Dryden McKay, Hobey Baker Award winner as top NCAA men's hockey player, banned six months for an anti-doping rule violation

[saintpauljeff]

Hobey Baker winner banned for doping violation

Dryden McKay, the Minnesota State goaltender who won the Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA's top player, has accepted a six-month ban from competition for an anti-doping rule violation, while he gauges his professional prospects.

www.espn.com

 

[cheeseheadgophfan]

Such a bizarre system....he tests positive, they know the system and the "timeline" and accept the suspension after he's allowed to play the whole year. BS

 

[2nd Degree Gopher]

Such a bizarre system....he tests positive, they know the system and the "timeline" and accept the suspension after he's allowed to play the whole year. BS

My favorite part of the article is where they cited noted biochemistry expert (and now suspended goalie) Dryden McKay to establish that the ingested substance was non-performance enhancing, or actually not "directly" performance enhancing.

"The amount was trillionths of a gram, which McKay said provided no direct performance benefit."

Apparently, ESPN saw no reason to try to verify that rather self-serving statement.

 

[Taji34]

To be fair, I do not think he ingested it intentionally. Supplements are not regulated by the FDA, and so you really can't be confident in what is actually in them and in what amounts.

 

[TRF Guy]

Nothing burger. Move along