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Tie Domi stopped Sweden from filming Canada’s practice at Ivan Hlinka tournament

It turns out Team Canada had an enforcer at the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament — Tie Domi.

Max Domi, the promising London Knights centre and son of the former Toronto Maple Leafs tough guy, was the star with a four-point game when Canada beat Sweden 7-5 last Tuesday during the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament. As good as Max Domi played that day, though, his father made more of an impression on the Swedes by taking video coach Adam Andersson's video camera to prevent him from recording the Canadians' open practice in Piestany, Slovakia.

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Oh boy.

Andersson claimed that Canada's video coach tried standing in the way of his shot. His footage also shows a puck being flipped in his direction by a coach on the ice and then the face of Domi unscrewing the camera from the tripod.

Apparently this happened while Andersson was being "chided by Canada" for recording the practice.

I looked around and there were only two people in the stands. I approached the duo and asked if they had seen my camera. Then Domi gave back the camera, but without the battery. (Aftonbladet)

Sweden, which went on to finish third in the tourney behind Canada and silver medallist Filand, apparently isn't willing to let this slide. In the heat of the moment, this probably seemed like gamesmanship, the kind of line-in-the-sand behaviour that made Domi a demigod in Leaf Nation in the 1990s and early 2000s. Sweden considers it contrary to the customs of international hockey.

Hlinka is an international tournament where all the trainings are open. Canada's problem is that they lack the experience from tournaments in Europe. We will take up Canada's behavior in [International Ice Hockey Federation] Congress in September. Canada must follow the rules that exist, says Tommy Boustedt, national team manager.

Granted, there is only one side of the story being told here, but it won't disabuse anyone from thinking Tie Domi hasn't changed much from what he was as a NHLer. Meantime, at a point when Max Domi should be allowed to make his own way as a hockey player, his father is making headlines instead of being a supporting actor.

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Contact him at neatesager@yahoo.ca and follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.