Joonas Oden, is an American-born player who is currently playing hockey in Finland. Yesterday he was ejected from a Finnish Elite League game, only to have his Instagram account flooded with racist messages. Oden's mother is a Finnish resident, and her son has been playing in the FEL for the last 4 season. During yesterday's game Oden was assessed a 5-minute major for kneeing an opponent, that's when the racist messages began.
Clearly theses messages are extremely inappropriate and should have never been sent or said by anyone. This behavior is inexcusable for anyone, let alone a fan. and the team he was playing against felt the same issuing this statement:
Scott Pooley, who plays for Rauman Lukko, the team's this infraction occured against released this statement of his own.
