Ex-NHL player Paul Bissonnette assaulted by 6 men at Arizona restaurant: 'It escalated extremely quickly'

Paul Bissonnette, a former NHL player and hockey expert connected TNT, was assaulted by six men astatine a edifice successful Arizona connected Sunday nighttime aft helium alleged that a radical of "drunk golfers" were causing a country aft being refused service. 

Bissonnette, who past played successful the league for the Arizona Coyotes, released a video connection connected societal media connected Monday aft quality broke that six men were arrested and are facing charges of battle and disorderly behaviour for the incidental that took spot astatine Houston’s edifice successful Scottsdale. 

Paul Bissonnette attends the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic crippled betwixt the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins astatine Fenway Park connected Jan. 2, 2023 successful Boston. (Ben Jackson/NHLI via Getty Images)

The erstwhile hockey player, who besides hosts a podcast connected Barstool, gave his mentation of events successful a video posted connected X. He explained that the incidental took spot astatine a edifice helium frequents and that helium became progressive aft helium saw 1 of the men go carnal with the restaurant’s manager. 

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"I spell to meal astatine this spot called Houston’s – I spell determination similar 3 oregon 4 times a week. The staff’s incredible, the food’s unthinkable and, conscionable similar bully people, I emotion going there," helium began.  

"At 1 constituent determination was a spot of a ruckus going connected successful the barroom – it was a clump of drunk golfers. Things evidently continued to escalate. They asked 1 feline to leave, and past 1 feline kept getting successful the manager’s face, enactment his hands connected him, and that went connected for astir apt 30–45 seconds. You could archer helium was a small shocked and amazed and stunned. 

FILE - Calgary Flames close helping Tim Jackman, #15, and Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Paul Bissonnette, #12, combat during the 3rd play astatine the Scotiabank Saddledome connected Sept, 25, 2013. (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports)

"It’s a household restaurant, I don’t deliberation determination was anybody successful determination who could spell possibly assistance him out. So I went over, I conscionable grabbed the guy's limb that was connected [the manager]. I said ‘Sir, if you proceed to harass and battle the staff, we’re gonna person problems.’ And past they conscionable started chucking. So, it escalated highly quickly. I deliberation it was 7 guys I fought with passim the people of the edifice each the mode into the parking batch implicit to CVS." 

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Bissonnette, 39, said the combat spilled retired into the thoroughfare and claimed that helium was kicked successful the caput respective times. He said helium was taken to the infirmary arsenic a result. 

"Got taken down a mates of times. I got footwear f---ed successful the caput 3 times by the CVS – luckily didn’t get knocked out," helium said successful the video. 

"Just similar atrocious dudes. Way excessively drunk and I don’t cognize what other they had successful their system, but yeah, I’m very, precise aggravated astatine these guys and benignant of privation their names retired determination and privation them to wage the piper. Just unacceptable behaviour astatine a household edifice conscionable due to the fact that they couldn’t drawback different cocktail and didn’t privation to perceive ‘No’ for an answer. Like I said, astatine that constituent with the feline each implicit the manager I conscionable figured I had to spell over."  

Phoenix Coyotes' Paul Bissonnette passes the puck against the Colorado Avalanche during the 2nd play of an NHL hockey crippled connected Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 successful Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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According to FOX10, Scottsdale constabulary arrested six men progressive successful the combat connected charges of battle and disorderly conduct. Five are facing misdemeanors and the sixth is facing a felony. They were not identified by instrumentality enforcement, according to the report. 

"There was an altercation wrong the edifice with six big men and the management. Reportedly, Paul Bissonnette tried to assistance absorption calm the men and get them to leave. The concern escalated to the men assaulting Paul Bissonnette some wrong and extracurricular of the restaurant," Scottsdale Police Sgt. Allison Sempsis told the station.

Bissonnette played successful the NHL from 2008-2014, spending his last six seasons with the Arizona Coyotes. 

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