Kittanning, Pennsylvania — A female high school hockey goalie in Pennsylvania will return to the rink on Monday to participate in her first school game because she became the target of audience vulgar carols, which led to discipline in schools and youth sports organizations Sanction.

On October 28, students from Armstrong High School played against the female goalkeeper of the high school team in the Mars area during the match between the Armstrong Riverhawks and the Mars Fighting Planet held at the Armstrong Belmont Ice Arena near Kittanning in western Pennsylvania. Shout vulgarity. Songs from 50 to 60 students were captured on video posted on social media.

The Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Hockey League banned Armstrong’s students from participating in the River Hawks hockey game on Thursday and allowed the school team to stay on campus for the remainder of the 2021-22 season (including the playoffs). The siblings of the varsity team members can participate only when they are accompanied by a parent or guardian to enter and sit with them, and the school must be equipped with a faculty or administrator as a supervisor in each home and away varsity game.

Union Commissioner John Mucha called the students’ behavior “disgusting” and “definitely younger than children”.

"The game should stop until the behavior stops or the fans are escorted out of the building," Mucha said.

American women's hockey Olympian Meghan Duggan expressed support to the Martian player on Twitter.

"Every time you participate in an ice hockey game, women and girls in the hockey world are proud of you!" she said, "you represent more than just hate speech against you."

Mars coach Steve Meyers said his goalkeeper has started in all five games for the team this season, but burst into tears after the second quarter. She and her family declined to comment, and the Associated Press did not reveal her name to protect her privacy and protect her from further abuse.

Meyers said she is the only goalkeeper on the list and one of many girls who have played high school hockey in previous years, some of whom are goalkeepers.

"We have no one else. She played for us with the varsity team and joint ventures," Meyers said in his 14th year as a coach. "We had a lot of girls in this league before, but never heard of such a thing. As coaches, we have to receive all the training about safe sports and sportsmanship. This shouldn't happen. It failed in such a bad way, This is really disappointing."

Armstrong’s principal, Kirk Lorigan, said school officials were “shocked and embarrassed” and he was “disgusted” that his parents and security guards did not take any measures to stop the slogan. According to the Pittsburgh Post, he apologized to the players, the team and the Martian community.

Lorigan said officials are still investigating, but "appropriate school discipline has been used." The Bulletin reported that he refused to disclose whether the suspension was imposed on Thursday night. The school board also did not specify disciplinary measures. It is not clear whether discipline is imposed only on students.

However, the Armstrong County Commissioner extended the ban on ninth to twelfth grades from participating in hockey games at the Belmont Complex to cover seventh and eighth grades. In addition, the high school administrator asked the Armstrong Hockey Association to hire two security guards for all future games.

High school hockey in western Pennsylvania is not a school-sponsored sport, but a club sport managed by the parents and boosters of each school.

The Mars Hockey Club Board of Directors expressed gratitude for the support in a statement on Saturday, but stated that the directors want to “respect and protect the privacy of our goalkeepers.” Officials said their priority is to “create a security for her and all goalkeepers. A healthy environment. Our student athletes can continue to do what they like to do: play hockey."

"Obviously, the incident that occurred on October 28 is completely unacceptable, and the entire hockey world must take steps to ensure that any similar behavior does not occur again," the Mars Club statement said. "We hope this incident has attracted people's attention. It will clarify the intolerable issues facing our female athletes, and this attention will help eliminate this type of behavior in our sports."

Armstrong, a high school in Kittanning, has a 3-0 record this season and defeated Mars 7-4 in the game on October 28. Mars is 0-5.

On Saturday, at a game in the Pittsburgh Amateur Hockey League, the Martian goalkeeper stepped onto the ice again to cheer the supporters of her travel team, the Arctic Foxes. Her next high school game is scheduled for Monday night at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.

This story has been corrected to show that the team name of the high school in the Mars region is Battle Planet, not Battle Planet.