NHL’s Clayton Stoner admits to hunting without a licence in B.C. grizzly hunt
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — National Hockey League player Clayton Stoner is banned from hunting for three years and must pay $10,000 for killing a grizzly bear on British Columbia’s central coast.
The Anaheim Ducks defenceman admitted through his lawyer on Wednesday that he had breached the provincial Wildlife Act. Marvin Stern said his client mistakenly believed he was qualified to participate.
Stoner wasn’t in the Abbotsford, B.C., court. Instead, Stern pleaded guilty on his behalf to hunting without a licence.
In handing down the fine and hunting ban, Provincial court Judge Brent Hoy accepted that Stoner thought he was qualified as a resident, but the law had still been breached.