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Disturbing video from Alex Galchenyuk’s July 9 arrest released this week shows the former Arizona Coyotes player threatening the lives of the arresting cops’ families and using the n-word multiple times toward a black officer.
Galchenyuk was arrested after police found the “heavily impaired” athlete sitting in the passenger seat of a BMW that struck a sign and a curb, according to Fox 10 in Phoenix, and bodycam video shows the 29-year-old slurring his words as he made the shocking threats while in the back seat of a police car.
“All your f—king kids, all your f—king wives, all your f—king daughters will f—king die. I’ll make sure of that motherf—ker,” Galchenyuk says in the video, after demanding to be dropped off on the spot.
“I’ll kill your f—king wife, I’ll kill your f—king daughter. So drop me off right here and you’ll never hear from me again.”
Earlier during the arrest, Galchenyuk said his “f–king Moscow people will chop your liver across” and later continued to make threats.
“There’s gonna be one f—king phone call and you’ll never see your f—king family again,” Galchenyuk said. “How scary is that? Holy f—k, one phone call and you’re dead. Your whole f—king bloodline is dead. How nuts is that?”
When he was first placed in the police car, Galchenyuk said, “Guys, please, I’m f—king paranoid. Motherf—king Russia will press the button, all you f—king n—–s going f—king down.”
At one point, Galchenyuk told the black officer, “You know the Russians will make a f—king bolognese out of you, n—a.”
Galchenyuk’s father, also named Alex, was in the driver’s seat when cops arrived.
His dad was talking to officers on the sidewalk when Galchenyuk threatened one officer from the BMW’s passenger seat and went to reach for something, prompting cops to remove him from the car.
Galchenyuk said he was reaching for chewing tobacco and repeatedly asked to go home to his pregnant wife, as his dad implored him to “shut the f–k up.”
The American-born Belarusian forward was arrested on charges of private property hit and run, disorderly conduct, failure to obey, resisting arrest and threatening or intimidating.
The Coyotes, who signed Galchenyuk on July 1 to a one-year, $775,000 contract for his third stint with the organization after he spent last year with the Avalanche, waived him on July 13, and he joined SKA Saint Petersburg of the Russian KHL in August after most of his charges were dismissed.
Galchenyuk, the No. 3 overall pick by the Canadiens in the 2012 NHL Draft, pled guilty to misdemeanor threatening and was sentenced to 30 days in jail, according to The Athletic, with 27 days being suspended based on him finishing an alcohol recovery program.
Galchenyuk released a statement on July 18 apologizing for his “deeply offensive, uncalled for, horrendous, embarrassing, disrespectful and just plain awful behavior,” and announced he was checking himself into the NHL/NHLPA assistance program.
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