A hockey-playing Saskatoon city police officer has been charged with assault following an incident on the ice last month.

Joseph William Jorgenson, 44, was charged by the RCMP in connection with an incident that occurred at a recreational hockey game on March 22 at the Jemini Arena just south of the city, the Saskatoon Police Service said Friday.

Police said Jorgenson is a 15 year veteran of the force, and will remain on the job while the case is under investigation.

Now that the case is before the courts, the Saskatoon Police Service said in a release that it would provide no further information.

Game night marked by penalties

CBC News has learned that Jorgenson played in the Adult Safe Hockey League and on the night in question was thrown out of a game after incurring several penalties.

Jorgenson's team, the El Diablos, played the Brewins, winning 6-2 in a game marked by more than a dozen penalties.

According to league records, Jorgenson, who received more penalty minutes the past season than any other player in his division, was ejected from the game and suspended from further play after receiving a match penalty and a game misconduct in the third period for harassment of an official.

Jorgenson also received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in connection with the same incident, while two players on the opposing team were cited for slashing and unsportsmanlike conduct themselves.

Police didn't name the alleged victim of the assault, but said they received a complaint two days after the game.

Jorgenson is scheduled to appear in Saskatoon provincial court on the charge, but the date wasn't immediately available, the police said.