Just as Liam and Jacob were recording this episode detailing a 2018 gangrape allegedly perpetrated by members of the Canadian World Junior's team, another case of alleged sexual assault featuring the 2003 Canadian World Junior's team surfaced in the news. Between these and several instances of coaches sexually predating their own, often-underage players, it seems that Hockey Canada is plagued with a violent culture more than happy to turn a blind eye to even the most disturbing forms of impropriety.

This week on the pod, your hosts discuss policy solutions that could clean up a sport very much in need of it while also vigorously debating whether or not the big money business of hockey makes this sort of misogynistic culture inevitable. With the stakes high and passions soaring, Speech from the Throne begins its first foray into the murky world of athletic politics.