Immersed in a new scandal, Hockey Canada will no doubt have an interest in sitting down with former hockey player Jordin Tootoo who, obviously, witnessed certain actions taken in Halifax during the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championship.
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A passage available in a book published by Tootoo resurfaced on Friday on social networks, while the sports organization, which was already dealing with a thorny file concerning an alleged group sexual assault in 2018, admitted having been informed that Another similar incident reportedly occurred in 2003.
“We were just kids once. The things we did… We were sexually turned on young men, the book says, according to social media reports. We were in Halifax and every girl there was eyeing us. What are you doing in that time? Let’s enjoy it! [Let’s start slaying these broads]. And it wasn’t just one person acting on another. A few of the guys were bringing girls home from practice and going to one of the bedrooms. I have said enough.”
Tootoo, then part of the Canadian junior squad, played a total of 723 regular season games in the National Hockey League. He played for a long time with the Nashville Predators, from 2003 to 2012, before completing his career wearing the colors of the Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils and Chicago Blackhawks.