Canadian hockey great Guy Lafleur will be sentenced next month after he was convicted today on a charge of giving contradictory evidence at his son's bail hearing. The verdict was handed down in a Montreal courtroom.

The charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years in prison, but Prosecutor Lori Weitzman asked the judge for a jail sentence of a minimum of a few months to be served in the community to show the "seriousness of this kind of crime."

The defence wants just a fine.

The charges originate with testimony the former Montreal Canadiens star gave in September 2007 at his son's bail hearing. Mark Lafleur had been charged with uttering death threats, forcible confinement and assault.

Lafleur testified he would make sure his son would abide by a court-ordered curfew if he were granted bail pending trial.

But at a hearing the following month, it was revealed the elder Lafleur had driven his son to a hotel so he could spend time with a girlfriend on two occasions.

He testified last month the hotel visits had slipped his mind in the September court proceedings.

Lafleur said he didn't think the unsupervised hotel tryst was important and that it didn't occur to him to mention it. He maintained that even while at the hotel, his son abided by the curfew and other rules.

Once he was found out in October, Lafleur said he didn't have anything to hide.

Lafleur previously testified his son Mark told him his curfew did not extend to any particular location.

And that was what Lafleur said he based his decision on when he allowed Mark to stay at a hotel on two occasions with a 16-year-old girlfriend.

The Crown questioned how Lafleur could have known his son was abiding by his conditions if the latter was not always at home.

CTV Montreal's Stephane Giroux, who was at the court hearing, said Judge Claude Parent found Lafleur's argument wasn't credible.

"The judge listened to his argument, but today he said 'I just don't believe it. You had to know that your son was under obligation to stay at your house at night, during weekends and when he was not in rehab.' "

Defence lawyer Jean-Pierre Rancourt said Lafleur had no criminal intent and his actions were simply that of a man who wanted to help his son. He said a fine along with the negative publicity of the trial would be sufficient punishment.

"The fact that he was found guilty this morning, and it will be broadcasted everywhere ... in North American, I think that's enough deterrence for him."

In February, Mark Lafleur was handed a 15-month conditional sentence on an array of charges including uttering death threats, forcible confinement and assault.

A warrant for Guy Lafleur's arrest was issued in early 2008, which he said caused him great humiliation.

Parent agreed with Lafleur's lawyer that authorities violated his rights when they issued the warrant, but the judge said it wasn't enough to merit throwing out the charge.

Lafleur has launched a $3.5-million civil suit against Montreal police and the Crown over the warrant.

With files from CTV Montreal's Stephane Giroux