The father of a Toronto hockey player was free on bond on charges he attacked a coach for benching his son.

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Bradley Desroche was ordered to undergo anger management counseling Monday for allegedly choking Junior Canadiens' Coach Mark Teskey, who took Desroche's son out of the action during a weekend game, the Toronto Star reported Tuesday.

Officials said hockey is an emotional game and parents get caught up in the emotion. However, Greater Toronto Hockey League President John Gardner resisted calls to hire security guards. Gardner said he would meet with the league's board about training coaches to deal with potentially violent parents.

"What we should be trying to do is giving coaches a heads-up to deal with emotional problems as soon as possible," Rob Toffili, general manager of the Junior Canadiens, told the newspaper. "We have to consider preparing our coaches to look for potential hotspots so that these things don't happen."