For many fans and casual observers, professional sports and violence are deeply connected. Violence on the field has real consequences for players, notably in the form of life-altering injuries from concussions. Off the field, in the last several decades, scores of athletes have committed violent acts, from domestic abuse and sexual assault to animal abuse and murder. Beyond athletes, sport also serves as a site of political and structural violence, from the displacement and hyperpolicing ...

Rink Rage examines the prevalence, causes, and responses to parental violence in Canadian minor hockey and how to address it. Fistfights in the parking lot, coffee thrown on the ice, coaches harassed over email, players and refs berated from the stands…parental violence takes many forms across age, competitive levels, and geographic locations. Despite established codes of conduct, these behaviours are often tolerated, ignored, or sometimes promoted as part of the ...