Independent commentary & activism
“NO
MEANS
NO.”Carter Hart and the
Hockey Canada Trial
“NO MEANS NO!” Carolina fans chanted it at Hart through the 2026 Stanley Cup Final. He called the chants “just noise.” ESPN ↗
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The Case
The receipts, the ledger, and the group chat, laid out and interactive.
Read what the record shows.
The wider pattern
The Culture
One case, an unfortunately familiar pattern.
The attrition, the disparity, and the system that produces it.
How to help
The Cause
Give your time, share the record, and find support.
Volunteer on a crisis line, walk a survivor through court, or change the culture in your own locker room.
Read the books
We Breed Lions
Rick Westhead · foreword by Stephen Brunt
The investigative reporter's account of the culture behind the headlines, and the people who tried to hold it accountable.
Read the book
Crossing the Line
Laura Robinson · McClelland & Stewart, 1998
A quarter-century before this case, journalist Laura Robinson documented the same machinery: abuse in junior hockey and the institutions that close ranks to protect it.
Find the bookWatch the documentaries
Code of Misconduct
Sébastien Trahan's documentary follows the trial as it unfolds, and the culture around it.
Watch on Prime Video
Hockey Canada Scandal: Inside Our National Sport
The Fifth Estate · CBC, 2022
The Fifth Estate examines the national shame inside Canada's game, and the history that suggests 2018 was not an isolated incident.
Watch on YouTube