Former Arizona Coyotes player Paul Bissonnette was attacked at a Scottsdale restaurant

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. – Ex Arizona coyotes Police said TNT player, podcaster and hockey analyst Paul Bissonnette was attacked by six men at a Scottsdale restaurant on Sunday night.

The attack on November 24 took place at Restaurant in Houston near McDonald Drive and Scottsdale Road around 7:30 p.m

“There was an altercation with six adult men and management in the restaurant. Paul Bissonnette reportedly tried to help management calm down the men and get them to leave. The situation escalated into the men attacking Paul Bissonnette both inside and outside the restaurant, “Scottsdale Police Sgt. – said Allison Sempsis.

Six men were arrested and charged with assault and disorderly conduct. Five of them will be charged with misdemeanors, and the sixth will be charged with a crime.

Suspects identified

• Danny Bradley, charged with misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct
• John Carroll, charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct
• William Carroll, charged with two counts of assault and disorderly conduct
• Sean Daley, charged with aggravated assault, forgery and misdemeanor disorderly conduct
• Edward Jennings, charged with misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct
• Henry Mesker, charged with misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct

As for Bissonnette’s injuries, Scottsdale police are not detailing how serious they are, but say they are not life-threatening. He later posted a video about the incident, stating that “everything is fine.”

FOX 10 called Houston’s and spoke with the manager, who said he did not want to comment on the matter at this time.

Bissonnette played for the Arizona Coyotes from 2009 to 2014. Host of the hockey podcast on Barstool Sports Spitting Chiclets he is also an NHL analyst and host on TNT.

The former NHL team left Arizona after last season due to management issues and currently plays in Salt Lake City as the Utah Hockey Club.

Bissonnette talks about the incident

WX, bar president Dave Portnoy exchanged text messages with Bissonnette in which he claims he was attacked by seven men, adding that he “took a little but gave more.”

FOX 10 reached out to Bissonnette and his representative but has not heard back. However, he did sent the video to X On November 25, we talked a little about what happened.

“What’s going on, gang? I just wanted to stop by because the word has spread, I’ve been getting a lot of texts and calls. I love you, thank you all for contacting and visiting,” Bissonnette said. “I just wanted to refer to what happened last night, so you can hear it from my mouth. I don’t know what it’s about, I know there are some articles out and there’s news circulating.”

He says the full story will be told on the Nov. 26 episode of the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast because Monday was taping day.

“Honestly, it was nice to jump in with the guys and have a laugh and forget about it for four hours,” he said.

He summarized what happened by saying he goes to the Houston restaurant three to four times a week. He didn’t stop at replenishing staff and food.

“The bar where I usually sit was full of people. I was sitting in the dining room and at one point there was a bit of a commotion in the bar. There was a bunch of drunk golfers there. Of course, things escalated. They asked one guy to leave and then one of them kept getting in the manager’s face and putting his hands on him,” Bissonnette said.

This went on for at least 30 seconds before the former NHL player intervened. He says he grabbed the guy who was sitting on the manager’s seat by the arm and said, “Sir, if you keep harassing and attacking the staff, we’re going to have problems. They just started giggling.”

He says the incident quickly escalated and ended in a CVS parking lot.

“I got knocked down a few times,” he said. “Fortunately, I didn’t lose consciousness. I went to the hospital, so everyone is probably reading about it.”

He calls the suspects “bad guys” who were “way too drunk.” He says he is angry and wants the names of the suspects released.

“Unacceptable behavior in a family restaurant just because they couldn’t have another cocktail and didn’t want to hear ‘no’ for an answer,” he continued.

He says he wants to thank the restaurant staff, Scottsdale Police officers, paramedics and hospital staff.

“It’s okay guys, this sucks,” he said. – It could have been a lot worse.

Although Bissonnette says there were seven men involved in the fight, Scottsdale police say there were six.