OT - Former Dirty MSU Hockey Player's Pro Career May Be Over
Saw this on the MGoBlog twitter and thought it was worth a post.
Andrew Conboy of the Elmira Jackals (ECHL) was released after receiving a 20-game suspension for deliberately trying to injure an opponent.
This is apparently a reoccuring theme for Conboy, which dates back to his (brief) college career. Back in early 2009, Conboy -- a MSU freshman -- helped Corey Tropp to attack Michigan defenseman Steve Kampfer after a clean hit on Tropp. Conboy was suspended for the rest of the season and quit soon after.
I was not a Michigan fan back in 2009, but I can only imagine how furious Michigan fans must have been about the incident. There is no place for that kind of violence in sports. Unfortunately, some players just don't understand that, which ends up making already dangerous sports even more dangerous.
EDIT: DId not realize how big of a moment the attack was in Michigan sports history. I got angry just reading all your comments. FYS.
January 29th, 2015 at 5:39 PM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 5:40 PM ^
Once a piece of shit, always a piece of shit.
FYS
January 29th, 2015 at 7:44 PM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 5:40 PM ^
He is a pathetic person and should never play hockey again.
January 29th, 2015 at 5:40 PM ^
I remember that game very clearly.... we got a "Fuck You State" chant going very quickly and it could be heard on the TV broadcast.
January 30th, 2015 at 2:00 AM ^
This is why I have been so adamant that Sparty needs to be crushed and put back in their place. It's why I detest them far more than OSU. Every team at MSU is taught to hate Michigan. Hockey and football players have been trying to deliberately injure Michigan players since what seems like forever.
To me, OSU is a respected rival. MSU is just a bunch of criminals who define themselves by their hatred of Michigan. I have felt that way for at least thirty years. I don't think it's going to change any time soon.
FYS, indeed.
January 29th, 2015 at 5:45 PM ^
Fuck you State
January 29th, 2015 at 5:51 PM ^
That was SIX years ago?! Gee whiz.
January 29th, 2015 at 8:03 PM ^
I don't care if it was 6 years ago or 100 years ago. One of the best Bo stories is from the documentary Tiebreaker that was run on BTN. When we got screwed in '73 after the other schools voted against us Bo would tell future Michigan teams, "Ok, we're playing Illinois today. We gotta stick it to these guys because they screwed us in the vote 10 years ago!" Ok, those weren't the exact words, but the point is FUCK THAT. Wolverines have been known to kill bears when they get cornered. You are either with us or against us. I'm tired of getting pushed around and I'm pretty hyped to see us get back to imposing our will on other teams. I won't ever forget how great 1997 was and I won't ever forget the pain and frustration of going 3-9 in 2008 and having our streaks snapped. So yeah, I don't give a shit if it was 100 years ago, bitch, you ain't getting off cheap! Go Blue!!!
January 29th, 2015 at 5:58 PM ^
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January 29th, 2015 at 5:47 PM ^
We remember.
January 29th, 2015 at 5:47 PM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 6:12 PM ^
Not that brutal, but he got his jaw broken.
January 29th, 2015 at 7:18 PM ^
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January 29th, 2015 at 7:38 PM ^
but when he fell backward (view obscured) he got his bell rung big time. and the dude he chose out was a big guy. good. jerk.
January 29th, 2015 at 9:14 PM ^
Translation: he's a cowardly, cheap-shop artist POS who finally got what was coming to him.
Good.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:59 PM ^
I am almost ashamed at the amount of enjoyment I experienced while watching this clip. "Tropp is NOT a fighter." Fucking gold right there.
January 29th, 2015 at 5:48 PM ^
Good riddance.
January 29th, 2015 at 5:49 PM ^
I was at that game. The fury in the Michigan stands was beyond palpable. It looked worse in person.
January 29th, 2015 at 6:11 PM ^
the 'better' angle of the punch to the back of the head and the stick swing to the same place when he was down. live it was clear that both of them were trying to injure Kampher.
Thus the FYS chant was born!
January 29th, 2015 at 8:22 PM ^
Is it was one of the very first games Kampfer was back after the Mike Milano bodyslam incident so everyone knew he was fragile. To see him lying motionless on the ice with 2 Spartans standing over him was about enough for people to start climbing over the boards. I remain a little mad that Mitera (I think that's who is in there first) didn't f*cking clock one of those guys
If Yost had the big screen with repay capabilites back then, it would've gotten rreeeeall ugly fast. Like cancel the game ugly.
January 29th, 2015 at 11:47 PM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 5:49 PM ^
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January 29th, 2015 at 5:50 PM ^
Someone will sign him. Someone always does.
January 29th, 2015 at 5:58 PM ^
Looking up his ECHL stats he's been with four teams in the last four years, this is his second time being waived and he peaked on games played two years ago.
He apparently goes out of his way to prove he's a scumbag at every opportunity and hopefully for the sake of the sport he's done for good.
January 29th, 2015 at 6:07 PM ^
Along with that, players in the ECHL are usually easily replaceable.
January 29th, 2015 at 6:39 PM ^
Even I can play their. It's not that hard...
January 29th, 2015 at 9:34 PM ^
with the ECHL being his highest-league in the last 3 years (he was in the AHL back in 2011)?
That's not a promising road. The next step is perhaps one year (if he's lucky) in the SPHL. Then, it's beer-league hockey for the rest of his life. Good riddance, disgrace to the sport.
January 29th, 2015 at 5:51 PM ^
I took a girl I was briefly seeing at the time to that game.
As much as I tried to contain my fury when the hit happened (right in front of us, as chance would have it), it's no surprise that was the last time we went out.
January 29th, 2015 at 9:56 PM ^
She wasn't the right one then, Bando.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:43 PM ^
you should have checked with me first. having a first date at a Moo U Meechigan hockey game is bad, just bad. i did the dame thing back in the early 90's. the game was at JLA. its the game with the bench clearing brawl. Steve Shields was a freshman in the nets that game. the starting state goalie had the night off and was on the bench; he was the first off the bench and went straight at shields.
there wasnt a second date...
meechigan vs msu hockey is NOT a date night.
January 29th, 2015 at 10:57 PM ^
Meh, it was like the third or fourth date, IIRC.
January 29th, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^
A litmus test to quickly weed out the wrong ones.
January 29th, 2015 at 5:54 PM ^
Next time you hear Conboy's name will be in his local paper for an assault charge at a nearby bar.
January 29th, 2015 at 6:46 PM ^
Ha, great thing is: he dropped out of MSU, so he doesn't even get that third-rate degree. Now he's out of minor league hockey. He's a, what, 24 year old with no skills, no education, a forgettable hockey career, and name that should prevent any Michigan alum from even considering hiring him. He is life is downhill from here on out.
He'll probably have a few battery charges for run-ins at local dive bars, probably defending a slightly overweight, overtanned, dyed-hair girlfriend. Then a few domestic assault charges for battering that same chub.
January 29th, 2015 at 5:54 PM ^
Man that's cheap. I played in college but you gotta have respect for people. Just sad and pathetic. Stuff like that is just dumb and clerly not needed.
January 29th, 2015 at 6:58 PM ^
Club or NCAA?
January 29th, 2015 at 5:57 PM ^
wooooahhhh cya!
January 29th, 2015 at 5:59 PM ^
Good riddance to a piece of trash who, if he pulled this shit off the ice, should have been locked up behind bars years ago.
January 29th, 2015 at 5:58 PM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 6:00 PM ^
Worth revisiting:
January 29th, 2015 at 6:43 PM ^
Just re-read that post from 2009. Made me angry all over again. I played Hockey, albiet on a smaller level, but that was a cowardly response from two cowardly players!
January 29th, 2015 at 6:52 PM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 6:05 PM ^
Fuck. That. Guy.
January 29th, 2015 at 6:31 PM ^
SPARTANS WILL
commit assault.
January 29th, 2015 at 6:34 PM ^
You can't fix 'stupid.'
January 29th, 2015 at 6:38 PM ^
Good. This is why Spartans are looked down upon by everyone. That degree is nearly worthless and the only area in whic Spartans are more successful than Wolverines is their ability to spread STDs. Truly a classless "university" up there in East Lansing.
January 29th, 2015 at 6:42 PM ^
January 29th, 2015 at 6:47 PM ^
The overwhelming majority of Spartans I've interviewed have been thoroughly underwhelming. Just giving an honest opinion.