A Michigan hockey player, Johnny Druskinis, has been taken off the team ahead of the 2023–24 season after it was discovered that he, along with another student, allegedly covered the university’s Jewish Resource Center with swastikas and homophobic slurs.
Upon his removal from the team, a Michigan spokesperson did not tell the Detroit Free Press the exact reason why the sophomore defenseman is no longer with the team.
“Johnny Druskinis is no longer on the Michigan Hockey roster, following a violation of team rules,” the spokesperson said.
Ann Arbor police were involved in trying to find the two students who defaced the Jewish Resource Center back on Aug. 22. The police department announced Sunday that the two students, one male and one female, had been identified, per CBS Detroit.
Although the Michigan hockey team did not confirm that Druskinis was the male present in the video, multiple students identified Druskinis to the StopAntisemitism group. The group posted on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) stating that Druskinis was kicked off the team due to defacing the Jewish Resource Center.
University of Michigan hockey has given Johnny Druskinis the boot after he was caught on camera spray painting swastikas onto the Jewish Resource Center during welcome week.
Thank you @umichhockey for creating actual consequences for antisemitism activity on your campus.… pic.twitter.com/gwkGkA8DLm
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) September 30, 2023
Druskinis has yet to make any sort of public comment.
