Odds byWHL, CTV ReginaTSN Senior CorrespondentWarning: This story contains details that may be disturbing to some readers.A former Western Hockey League player has filed a complaint with the league alleging he was a victim of sexual and physical abuse during his time in the major junior hockey league.The former player emailed the WHL on Saturday and subsequently sent a copy of his complaint to TSN. He asked that identifying information, including his name, the teams for whom he played, and the years he played in the WHL not be disclosed at this time. TSN is honouring his...…Odds byWHL, CTV ReginaTSN Senior CorrespondentWarning: This story contains details that may be disturbing to some readers.A former Western Hockey League player has filed a complaint with the league alleging he was a victim of sexual and physical abuse during his time in the major junior hockey league.The former player emailed the WHL on Saturday and subsequently sent a copy of his complaint to TSN. He asked that identifying information, including his name, the teams for whom he played, and the years he played in the WHL not be disclosed at this time. TSN is honouring his...WW…

AdvertisementTORONTO --Players of colour in the Greater Toronto Hockey League, the world’s largest minor hockey league, say they are routinely targeted with verbal insults because of their race​.“I’d probably say, like, half of the games someone said something, but no one ever heard,” said Myles Douglas, a 16-year-old Black player from Georgetown, Ont.“They always say it when the refs backs are turned, or when they know the refs or no one else will hear them.”Douglas says he hears racial slurs directed at him in half of the 45 games he has played this season. It is difficult to say how many...…AdvertisementTORONTO --Players of colour in the Greater Toronto Hockey League, the world’s largest minor hockey league, say they are routinely targeted with verbal insults because of their race​.“I’d probably say, like, half of the games someone said something, but no one ever heard,” said Myles Douglas, a 16-year-old Black player from Georgetown, Ont.“They always say it when the refs backs are turned, or when they know the refs or no one else will hear them.”Douglas says he hears racial slurs directed at him in half of the 45 games he has played this season. It is difficult to say how many...WW…

Odds byNHLPATSN Senior CorrespondentLawyers for the NHL Players’ Association are scheduled to appear by video conference before an Ontario judge Tuesday in an effort to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former union employee who alleges the NHLPA covered up a theft of more than $100,000 in union funds by one of its executives.The allegation of a cover-up was included in an $8.7 million wrongful dismissal case filed Nov. 3 by Allan Etherington, a 50-year-old former technical support analyst who worked for the NHLPA from Sept. 10, 2008 until Feb. 13, 2019. Etherington has also accused...…Odds byNHLPATSN Senior CorrespondentLawyers for the NHL Players’ Association are scheduled to appear by video conference before an Ontario judge Tuesday in an effort to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former union employee who alleges the NHLPA covered up a theft of more than $100,000 in union funds by one of its executives.The allegation of a cover-up was included in an $8.7 million wrongful dismissal case filed Nov. 3 by Allan Etherington, a 50-year-old former technical support analyst who worked for the NHLPA from Sept. 10, 2008 until Feb. 13, 2019. Etherington has also accused...WW…

Odds byClark Donatelli, Getty ImagesTSN Senior CorrespondentContent Warning: The following article contains references to sexual assault.The Pittsburgh Penguins are accused in a lawsuit of hiring and retaining a coach they knew to be a serial sexual harasser who is alleged to have assaulted another coach’s wife during a team road trip.Jarrod Skalde, a former assistant coach with the Penguins’ American Hockey League affiliate the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, alleges in a lawsuit filed Nov. 3 in U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania that then Wilkes-Barre/Scranton head coach...…Odds byClark Donatelli, Getty ImagesTSN Senior CorrespondentContent Warning: The following article contains references to sexual assault.The Pittsburgh Penguins are accused in a lawsuit of hiring and retaining a coach they knew to be a serial sexual harasser who is alleged to have assaulted another coach’s wife during a team road trip.Jarrod Skalde, a former assistant coach with the Penguins’ American Hockey League affiliate the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, alleges in a lawsuit filed Nov. 3 in U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania that then Wilkes-Barre/Scranton head coach...WW…

Odds byCHL arena, Getty ImagesTSN Senior CorrespondentWarning: This story contains extremely graphic content and language that may be upsetting to some readers.The allegations read like an encyclopedia of depravity.Major-junior hockey players sodomized with hockey sticks covered in “liquid heat.” A group of teenaged rookies forced to masturbate and ejaculate on the same slice of bread, the last to do so forced to eat the bread. One player watched as rookies on his team were forced to have sex with prostitutes.Players encouraged to fight teammates in practice. Players spat on, urinated on,...…Odds byCHL arena, Getty ImagesTSN Senior CorrespondentWarning: This story contains extremely graphic content and language that may be upsetting to some readers.The allegations read like an encyclopedia of depravity.Major-junior hockey players sodomized with hockey sticks covered in “liquid heat.” A group of teenaged rookies forced to masturbate and ejaculate on the same slice of bread, the last to do so forced to eat the bread. One player watched as rookies on his team were forced to have sex with prostitutes.Players encouraged to fight teammates in practice. Players spat on, urinated on,...WW…

Odds byNHL bench, Getty ImagesTSN Senior CorrespondentThe NHL has a good idea how many of its former players are likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other brain-crippling disorders, say insurance experts who specialize in the professional sports industry.And lawyers for the 105 former players who are suing the NHL want access to the league's insurance policies and related medical documents to see those projections for themselves.Late Friday, a lawyer representing the former NHL players named Brian Penny filed with the court a motion requesting an order directing the...…Odds byNHL bench, Getty ImagesTSN Senior CorrespondentThe NHL has a good idea how many of its former players are likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other brain-crippling disorders, say insurance experts who specialize in the professional sports industry.And lawyers for the 105 former players who are suing the NHL want access to the league's insurance policies and related medical documents to see those projections for themselves.Late Friday, a lawyer representing the former NHL players named Brian Penny filed with the court a motion requesting an order directing the...WW…

Odds byCanopy Growth Tweed, CP ImagesTSN Senior CorrespondentThe NHL Alumni Association has signed a landmark agreement with Canopy Growth Corp., that will see the Canadian cannabis company finance one or more studies that could be an important step towards establishing the first comprehensive snapshot of the health of retired hockey players.Canopy Growth has agreed to cover the costs of a double blind randomized study, which will involve about 100 former players in the Toronto area and take about a year to produce results, according to a person familiar with the matter.The study will...…Odds byCanopy Growth Tweed, CP ImagesTSN Senior CorrespondentThe NHL Alumni Association has signed a landmark agreement with Canopy Growth Corp., that will see the Canadian cannabis company finance one or more studies that could be an important step towards establishing the first comprehensive snapshot of the health of retired hockey players.Canopy Growth has agreed to cover the costs of a double blind randomized study, which will involve about 100 former players in the Toronto area and take about a year to produce results, according to a person familiar with the matter.The study will...WW…

TSN Senior CorrespondentA former National Hockey League off-ice official alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that he was fired for reporting a colleague who for years used racist and sexually charged language while working for the league.In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, lawyers for Laurence Sullivan, a former crew official who recorded in-game statistics during Lightning games in Tampa Bay, wrote that Sullivan should be rehired by the NHL and that he should receive punitive damages for his treatment.The amount Sullivan is suing for was not...…TSN Senior CorrespondentA former National Hockey League off-ice official alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that he was fired for reporting a colleague who for years used racist and sexually charged language while working for the league.In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, lawyers for Laurence Sullivan, a former crew official who recorded in-game statistics during Lightning games in Tampa Bay, wrote that Sullivan should be rehired by the NHL and that he should receive punitive damages for his treatment.The amount Sullivan is suing for was not...WW…

Dr. Ann McKee, Boston Globe/Boston Globe/Getty ImagesTSN Senior CorrespondentA researcher at Boston University says she has diagnosed chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in the brains of four former junior hockey players.Neuropathologist Dr. Ann McKee made the diagnoses over the past two years. Each of the four former junior players – none of whom advanced to the National Hockey League – committed suicide before the age of 30, she said.Dr. McKee said she couldn’t disclose the identities of the players with CTE without the permission of their families, so it’s not known who three of...…Dr. Ann McKee, Boston Globe/Boston Globe/Getty ImagesTSN Senior CorrespondentA researcher at Boston University says she has diagnosed chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in the brains of four former junior hockey players.Neuropathologist Dr. Ann McKee made the diagnoses over the past two years. Each of the four former junior players – none of whom advanced to the National Hockey League – committed suicide before the age of 30, she said.Dr. McKee said she couldn’t disclose the identities of the players with CTE without the permission of their families, so it’s not known who three of...WW…

Odds byDr. Douglas James Cook, Matthew Manor/Kingston Health Sciences CentreTSN Senior CorrespondentMore than 200 current and retired National Hockey League players have taken concerns about existing or potential brain injuries into their own hands by visiting a neurosurgeon in Kingston, Ont., for MRI brain scan procedures.Dr. Douglas James Cook says at least 120 former and some 80 active NHL players have undergone the scans over the past two years. He said that about 50 active players combined from the Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League have also been tested at...…Odds byDr. Douglas James Cook, Matthew Manor/Kingston Health Sciences CentreTSN Senior CorrespondentMore than 200 current and retired National Hockey League players have taken concerns about existing or potential brain injuries into their own hands by visiting a neurosurgeon in Kingston, Ont., for MRI brain scan procedures.Dr. Douglas James Cook says at least 120 former and some 80 active NHL players have undergone the scans over the past two years. He said that about 50 active players combined from the Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League have also been tested at...WW…