Hi I also believe that children need to grt outside and play. There is nothing wrong with street hockey if supervised. Hurray for Mr. Sasson for getting out there with kids for fun. If this game was not late at night shame on the squealer who could always buy a set of earplugs to cut down on the noise.  April 7th /10  by outwest

We never need adult supervision when I grew up in Verdun back in the 1950's.  The outdoor rinks were always full of the bigger kids playing organized hockey so all we had was the streets of our neighbourhood.  I thought that any noise bylaw referred to electronic devices late at night.  I can't understand this lady's objection to children playing outside her house.  The judge should certainly throw this out of his court and reprimand the officer who issued the citation.  Hats off to this dad playing with his kids.

I am rather divided on this one.  Generally, I would say the "caller" was pretty mean spirited to call the police.  I have had MANY games of street hockey myself,(long before it was "ok"for girls to play)BUT, since we were always on our OWN street, in front of one of the player's houses, and within earshot of half a dozen mothers, we were kept to a modicom of noise and our language was clean. Having approached a game of street hockey a couple of weeks back, I was thoroughly disgusted at the language coming from these kids. There were 2 sets of adults on the sidelines, and although they MAY not have been the parents of any of the kids, they certainly had lots to say as to the player's actions, but yet, not ONE correction for the language being used.  If the person who called the police in the other incident had been subjected to the language I heard from these kids, I don't blame her one bit.  In MY day, it would have iniated a soap "treatment."

If you can't play and still consider other poeople, then you don't deserve to play. Some may be just plain tired, be ill, have worked the night shift, dealing with difficult physical or emotional issues, greiving, and the list goes on, BUT, again, a polite request works wonders.

An example of too much government. Make a rule and someone has to follow it. Why do we always assume the other guy is too dumb to take care!

Road hockey on a Saturday, anywhere in Canada is awesome. I can see a late night game and in our case growing up in Northern Ontario, Sunday's were generally quieter but calling the police!!! If someone were ill or a shift worker we usually moved down the road.

Proves how introverted society has become and just assumes this is what to do because I saw it on television.....Bravo David Sasson for playing outdoors with all the kids.

I grew up in Scarborough, Ontario and when I got married and my family came along and they were all boys, they all played street hockey from the oldest to the youngest and I still have pictures of my youngest who at that time was two years old  with his little hockey stick because he wanted to be a part of the game with his brothers and their dad and of course the neighbour kids and there dad's.  To this police officer who fined him, was he married, did he have kids whether boys or girls, was he a person who got out and played with his kids, did he know how to play street hockey or anything like that.  My response to myself I don't think so.  To the person that complained did they have any children and if they did, did they play with their children and have fun and smiled at the fact it is great that these kids know how to play together, getting fresh air into their lungs and enjoying themselves, I think that this person has no idea what it means to play and have fun.  To this person shame on you.  My children are all grown up now, they have children of their own and actively play sports, baseball, hockey and yes street hockey.  The person that lives next door to them is an active police officer and yes he has a son as well and yes he gets out their and plays street hockey and has just as much as the kids do.  So to all those who enjoy their children, enjoy street hockey kudos to you who enjoy this kind of activity.   Kids need more of this. 

I remember, we loved visiting our relatives that lived in the city, because we found it so cool and odd to play in the street.  we played hockey on the local rink, mind you the village I grew up in has only two roads, can't even call them streets, and we would have been killed by oncoming traffic.  i think it was pushed a little too far by calling the cops.  And even further by giving out a ticket.    That person should move if he/she is not wanting to hear kids playing.  I take pity on city kids that have no backyards, the street is one of the only places they can play.  I would rather see them playing in the street, then causing trouble in the street.  I am not a hockey fan either, but I will never stop or complain about other people loving and playing it. 
Chantale