WASHINGTON'S JOE FINLEY MAY HAVE TAKEN 'BOYS WILL BE BOYS' A BIT TOO FAR

Former Capitals first round draft pick (2005) Joe Finley left Development Camp this past weekend and headed to the University of North Dakota where campus police observed him and another man throwing items -- including cups, plates, a kitchen table and a lawnmower -- onto a Grand Forks street, according to Grandforksherald.

Finley, 22, who was formerly a hockey star for the UND and before that Edina High School, and Matt Frattin, 21, were charged with disorderly conduct. Finley was also charged with providing false information to officers. And Frattin was charged with fleeing. All charges, according to Grandforksherald, are misdemeanors.

"It was their own property, so there was nobody's property that was damaged other than their own," explained UND Police Lt. Dan Lund. But the antics apparently did create a real mess.

"There was glass from curb to curb from the dinnerware that they threw," Lund added. The pair apparently threw so many objects from a garage into the street that traffic had to be haulted while a street cleaning crew cleaned the mess up.

Lund said that when Finley was first approached by police, he ran around a house, but stopped when officers instructed to halt. However, Frattin did not stop when asked so was charged with fleeing.

Finley pulled out a credit card with someone else's name on it -- and when asked if his name was on the card, which apparently belonged to a friend, he said that it was his name, Lund said. However, at the jail, Finley provided his own real name.

UND Police Capt. Wayne Onger said that "alcohol was involved", according to the startribune.com And when the pair was asked why they littered the street, Onger said that their explanation was that "they routinely destroy each other's property."

Both men were booked at the Grand Forks County jail and released on cash bond (Finley, $300; Frattin, $600) just before 10 a.m. Tuesday, the Star Tribute reported.

Finley is a 6 ft 7 defenseman who suffered a couple of injuries that found him instead a standout as left wing in the Development Camp's final scrimmage on Saturday. In April he signed a two-year contract with Washington and was then assigned to the Hershey Bears.

Two UND players cited, GrandForksHerald.com

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