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Originally Posted by Draug
So disturbing. Absolutely disgusting. My son is maybe on the path to high level hockey, but this sort of stuff makes me want to take him out of it.
As mentioned above, I am thinking the only way to end this garbage is to criminally charge anyone involved everytime it happens. Wrecking a few lives of these predators will serve as an example, should end this behavior, and save countless other lives from this abuse.
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Yeah and the real problem is that when stories like this come out Canadian Junior Hockey and other groups try to make it seem like a one off incident - which it's not.
I've had friends play high level in the NCAA, WHL, etc and most of them have similar stories of hazing or rituals on their teams. One friend who was a highly rated goalie that had NCAA offers just quit all together because he was sick of it.
The worst part of the whole thing really though is it's not just limited to hockey - it's become part of that toxic culture that seems to grow in young male dominated professions.
I've heard of horrible hazing (not sexual assualt related like in this case) close to home in both our Fire & Police Departments, but whenever those start to become even a little public they are quickly swept under the rug. Usually they just will transfer the person who actually complains to another hall/department, and hope that it just works it self out.
As a whole there needs to be more accountability on the organizations when hazing rituals are exposed.