smeltshack1 on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

i thought it was a …
i thought it was a clean hit, the other guy should have been kicked out for humping the ice.


throughtheblack on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

why is everyone so …
why is everyone so shocked by this hit? he’s been throwing dirty elbows for a long time now, even when he was on team canada the elbow to the swedish guy

this guy should be permanently suspended


KillJoyKlinic on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

I don’t care if the …
I don’t care if the defenseman was looking at the ground. It was an elbow to the face. You sick bastards defending Cormier are mentally deranged. I hope you experience the horror of something like that some day and then try to talk about it. Selfish ignorant assholes.


stefrockets on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

tes serieux? tu …
tes serieux? tu vraiment pense que ce un bon plaque????? tes bendon cons


pksam100 on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

patrice is a dity …
patrice is a dity player please subscribe me


26KJMayer on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

@MILFgrinder
your …

@MILFgrinder
your a retard that is the dirtiest elbow. cormier is too dirty to play any decent hockey


NornIronLegends on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

Yea, great player, …
Yea, great player, he nearly killed someone, i totally agree great, honest, clean, and a beauty of a player, go back to france!


MILFgrinder on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

Motherfucking …
beauty. Tam is the idiot for looking at his dick instead of in front of him. Patrice is a great player with a great shot…to the face. Tam was just lucky he didn’T die for having a dick in his mouth at the moment.

Cristi de beau coup, Tam le méritait, yer gay ce gars la, non? en tout cas ya l’air gay. Maintenant, qui lui manque deux dents, ca lui laisse plus d’espace pour tu c’est quoi.


bbnewyork on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

WTF?!!?!?!?!
That …

WTF?!!?!?!?!
That was one of the most disturbing hits i’ve ever seen, the poor kid was convulsing.
If anyone feels like defending this action, please reply and state your claim. I’d be SO HAPPY to hear it.


xIChibisukeIx on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

I know its a brain …
I know its a brain Trauma from the hit ..
And i know .. people will thumbs down me but..
LOL HES HUMPING THE GROUND!! :P
Dont hate plox


NornIronLegends on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

This makes me …
This makes me wonder how Michael Liambas was banned for a whole year, for a rough, but clean hit.

And for this douche bag, well, he should just be out of the league forever.


luvkountry on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

Charges under the …
Charges under the criminal code should be laid and he should be found guilty which will give him a record so then he wouldn’t be allowed to go out of Canada!!!


26KJMayer on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

Cormier definetly …
Cormier definetly shouldn’t have been the captain for team canada he is way too dirty and he takes stupid penalties because he is so hot tempered


blafana on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

patrice tu est mon …
patrice tu est mon héro, Ce coup
était légal


TheUglyEmoBoy on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

tam was in a …
tam was in a hospital and lost some teeth and some brain damage


pontikka10 on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

i wish somebody …
i wish somebody would teach him how to play and a taste of cold fist. agree? (sry my bad english :D )


thehockeygods on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

my mistake…
my mistake…


Mr519hughes on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

Horrid. This gives …
Horrid. This gives a bad name to our game. For the rest of Cormier’s hockey career,he should be watched carefully with severe punishments to follow him. Im not going to say he should be banned from hockey all together. As for the racist prick.all sports have different races in them nowa days, so get off your “White Power” Nazi Wannabe train. You wont get anywhere with it.


zoyboywonder on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

what a douche, what …
what a douche, what a douche. anyone who defends this bs is also a douche. he should be banned for life since this isn’t his first incident.


rtfloor on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

what happened to …
what happened to Tam?


Grizdd214 on February 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm #

@thehockeygods He …
@thehockeygods He was traded FROM the devils… Lou does not tolerate that type of playing, even from the prospects. The Devil organization said they would honor the JR Hockey suspension and not let him play for the remainder of the year. Let’s see what the Thrashers do…


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