A review by hyacinthed
Game Misconduct: Hockey's Toxic Culture and How to Fix It by Evan F. Moore, Jashvina Shah
informative
medium-paced
3.5
This book is exhausting.
Don't get me wrong - it's well researched, analytical to boot, with a case study on practically everything wrong with American & Canadian hockey institutions. However, 280 pages of doom and gloom is a lot to slog through, particularly when the discourse surrounding the issues in the NHL is so tiringly adversarial.
Side note: I was very surprised that Evander Kane and his multitude of sins did not feature, particularly in the DV chapter. Perhaps pending legal issues, but I really feel it was a missed opportunity to show how the NHL treats their golden boys.
Don't get me wrong - it's well researched, analytical to boot, with a case study on practically everything wrong with American & Canadian hockey institutions. However, 280 pages of doom and gloom is a lot to slog through, particularly when the discourse surrounding the issues in the NHL is so tiringly adversarial.
Side note: I was very surprised that Evander Kane and his multitude of sins did not feature, particularly in the DV chapter. Perhaps pending legal issues, but I really feel it was a missed opportunity to show how the NHL treats their golden boys.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Misogyny, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship