A man is facing charges after two people and a car were struck by a golf club in Barrie early Thursday morning after the Washington Capitals were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Police got a call around 12:30 a.m. in the area of Rose Street and Newton Streets and spoke to a woman who told officers her boyfriend had been drinking and watching the New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 in overtime.
Police say the woman then said the two began to argue before the man hit her with a golf club.
The woman then ran out of the house followed by the man accusing her of infidelity. When a man stopped to help the woman, the suspect struck him and his vehicle with the golf club.
Police arrested a 43-year-old Barrie man wearing a Washington Capitals jersey and charged him with two counts of an assault with a weapon and mischief under $5,000.
He was taken into police custody and held for a bail hearing.
