Some suspected rumors have been circling over (our) Florida’s EverBlades Hockey player David Carnacchia, that he allegedly slapped a flight attendant, head-butted a passenger, and exposed himself on the American Airlines flight from his home in Toronto to join his team for a game in Texas.

  While getting the inside scoop it was rendered that Carnacchia had several drinks at TGIFridays, while waiting for his flight, as time approached for his departure he took 2 Ambien to help him sleep on the flight, that would have been 5-6 hour flight. Not reading the labeling carefully he took his sleep aids on a full stomach of alcohol.

  Reports have been flying about the the cautions of taking this sleep aid (any sleep aid-really) with alcohol.  According to court documents, the player became angry with a flight attendant after he was refused a third alcoholic drink while being on the plane. Cornacchia then allegedly slapped a male flight attendant with an open hand. (No actual witness was to this, nor was there any injury’s documented)

  Cornacchia also began cursing at other passengers and exposed himself to them, while he was restrained by a flight attendant from going to the bathroom. Flight attendants and an assisting passenger (who was considered a ‘dead-head pilot’ 21 year veteran of flying, but was a passenger) then secured Cornacchia’s hands behind his back with plastic restraints and belted him into a seat. Once again allegedly Cornacchia head-butted the assisting passenger who was helping to restrain him. But there was never a report of an injury or further explanation, or witnessed statements.
 
 This happened in December of 2007, Cornacchia’s lawyer, Michael Hornung, was able to work with the Federal Court system with the accounts and the un-realization of the Cornacchia’s behavior due to the intake of Ambien. With this Cornacchia’s jail time has been moved to one year and a day. If he’s good, he’ll be back on the ice in 10 months.

  Here we have one of our own, who is troubled with the consequences of Ambien and alcohol. Labels and precautions need to be more strongly inforced. These troubles seem to be arising more and more through out our society. There are better ways to get a good nights sleep, and to keep from harms way, ither that of others, or youself…