Former Youth Hockey Coach Sentenced

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A 39-year-old South Bend youth hockey coach will spend two months in jail followed by five years of probation for trying to have sex with a 15-year-old girl at a hotel in Michigan. Christien Joubert apologized to his wife and kids in a Berrien County courtroom in Niles Monday. He worked with the Irish Youth Hockey League and was fired after the league learned of the actions. Joubert also apologized to the hockey players he has coached over the past 18 years. He told police he thought the girl he had been chatting with online was 19. Turns out, it was an undercover police officer.