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 WHL takes matters such as this very seriously and we have indicated to [the complainant] we will be in contact with him immediately to begin our investigation,” Rocca wrote in an email to TSN. “The WHL is committed to providing a safe and positive environment for all players. The WHL has a zero-tolerance policy for any form of harassment or abuse and have partnered with Canadian Red Cross and Respect in Sport for over 20 years in delivering prevention programming for our players.
“The abuse occurred while I was unfolding the rookie cot,” the complainant wrote. “I was attacked and pinned down face first by the two assailants, my hands at my side, with one assailant kneeling on each of my shoulders with his crotch against the back of my head and the second assailant sitting on my upper back. I was pinned helpless and unable to move; my face was pushed into the mattress. The only way to breathe was to move my head from side to side to get a gasp of air.
“The assailants immediately put a sock over my head from behind, taped it around my neck and punched me repeatedly in the ribs and thighs until I fell to the ground,” he wrote. “Once beaten to the ground, my arms were held out to the side by two assailants standing on them and I was taped to a hockey stick behind my head crucifixion-style.
The two teammates who had orchestrated the assaults against him were subsequently traded to another team, the complainant wrote.
rwesthead Name the abusers, these pieces of crap need out of the game.
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