Game Misconducts.
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GameMisconducts is an independent, noncommercial project documenting how hockey's institutions respond to off-ice violence, including domestic violence and sexual assault. It critiques institutions and their conduct. It does not assert the guilt of any acquitted individual and does not dispute any verdict.
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The quick reference.
- What it is
- An independent, noncommercial project documenting how hockey's institutions respond to off-ice violence, including domestic violence and sexual assault.
- The subject
- Institutions and their conduct, not the guilt of any individual. It does not assert guilt and does not dispute any verdict.
- Funding
- None. No advertising, no donations, no affiliate arrangement, and no revenue of any kind. Nothing on the site is for sale.
- The verdict
- Five players were acquitted of all charges on July 24, 2025 (R. v. McLeod, et al., 2025 ONSC 4319, Ont. S.C.J.). The Crown did not appeal.
- The complainant
- Protected by a publication ban under s. 486.4 of the Criminal Code; known only as E.M.
Verify a claim at the paragraph, not the document.
Every factual claim on these properties ties to a paragraph of the primary record. For a reporter checking a specific claim rather than browsing, this is the index.
Full ruling on CanLII. The paragraph is the citation. If a claim here does not carry one, it does not ship.
Language the record supports, and language it does not.
These terms are not interchangeable. The project holds to them and asks the same care of anyone citing it.
- – Acquitted is not exonerated and not cleared. The court entered acquittals; it did not make findings of innocence.
- – Charged, no conviction is not the same as convicted. Accused, no charge is not the same as either.
- – A person never charged is not accused of anything by this project.
- – Alleged applies only where an allegation exists on the record. It is not a synonym for any of the above.
When you cite this project.
- ✓Attribute page text to GameMisconducts when you quote it.
- ✓Reproduce screenshots of any page in your reporting.
- ✓Use “acquitted” for the July 24, 2025 verdict.
- ✓Read the pinpoint index and verify at the paragraph.
- ✓Email to confirm a citation on the site matches the primary record.
- ×Write exonerated or cleared. The court entered acquittals, not findings of innocence.
- ×Identify, or publish anything that could identify, the complainant (s. 486.4).
- ×Treat acquitted as a guilt claim, in either direction.
- ×Imply the project is affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for any person, team, or league.
- ×Expect a fresh quote; the site is the statement.
A publication ban under s. 486.4 of the Criminal Code protects the complainant's identity. This project observes it. Nothing on these properties identifies, or is intended to identify, the complainant. Reporters handling this story carry the same obligation independently.
The marks, and how to use them.
Screenshots of any page may be reproduced in reporting. The GameMisconducts wordmark may be reproduced to identify the project. Page text may be quoted with attribution to GameMisconducts. Nothing here is for sale and no permission fee applies.
This site is the on-record statement. Every factual claim is sourced and stated here as it is meant to stand, and the wording on these pages is the wording the project stands behind. No separate or additional comment is provided. Reporters may quote any page with attribution to GameMisconducts and may confirm that a citation on this site matches the primary record.
Claims on these properties are verified against the primary record. One claim is monitored rather than settled: the absence of a written DV and SA policy in the NHL collective bargaining agreement. This is a negative claim about a live document.
A reporter citing this claim should confirm the current state above before it appears in print.