Hockey Canada says almost 1,900 maltreatment complaints received in 2022-23

Hockey Canada says a new independent third-party complaint mechanism received information on almost 1,900 potential cases of maltreatment during its first season.

The data is contained in the national sport organization’s latest report on the issue — which covers abuse, discrimination and harassment — released today as part of its numbers-based push to address the problem across the game.

Hockey Canada says of the 1,872 complaints made during the 2022-23 season, 187 were accepted and fully processed, while more than 1,400 didn’t meet the threshold of severity and were redirected to provincial or territorial members for assessment.

Of the accepted complaints, the report