The British Columbia native and Anaheim Ducks defenceman, Clayton Stoner was sentenced in provincial court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges laid after a hunt back in 2013.
The confusion surrounding his hunt was brought on after he purchased a resident hunting license in March of 2013, before shooting the grizzly bear. At the time, Stoner was a member of the Minnesota Wild and claimed that he misunderstood the residency requirements for the hunting license and never intended to bend the rules or cheat the system in any way.
Throughout the entire process, the NHLer never denied shooting the bear and operated within the law for every other aspect of the hunt.
Of the $10,000 fine the hockey player received, CBC News reports that $6,000 of it will be assigned as a contribution to habitat conservation. In addition to the monetary fine, he has also been prohibited from hunting for three years.
Stoner was initially slapped with four additional charges including knowingly making a false statement to obtain a hunting license, hunting out of season and unlawfully possessing dead wildlife. These charges have been dropped against him by the Crown and provincial court Judge Brent Hoy made note of the fact that this particular case received additional attention because of the individuals professional hockey career.
H/T: CBC News
