<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>While celebrated as a highly popular sport in Canada, there are many social problems existing within and around Canadian ice hockey. These problems are often overlooked and rarely depicted in academic and journalistic research on sport. These social problems include, but are not limited to: extreme violence resulting in injuries and death, hazing rituals, multiple types of sexual violence, drug abuse, financial corruption, as well as various forms of prejudice and discrimination. Prompted by pop-cultural depictions in films, this paper further identifies and explores social problems in Canadian ice hockey revealing the realism embedded within various seemingly fictional films.</p></abstract>

While celebrated as a highly popular sport in Canada, there are many social problems existing within and around Canadian ice hockey. These problems are often overlooked and rarely depicted in academic and journalistic research on sport. These social problems include, but are not limited to: extreme violence resulting in injuries and death, hazing rituals, multiple types of sexual violence, drug abuse, financial corruption, as well as various forms of prejudice and discrimination. Prompted by pop-cultural depictions in films, this paper further identifies and explores social problems in Canadian ice hockey revealing the realism embedded within various seemingly fictional films.

Social Problems in Canadian Ice Hockey: An Exploration Through Film

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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While celebrated as a highly popular sport in Canada, there are many social problems existing within and around Canadian ice hockey. These problems are often...

Social Problems in Canadian Ice Hockey: An Exploration Through Film

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 64 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2014-0024

Keywords
social problem, violence, sexual violence, drug abuse, injury, death, hazing, exploration through film

© 2015 Curtis A. Fogel

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Social Problems in Canadian Ice Hockey: An Exploration Through Film

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 64 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2014-0024

Keywordssocial problem, violence, sexual violence, drug abuse, injury, death, hazing, exploration through film

© 2015 Curtis A. Fogel

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
social problem, violence, sexual violence, drug abuse, injury, death, hazing, exploration through film