#Steve downie driver#

You can read all about Hull’s sordid past here. Bobby Hull has been accused of domestic abuse and pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer. Most recently, the NHL had nazi sympathizer Bobby Hull drop the puck with son Brett at the 2017 Winter Classic between the Blues and the Blackhawks. The examples at both the professional and amateur levels are many. When the case was dropped, the NHL had this to say about the matter. In 2015, he was investigated following rape allegations but was not suspended by the league.

#Steve downie driver#

He didn’t miss a game that season and continues to play for the Nashville Predators.īlackhawks star Patrick Kane has been the subject of several allegations, dating back to his assault on and robbery of a cab driver in 2009. We’ve seen the absolutely harrowing sexual assault allegations against Mike Ribeiro in 2015. He was suspended indefinitely by the NHL while the case was pending, and was eventually sentenced to 90 days in jail. Seasonīut even as we see the hockey community as a whole move to erase senseless violence from the confines of the game, off-ice incidents of violence continue to plague the NHL.ĭisturbing assault allegations against Kings defenceman Slava Voynov emerged in 2014. Partly in response to new research being done on the effects of concussions and repeated head trauma on mental health, violence in hockey has been on the decline, and fighting hit its lowest level since 1968 in the 2015-2016 season. Some recent developments are encouraging.

It makes sense for me to want to view my favourite pastime as a good one-and to hope that most of those involved with it at the professional level are mostly good people.