Prosecutors have charged a man they believe assaulted a University of Minnesota hockey player in September.

The St. Paul man, 19, faces one count of third-degree assault in Hennepin County.

According to the criminal complaint, law enforcement arrived near Fourth Street Southeast and 16th Avenue Southeast shortly before 10 p.m. on Sept. 20 to find the hockey player on the ground with blood coming from his mouth and face.

A witness said he saw two men yelling at the hockey player about his shirt. He said he started to walk away but turned around to see the hockey player lying on the ground, charges say.

Surveillance video of the scene showed the St. Paul man and another man talking with the hockey player and the witness, the complaint says.

The hockey player started to walk away but

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