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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Its because hockey players are infinitely more popular in Canada than soccer players at younger levels.
I don't think hockey in particular has anything to do with it beyond its a group of teenager boys/young men who have a lot of girls interesting in them. You hear very similar stories around college sports in the US where they are popular - football or even lacrosse.
If there was some junior soccer leagues in Canada that people cared about - I don't think the issues would be different unless the soccer league took more serious action around educating the players and had more serious consequences for their actions.
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Team size and pre/post game rituals are a bit more similar with hockey/football/lacrosse than say soccer/basketball/baseball.
In the latter, you've typically got 10-12 kids who arrive, lace up on the sideline, play, and go home. Compared to the former where teams are bigger (more odds of 'bad apple' parents/kids and different group dynamics) with a lot more unstructured time pre/post game.
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I’d guess it has to do more with hockey being a high-status + violent + team sport. That cultivates certain attitudes and behaviours (entitlement, aggression, pack mentality) that you’re less likely to find, say, in cross-country running or badminton.
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Plenty of issues in individual sports, too, but they tend to be more related to coaching.