A fight broke out at Canada Life Centre during Tuesday night’s Winnipeg Jets/Colorado Avalanche game — but this one wasn’t on the ice.
Special duty Winnipeg police officers were called in to help venue security deal with rowdy fans during the Jets’ 5-0 rout of their Central Division rivals.
The two suspects, a man and a woman, were causing enough of a disturbance that security wanted them removed from the building, but when security staff tried to detain them, police said, the staff were attacked, leaving a 50-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man with minor injuries.
Another man, 54, tried to help security when he too was allegedly assaulted by the male suspect. He was knocked off-balance and into the boards, which caused a laceration to his head. He was taken to hospital and treated.
Police said alcohol is likely a factor in the incident, which took place between periods.
The 34-year-old male suspect, from Winnipeg, is facing a charge of resisting a peace officer and two counts of assault, while the woman, 28, from The Pas, has been charged with the same offences, as well as assaulting a peace officer.
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