Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 26, 1992 TAG: 9203260273
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BERNIE WOODALL GREENSBORO (N.C.) NEWS & RECORD
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
But nothing he'd learned on the ice could prepare him to stop three men who broke into his Greensboro motel room early Wednesday.
A man with a silver gun surprised Bouchard and teammate Ken Moran by walking into Room 177 of the Travelodge near Interstate 40 and threatening to "blow us away," Moran said.
"I'm more in shock today," Bouchard,25, said Wednesday. "When it was happening, I didn't have time to be scared. He had the gun up to my head. I really thought, `Well, if I die, I'm gonna die fast.' "
The robbers took $100 and about $2,000 worth of jewelry, luggage, clothes and a portable stereo.
About 12:30 a.m., Bouchard, a reserve goalie, and Moran, a reserve forward for the Rebels, were eating pizza in Bouchard's room after Roanoke lost to the Greensboro Monarchs, 5-2.
"This guy came in the door and had his gun out," Bouchard said.
Two men followed the one with a gun into the room.
"The two other guys checked our pockets and kept yelling at us, saying they knew we had more money," said Moran, 24. "Every once in a while, one of them would say, `Why don't you go ahead and shoot 'em?' "
The robbers then cut the phone cord, tied the players' hands and feet and gagged them with clothes.
After about five minutes, the players worked themselves free, went to team captain Billy Whitfield's room and called police.
No arrests had been made Wednesday.
by CNB