Former NHL player Daniel Carcillo is speaking publicly about the alleged hazing he endured as a member of the Ontario Hockey League.
In a lengthy post on Saturday, Carcillo detailed how as a 17-year-old rookie on the 2002-2003 Sarnia Sting he was bullied by his teammates.
The native of King City, Ontario described being beaten with the sawed off paddle of a goaltender's hockey stick on a daily basis.
He also said he reached a breaking point when he and multiple other rookies were stuffed into the washroom on a charter bus as veteran players spat their chewing tobacco through the vent.
Between 2002 and 2005, Carcillo played in the OHL for Sarnia and Mississauga — in the NHL he played for Phoenix, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and the New York Rangers and Chicago where he won a Stanley Cup with the club in 2014-15.
Unrestricted free agent Shawn Matthias tweeted Carcillo's series of posts, saying his experience as a rookie in major junior left him " an angry confused young man."
Matthias played for the Belleville Bulls between 2004 and 2008.
The OHL did not immediately respond for comment.
— With files from The Canadian Press