Former Quebec Remparts goalie Jonathan Roy speaks to the media outside a Saguenay courthouse in July. (Jacques Boissinot/Canadian Press)

A Quebec hockey player charged with assault after an on-ice fight will stand trial, a court ruled Tuesday.

Jonathan Roy, a goaltender for the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, was charged after allegedly punching opponent Bobby Nadeau during a junior hockey league game in 2008.

Roy was fined $500 and suspended for seven games from the Quebec City team, that his father – former NHL goalie and Hockey Hall of Famer Patrick Roy – owns and manages.

Jonathan Roy's lawyer, Steve Magnan, argued his client had been targeted by prosecutors because of his famous family name and was the victim of a biased police investigation.

Magnan told a Chicoutimi courtroom that his client's case should also be dismissed because of abuse of procedure. He also argued that, traditionally, Quebec courts don't pursue hockey players for fighting as long as there are no major injuries.

The province's director of public prosecutions changed the directive four months after Roy's fight.

Magnan also argued that Roy's assault charge should be thrown out because Nadeau has already testified he wasn't hurt during the fight.

Quebec court Judge Valmont Beaulieu rejected all arguments.

Roy's father, Patrick, a former NHL goalie and Hockey Hall of Famer, is owner and general manager of the Remparts.

After the league investigated the fight, Patrick Roy was suspended for five games and fined $4,000.

Jonathan Roy has since left the league to focus on his music career.

With files from The Canadian Press