Editing Pierre Turgeon (section)

===Early years===
Turgeon was a member of Canada's team that was involved in the "[[Punch-up in Piestany]]", a [[bench-clearing brawl]] between [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canada]] and the [[Soviet Union national junior ice hockey team|Soviet Union]] during the final game of the [[1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] in [[Piešťany]], [[Czechoslovakia]] (now [[Slovakia]]) on January 4, 1987. He was the only Canadian who did not initially leave the bench until Canadian head coach [[Bert Templeton]] convinced him to go on the ice.<ref name="Maki">{{cite news |last1=Maki |first1=Alan |title=The brawl that started it all |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/the-1987-brawl-that-made-the-world-junior-hockey-championships-what-they-aretoday/article37423757/ |access-date=January 4, 2020 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=December 22, 2017}}</ref> Many of his teammates never forgave Turgeon for failing to defend his teammates. In the words of [[Everett Sanipass]]: "I'm looking for someone to help (Stéphane) Roy out and I look over at the bench.  There's this dog Turgeon, just sitting there, with his head down. He wouldn't get his ass off the bench ... just sitting there when everyone's off the Soviet bench and at least one of our guys is in real trouble getting double-teamed."<ref>{{Cite book|surname=Joyce|given=Gare|year=2006|title=When the Lights Went Out|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-0-385-66275-8}}</ref> Regarding not leaving the bench, Turgeon stated in 2017: "that wasn't my job. I didn't have to fight." Two other players for Canada in forward Steve Nemeth and goalie Jimmy Waite also did not throw a punch.<ref name="Maki"/>