DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN RUMORS

Jets D Byfuglien headed to trial for boating while impaired

Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien will likely go to trial for boating while impaired last summer in Minnesota, his attorney said Thursday.Mitch Robinson wasn't able to strike a deal with prosecutors, forcing Byfuglien to attend a hearing on April 19. The case could go to trial in June.Byfuglien is accused of boating while intoxicated and other charges stemming from an...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  10 days ago
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Byfuglien's boating case appears headed for trial

An attorney for Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien says it appears his client will be going to trial in a boating while impaired case in Minnesota. Attorney Mitch Robinson said Thursday that he and a prosecutor were ''miles apart,'' and unable to agree. The next hearing is April 19, and Robinson anticipates the case will go to trial in June. Byfuglien is...
Via Fox Sports  |  11 days ago
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Dustin Byfuglien likely to go to trial on impaired charges in Minnesota

Here is the latest news in the Dustin Byfuglien case. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds. WINNIPEG — Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien will probably go to trial on charges that he operated a boat on a Minnesota lake while he was impaired. The NHL player's defense lawyer, Mitch Robinson, said today he was unable to reach a plea agreement with the prosecutor...
Via Goon's World  |  11 days ago
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Play Byfuglien Up Front & Remember The Teemu Trade

from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal, Matty’s Short Shifts: • Winnipeg Jets’ Dustin Byfuglien is the most unique player in the NHL, but nobody can convince me he’s a true NHL defenceman. True, he misses the creative Tobias Enstrom, who covers up a lot of mistakes, but Big Buf is a forward masquerading as a blue-liner. Stick him in front of an opposing net and he’s...
Via Kukla's Korner  |  December 04, 2011
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Byfuglien pleads not guilty in boating incident

Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien has pleaded not guilty to four counts stemming from a boating incident in Minnesota. Byfuglien is accused of boating while intoxicated and refusing to take a blood or urine test, and other charges. The criminal complaint says his boat was stopped on Lake Minnetonka on Aug. 31 because the navigational lights weren't on. Authorities said...
Via Fox Sports  |  October 21, 2011
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More Details On Byfuglien’s Arrest

from Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien displayed a host of symptoms that led a police expert to believe he was high on drugs following his arrest in Minnesota last month. Documents released Tuesday and obtained by the Free Press provide insight into the circumstances of the high-profile incident that led to a U.S. prosecutor endorsing...
Via Kukla's Korner  |  September 21, 2011
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Byfuglien charged in boating incident

Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien was charged Tuesday with boating while intoxicated three weeks after his arrest in Minnesota. According to a criminal complaint from the Hennepin County Sheriff's office, a water patrol officer on Lake Minnetonka stopped Byfuglien's boat the evening of Aug. 31 because the navigational lights weren't on. According to the officer...
Via AP on Fox  |  September 20, 2011
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Jets' Byfuglien arrested in Minnesota

Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien (BUHF'-lihn) has been arrested in Minnesota on suspicion of boating while intoxicated. An arrest log for the Hennepin County jail says Byfuglien was booked just after 11 p.m. Wednesday and released early Thursday morning. He has not been formally charged. Byfuglien, a Minnesota native, was on the Chicago Blackhawks team that won the...
Via Fox Sports  |  September 01, 2011
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POLICE BLOTTER

Byfuglien busted for drunk boating

The Winnipeg Jets defenseman was recently arrested on suspicions of operating a boat under the influence of alcohol. 

Via Pro Sports Daily  |  September 01, 2011
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NHL: Is The Dustin Byfuglien Trade The Trade Of The Season?

Day’s after the Chicago Black Hawks won the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Championship, they were forced to make some roster menuvres to create a salary cap-friendly team. The Black Hawks would go through several off-season changes over the summer of 2010, but none of the moves were bigger than a trade which saw the Hawks’ send Dustin Byfuglien, Brent Sopel, Ben Eager, and Akim Aliu...
Via GackSports  |  December 17, 2010
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