Wouldn't shock me to see stats indicating that people who are celebrated and admired for being gladiators more frequently behave in ways that bring domination and abuse into broader society.
Cultures that foster admiration of dominant 'alpha' personality types seem likely to have a higher incidence of this kind of thing imo. Add in violence and physical domination as part of what's celebrated and the odds of attracting/fostering the type of dispositions that will do that sort of thing outside the sport is going to be higher. Topping it off with a kind of tribal 'bro' culture that encourages people to cover for each other and protect the inner circle and it's an even more dangerous mix.
Doesn't seem likely to just be a hockey thing, but a thing that is probably enabled by aspects of hockey culture nonetheless.
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