Paul Bissonnette Backs Todd Richards

“My first year, I drank a lot — you know first-year freedom, so I got after it with a few guys I lived with,” Bissonnette said. “Todd wasn’t there as coach that year, but I’m sure he heard from management and right off the bat didn’t like me.”

Then, Bissonnette got into trouble, including a bar fight. But Bissonnette went back to Wheeling of the East Coast Hockey League, was a point-a-game defenseman and eventually was recalled by Wilkes-Barre.