UND hockey player accused of DUI acquitted
February 3, 2010
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP)—A jury has acquitted University of North Dakota hockeyplayer Matt Frattin of drunken driving.
Campus police pulled over the junior forward from Edmonton, Alberta, on Aug.19. Prosecutor Jason McCarthy says Frattin passed some sobriety tests but failedothers.
Jurors deliberated for less than 30 minutes Tuesday before acquittingFrattin.
Frattin was kicked off the team following his arrest, which was his secondrun-in with police that summer. He pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderlyconduct stemming from a July incident in which he and a former UND player wereaccused of throwing objects onto a street.
The Grand Forks Herald reports that Frattin rejoined the team and beganplaying again in January.
Frattin was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the fourth round of the2007 draft.
