The NHL's dirty laundry finally gets aired out—by someone who knows where the bodies are buried.
52 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestOf all North American professional sports, hockey is certainly the most conservative, traditional and tight-lipped. Athletes, their entourage, team owners, sponsors and journalists all adhere to a code of conduct that consists of only letting out information that helps to keep the sport's image golden. Marie-Claude Savard, who has covered the world of sport for over fifteen years, is setting out to uncover this hidden truth. Her quest is simple: to bring down the masks in order to clean up the world of sport and help it progress.
Writing
Savard asks the questions everyone else was too scared to.
Production
Access that makes you wonder how she still gets press passes.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'code of silence' Savard exposes mirrors similar dynamics in NFL and FIFA scandals, but hockey's insular culture makes it uniquely resistant to scrutiny.
Released during a period of reckoning in hockey culture, the series contributed to public pressure that led to several high-profile investigations in 2021-2022.
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