Darren McCarty, the 4-time Stanley Cup winning enforcer with the Detroit Red Wings who retired from the NHL in 2009, is in a surprising predicament – he went to court to sue for protection against four “delusional, obsessed hockey fans.” The Detroit News essentially characterizes the four individuals – three women, and someone named Louis, who I assume is a man – as former groupies McCarty used to run with before settling down (he got married in April).

The McCartys accuse the four of trying to get the couple fired from their jobs, threatening both through text messages and phone calls, posting malicious comments on McCarty’s work and appearance websites, and threatening violence against them.

Two of the groupies are former waitresses who dated McCarty. [Detroit News via Isaac]