Quebec team apologizes to Nolan for tomahawk chop song

Five months after enduring racial slurs at a Chicoutimi Sagueneens game, another Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Team has apologized to Ted Nolan, this time for warrior chants played on a public address system during the second period of a QMJHL pl

The Ottawa Citizen is reporting this morning that the music was the "tomahawk chop" song.

"That stuff has been going on for way, way, way too long," Nolan told the Moncton Times and Transcript after his team beat Gatineau 3-1.

"Whatever the sport, these are lessons that we teach kids. We always talk about learning sportsmanship in sports. I just thought it was classless," Nolan said.

The following statement was released today by the Gatineau Olympiques:

************************* GATINEAU, Thursday, April 27, 2006 (QMJHL) - The Gatineau Olympiques have released this statement following game four in their series versus the Moncton Wildcats.

The Gatineau Olympiques are a proud organization which competes vigorously during every game and would never make inappropriate use of music to influence the course of a game.

That said, the Gatineau Olympiques organization offers their most sincere apology to Mr. Ted Nolan, the head coach of the Moncton Wildcats, if the choice of music used during the April 26th game may have offended anyone.

There was no ill intention whatsoever.

Although the said selection of music has been used in the past in a positive way with Nick Fugère and former assistant coach, John Chabot, both of native origin, it has been removed from the musical program at the Robert-Guertin Center.

************************* Click here to read coverage of last December's controversy in Chicoutimi