Published: 25 April, 2009, 15:43
Edited: 25 April, 2009, 15:43
How far can rage toward an ice hockey referee go? Slovak international Ladislav Scurko has been arrested by Kosice police in connection with the murder of referee Marek Liptaj.
IIHF official website writes the 23-year-old forward is suspected of having killed Liptaj with 14 knife stabs in January 2008 at a highway roadhouse. The corpse, buried in a forest, was discovered in December 2008.
Scurko has already confessed to the murder, the police say. The Slovak may now face a jail sentence of up to 20 years.
The 2004 sixth-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers played for his hometown club, Spisska Nova Ves, and the Western Hockey League’s Seattle Thunderbirds, before beginning his professional career with HC Kosice of the Slovakian Extraliga. He won the league title with his club earlier this spring.
Scurko also represented Slovakia at two World U20 Championships and two World U18 Championships.