Obviously I hope that they get to the bottom of this and that the guilty parties end up being criminally charged and so on.
If these 8 players are guilty (I don't want to jump the gun here - they seem to be at this point, but there hasn't been charges laid AFAIK, and no trial yet, so I am using the word 'if' here), and if there were coaches/executives/anyone else employed by Hockey Canada that knew what went on and chose to help hide the events of that night, I hope they are terminated.
In this thread, there are a few posts about the toxicity of culture in hockey. It isn't just about the people who do those things - it is the people who by helping to hide or minimize these actions, make it impossible to stamp out this toxic culture. If you are employed by Hockey Canada and know firsthand some of the stuff that happened and chose to help keep it quiet, you need to be fired. You are a major cog in this toxic environment. Incidents will always happen from time to time - happens all over the place. The reason why some places have it happen more of often is because of enablers that help to hide these incidents. They are part of the problem and need to be pushed aside. Just my two cents.
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