Say It Ain?t So, Rick

February 7th, 2006

Rick Tocchet, one of the most popular players in Philadelphia Flyers history and currently an assistant coach for the Phoenix Coyotes, has been charged by New Jersey state investigators with orchestrating an illegal sports betting ring. Some reports also have Janet Jones, Wayne Gretzky’s wife, somehow involved.

Officials with the State Police and the Division of Criminal Justice said Trooper James Harney, 40, of Marlton, had been charged with official misconduct, promoting gambling, money laundering and conspiracy, for his role in a betting scheme they said operated mainly in South Jersey and Philadelphia but extended nationwide. Harney’s alleged partner, Tocchet, 41, who played for the Flyers from 1984 to 1992 and from 1999 to 2002 and is now an assistant coach for the Phoenix Coyotes, also was served with a complaint summons charging him with promoting gambling, money laundering and conspiracy. (Read)

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