Disclaimer: Lurid
It is quite disappointing nobody has broached the complicity of Hockey Canada, a federally funded institution until this all came out, in the sexual abuse scandal coming out of the '03 and '18 worlds teams. Relevant as they were until recently received federal funds. I played thru bantam down in the States before concussions got the better of me and unfortunately can only vouch for the misogyny rampant in the sport's culture. And oh yeah,
your tax dollars and junior hockey dues might've helped cover it up.https://twitter.com/TheBeaverton/status/1551247747881254913?cxt=HHwWgoCysfPmkYcr...First, Beaverton with the best take here as usual
Global News’s run down of the 2018 allegations:
Jan. 5, 2018 _ Canada’s world junior hockey team defeats Sweden in the gold-medal final in Buffalo, N.Y.
June 18, 2018 _ Hockey Canada Foundation Gala & Golf event begins in London.
June 19, 2018 _ A woman’s stepfather informs Hockey Canada she alleges she was sexually assaulted by eight players, including members of the world junior team, while intoxicated the previous night following the event. Hockey Canada says it spoke with its insurance provider and then informed London police, which opened an investigation. Hockey Canada subsequently opened its own third-party investigation using a Toronto law firm.
June 22, 2002 _ The House of Commons unanimously approves a Bloc Quebecois motion to pursue an independent investigation that will look into how Hockey Canada dealt with the allegations.
June 28, 2022 _ Scotiabank announces it is pausing sponsorship of Hockey Canada until the financial institution is confident the right steps are taken to improve the culture within the sport. Retail giant Canadian Tire and telecommunications company Telus follow suit later in the day, withdrawing support from the pandemic-delayed world junior hockey championship in August.
June 29, 2022 _ Tim Hortons and Imperial Oil, under its Esso brand, join a growing list of companies to pull sponsorship dollars.
July 14, 2022 _ Hockey Canada says in an open letter to Canadians it is reopening a third-party investigation into the alleged 2018 assault. The sport’s national federation adds participation by the players in question will be mandatory, and that anyone who declines will be banned from all activities and programs. Hockey Canada says it now requires players, coaches, team staff and volunteers associated with its high-performance program to participate in mandatory sexual violence and consent training. It will also conduct a third-party review of the organization’s governance, and commits to become a full signatory to the Office of the Integrity Commissioner. Hockey Canada adds it will also create an “independent and confidential complaint mechanism” to provide victims and survivors tools and support to come forward.
July 18, 2022 _ The Canadian Press is first to report Hockey Canada has maintained a fund that draws on minor hockey membership fees to pay for uninsured liabilities, including sexual abuse claims. The detail is included in a July 2021 affidavit sworn by Glen McCurdie, who was then Hockey Canada’s vice-president of insurance and risk management, as part of a lawsuit launched by an injured player in Ontario.
July 20, 2022 _ Hockey Canada says it will no longer use its “National Equity Fund” to settle sexual assault claims.
As for the 2003 case, TSN
revealed they have seen video of the 03 Worlds team gang raping and dehumanizing a woman in turns.TSN reports that a source contacted Nater and described a video of the alleged sexual assault to the MP. TSN spoke to the source and two others who have watched the video and all three corroborate that it shows approximately SIX PLAYERS FROM CANADA'S JUNIOR HOCKEY TEAM RAPING A WOMAN WHO WAS FACE-UP AND NON-RESPONSIVE ON A TABLE.
One of the three sources told TSN that one of the players from the 2003 team had borrowed their video camera during the tournament in Halifax and the graphic recording was still on the camera when it was returned to them. That person said they were pressured by the players to delete the video and that they never reported it to police.
Many victims of sexual assault, predominantly female, suffer PTSD and other mental disorder through no fault of their own.
In fact, a few feel so dehumanized they take their own lives. I only hope the poor woman described in this blurb is alive and will eventually take solace in her tormentors seeing the cold cell they deserve.
Tl;dr: There is credible evidence both the 2003 and 2018 Hockey Canada junior worlds teams gang raped for their own pleasure.
Statistically speaking, one of these incidents may have driven another human being to suicide. Your tax dollars and the junior hockey dues of the OHL, WHL, and Q financed the depravity of these adolescents. Most of all, it's time to have a bigger discussion of misogyny in hockey. The sport itself is an expression of violence and grace nearly unparalleled, it is a way of life for many Canadians to earn their blades around the time they start walking. And if I'm disgusted, you should feel disgusted. For God's sake, we were saying Puck Bunnies and Puck S1uts in
bantam, maybe it's a good thing I got K.O.ed when I did.
Last but not least, my Flyers' Carter Hart earned the privilege of starting for that team after setting the WHL shutout record for the Silvertips. Former Flyer and Stanley Cup champ w/the Blues Scottie Upshall is implicated in the 2003 investigation. Hart is already expected to shoulder a lot of games started as the Russians kidnapped our backup goalie. And yet, they need to terminate his contract on the spot if he is indicted. It is a moral imperative.
