Tony DeAngelo was suspended multiple times in his career for racist comments and abuse of an official.
Tony DeAngelo is a professional ice hockey player. He plays as a defenseman and played for the Arizona Coyotes and New York Rangers previously.
He joined the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders at the age of 14 and was the youngest ever player for the United States Hockey League.
Afterward, Sarnia Sting of Ontario Hockey League selected him in the 2011 OHL Priority Selection Draft.
In 2015, he was traded to Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. There, he won the Max Kaminsky Trophy and the CHL Defenceman of the Year award.
On July 28, 2021, the Carolina Hurricanes signed DeAngelo for a one-year contract worth $1 million.
Following the announcement, the Hurricanes’ fans expressed their disapproval of DeAngelo’s appointment. Some fans even went on to say they’d cancel their season tickets.
Nonetheless, DeAngelo maintained he had done a lot of mistakes in the past and accepts them. He asserted he is a changed man now and won’t let the Hurricanes down.
Tony DeAngelo Racist Comments: What Did He Say?
Tony DeAngelo received a lot of backlashes for his racial comments against teammates during his Ontario Hockey League and National Hockey League days.
The controversial former New York Rangers defenseman was suspended in his junior hockey days in the OHL for abusive behavior.
At the beginning of the 2013-12 season, he was suspended for eight games for violating the league’s harassment and abuse/diversity policy. This was his second suspension in the OHL.
The team kept his first suspension confidential.
Later in the same season, DeAngelo was again suspended for two games for abuse of an official.
In 2017, DeAngelo was suspended for three games for the physical assault of a referee. He was also ordered to forfeit $14,388.90 to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
Tony DeAngelo Racial Slurs And Tweets Explained
During the pandemic, Tony DeAngelo took to Twitter to show his support for former President Donald Trump. It caught negative attention from audiences worldwide.
Tony tweeted that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. He also posed questions regarding the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter.
Tony later deleted his Twitter after Trump was banned from the platform. He said he would join the conservative social media platform, Parler.
However, some fans claimed Tony continued to use Twitter under the account name “NYRFan92360244”. Tony did not affirm the theory and the account also denied any association with DeAngelo.