Police report -- Galchenyuk repeatedly hurled racial slurs, made threats to kill officers after stop - ESPN

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Alex Galchenyuk repeatedly used racial slurs toward a police officer in training and threatened to have two officers killed during a traffic stop last weekend, police said in a report, actions that led the Arizona Coyotes to terminate the player's contract on Friday.

A Scottsdale Police Department report said Galchenyuk was erratic and aggressive toward officers after apparently crashing a car into a sign.

Galchenyuk cited connections in Moscow while saying «I'm gunna chop you, your wife, your daughter» and «One phone call and you're all dead, your whole family, your blood line is dead,» police said in the report.

Galchenyuk, who was born in the U.S. to Belarusian parents and spent much of his childhood in Russia, uttered a racial slur several times while referring to the officer in training, the report said.

The Coyotes terminated Galchenyuk's contract due to a material breach of terms a day after placing him on unconditional waivers.

«We are aware of the incident involving Alex Galchenyuk and strongly condemn this type of behavior,» the Coyotes said in a statement. «Once the club was made aware of the allegations, we immediately began the process of terminating his standard player's contract through the proper channels in conjunction with the National Hockey League.»

Galchenyuk was arrested Sunday on charges of private property hit-and-run, disorderly conduct, failure to obey, resisting arrest and threatening or intimidating, police said.

It was not immediately known whether Galchenyuk had an attorney.

According to the police report, a witness told police that a white BMW had hit a curb and sign. A training officer and a trainee arrived and saw Galchenyuk on the ground about 20 feet from the car.