Quebec junior hockey league investigating 1990s sexual hazing allegations | CBC Sports - Action News
Home WebMail Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 12:29 PM | Calgary | 3.6°C | Regions Advertise Login | Our platform is in maintenance mode. Some URLs may not be available. |
Hockey

Quebec junior hockey league investigating 1990s sexual hazing allegations

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League says it is already investigating sexual allegations detailed in a La Presse story on Monday.

Ex-player recounts incidents of towels wrapped around soap bars used to hit rookies

Sitting in his crease, a junior hockey goalie turns to watch a puck entering the net.
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is facing a $15-million class-action lawsuit from former player Carl Latulippe, not pictured in the above photo. (Clment Allard/The Canadian Press)

WARNING: This article contains graphic content and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League says it is already investigating sexual allegations detailed in a La Presse story on Monday.

In the article, former player Carl Latulippe described his experience as a rookie who was hazed by veterans with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens during the 1994-95 season.

Latulippe recounted incidents of veterans using towels wrapped around soap bars to hit rookies, and of veterans allegedly demanding rookies to undress and masturbate on the team bus. Another Sagueneens player from that season who was not identified in the article corroborated Latulippe's recounting of the events.

Latulippe, Chicoutimi's first-round pick in the 1994 QMJHL draft, played six games with the Sagueneens before leaving the team.

Interim league commissioner Martin Lavallee told the Quebec legislature on March 21 that sexual allegations from the 1990s had come to his attention and that the league was investigating.

Longtime QMJHL commissioner Gilles Courteau announced his retirement in March after testifying on hazing rituals in hockey at provincial legislature hearings in February.

The league has since hired former Montreal Alouettes president Mario Cecchini as its incoming commissioner. He will begin his tenure May 8.


Support is available for anyone who has been sexually assaulted. You can access crisis lines and local support services through this Government of Canada website or the Ending Violence Association of Canada database. If you're in immediate danger or fear for your safety or that of others around you, please call 911.

Add some good to your morning and evening.

Get up to speed on what's happening in sports. Delivered weekdays.

...

The next issue of The Buzzer will soon be in your inbox.

Discover all CBC newsletters in theSubscription Centre.opens new window

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Service apply.