Theo Fleury and Sheldon Kennedy have helped pave the way for victims of abuse in hockey. I think John Doe will get a tonne of support.
Hopefully this blows the doors off the hockey "old boys club" and the toxic hyper-masculine culture. As much as I love hockey, at all levels, I'm always more than a little bit unsettled about the culture that lies just under the surface.
That also includes the endemic substance abuse that creeps along and continues to claim victims.
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